An amendment numbered 50 printed in House Report 112-485 to limit the availability of funds for Cooperative Threat Reduction activities with Russia until the Secretary of Defense can certify that Russia is no longer supporting the Syrian regime and is not providing to Syria, North Korea or Iran any equipment or technology that contributes to the development of weapons of mass destruction.

1. Adds SEC. 1303. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACTIVITIES WITH RUSSIAN FEDERATION at the end of title XIII

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   Inserted: SEC. 1303. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACTIVITIES WITH RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

   Inserted: (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 for Cooperative Threat Reduction may be obligated or expended for cooperative threat reduction activities with the Russian Federation until the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense certifies, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to the appropriate congressional committees that--

   Inserted: (1) Russia is no longer--

   Inserted: (A) providing direct or indirect support to the government of Syria's suppression of the Syrian people; and

   Inserted: (B) transferring to Iran, North Korea, or Syria equipment and technology that have the potential to make a material contribution to the development of weapons of mass destruction or cruise or ballistic missile systems controlled under multilateral control lists; or

   Inserted: (2) funds planned to be obligated or expended for cooperative threat reduction activities with the Russian Federation are strictly for project closeout activities and will not be used for new activities or activities that will extend beyond fiscal year 2013.

   Inserted: (b) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in subsection (a) if--

   Inserted: (1) the Secretary determines that such waiver is in the national security interests of the United States;

   Inserted: (2) the Secretary briefs, in an unclassified form, the appropriate congressional committees on the justifications of such waiver; and

   Inserted: (3) a period of 90 days has elapsed following the date on which such briefing is held.

   Inserted: (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means--

   Inserted: (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and

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   Inserted: (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

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   At the end of title XIII, add the following new section:

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