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APPENDIX A
CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE
Public Law No: 111-84. National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2010
SEC. 1304. METRICS FOR THE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM.
(a) Metrics Required- The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement metrics to measure
the impact and effectiveness of activities of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program of the
Department of Defense to address threats arising from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, and
biological weapons and weapons-related materials, technologies, and expertise.
(b) Secretary of Defense Report on Metrics- Not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report describing the metrics developed and implemented under subsection (a).
(c) National Academy of Sciences Assessment and Report on Metrics-
(1) ASSESSMENT- Not later than 30 days after the date on which the report is submitted
by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (b), the Secretary shall enter into an
arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the Academy shall
carry out an assessment to review the metrics developed and implemented under
subsection (a) and identify possible additional or alternative metrics, if necessary.
(2) REPORT- The National Academy of Sciences shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees and the Secretary of Defense a report on the results of the
assessment carried out under paragraph (1).
(3) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT-
(A) Not later than 90 days after receipt of the report required by paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the
assessment carried out by the National Academy of Sciences.
(B) The report under subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
(i) A summary of the results of the assessment carried out under paragraph
(1).
(ii) An evaluation by the Secretary of the assessment.
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(iii) A statement of the actions, if any, to be undertaken by the Secretary to
implement any recommendations in the assessment.
(C) The report under subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form,
but may include a classified annex.
(d) Funding- Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in
section 301(20) or otherwise made available for Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs for
fiscal year 2010, not more than $1,000,000 may be obligated or expended to carry out paragraphs
(1) and (2) of subsection (c).
(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined- In this section, the term ‘appropriate
congressional committees’ means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
