S.Amdt. 1607

1. Adds SEC. 1083. EXTENSION OF SUNSET FOR CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION ON THE STRATEGIC POSTURE OF THE UNITED STATES at the end of subtitle H of title X

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   (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with a conveyance under this section as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.

   Inserted: SEC. 1083. EXTENSION OF SUNSET FOR CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION ON THE STRATEGIC POSTURE OF THE UNITED STATES.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) Congress is grateful for the service and leadership of the members of the bipartisan Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, who, pursuant to section 1062 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 319), spent more than one year examining the strategic posture of the United States in all of its aspects: deterrence strategy, missile defense, arms control initiatives, and nonproliferation strategies.

   Inserted: (2) The Commission, comprised of some of the most preeminent scholars and technical experts in the United States in the subject matter, found a bipartisan consensus on these issues in its Final Report made public on May 6, 2009.

   Inserted: (3) Congress appreciates the service of former Secretary of Defense William Perry, former Secretary of Defense and Energy James Schlesinger, former Senator John Glenn, former Congressman Lee Hamilton, Ambassador James Woolsey, Doctors John Foster, Fred Ikle, Keith Payne, Morton Halperin, Ellen Williams, Bruce Tarter, and Harry Cartland, and the United States Institute of Peace.

   Inserted: (4) The Commission reached bipartisan consensus on more than 100 recommendations with only one issue not having bipartisan support.

   Inserted: (5) Congress values the work of the Commission and pledges to work with President Barack Obama to address the findings and review and consider the recommendations of the Commission.

   Inserted: (b) Extension of Sunset.--Section 1062 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 319) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively;

   Inserted: (2) in subsection (h), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking "June 1, 2009" and inserting "September 30, 2010"; and

   Inserted: (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:

   Inserted: "(f) Follow-on Report.--Not later than May 1, 2010, the commission shall submit to the President, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a follow-on report to the report submitted under subsection (e). With respect to the matters described under subsection (c), the follow-on report shall include, at a minimum, the following:

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   Inserted: "(1) A review of--

   Inserted: "(A) the nuclear posture review required by section 1070; and

   Inserted: "(B) the Quadrennial Defense Review required to be submitted under section 118 of title 10, United States Code.

   Inserted: "(2) A review of legislative actions taken by the 111th Congress.".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

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