,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #g1       
#bjag,mr4 ,banks of ,indiana introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for an           
independent assessment of the future of 
cooperative threat reduction4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,future of the ,nunn-,lugar ,program
 ,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,findings ,congress
 finds the following3  7#a7 ,the        
,cooperative ,threat ,reduction program1
 initially established in #aiia by      
,senators ,richard ,lugar and ,sam      
,nunn1 provided funding and expertise to
 secure and dismantle nuclear1 chemical1
 and biological weapons and delivery    
systems in former ,soviet ,union states4
  7#b7 ,after the ,nunn-,lugar          
,cooperative ,threat ,reduction program 
was signed into law1 ,russia1 ,ukraine1 
,belarus1 and ,kazakhstan all agreed to 
implement the program4  7#c7 ,russia    

developed programs to improve security  
at nuclear weapons facilities and       
together with ,ukraine opened science   
and technology centers to help employ   
former ,soviet weapons scientists4  7#d7
 ,ukraine1 ,belarus1 and ,kazakhstan    
agreed to remove all nuclear warheads   
from their territories1 and accomplished
 this objective within three years4     
7#e7 ,in #aiif1 the                     
,nunn-,lugar-,domenici ,domestic        
,preparedness ,initiative built on the  
initial goals of the ,cooperative       
,threat ,reduction program to train     
civilians to assist following an attack 
by a weapon of mass destruction4  7#f7  
,in recent years1 funding provided      
through the ,nunn-,lugar ,cooperative   
,threat ,reduction ,program has focused 
on export and border control programs   
and on the detection of radiological    
weapons1 sometimes referred to as dirty 
bombs4  7#g7 ,in #bjac1 the ,nunn-,lugar
 ,cooperative ,threat ,reduction program
 provided funding for ,libya to dispose 

of the chemical weapons and munitions   
discovered after the fall of the        
,gadhafi regime4  7#h7 ,in #bjad1 under 
the umbrella of the ,nunn-,lugar        
,cooperative ,threat ,reduction program1
 the ,united ,states played a role in   
carrying out the removal of chemical    
weapons from ,syria4  7#i7 ,the         
,nunn-,lugar ,cooperative ,threat       
,reduction program has been a success1  
but as the world continues to change1   
new partnerships and strategies will be 
required to deal with new threats posed 
by weapons of mass destruction4  #c4    
,assessment on the future of cooperative
 threat reduction  7a7 ,assessment  7#a7
 ,in general ,not later than #cj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall  
seek to enter into an agreement with a  
federally funded research and           
development center to assess the        
current1 anticipated1 and potential     
future requirements for cooperative     
threat reduction4  7#b7 ,information and

 resources ,the ,secretary shall provide
 the federally funded research and      
development center conducting the       
assessment under paragraph 7#a7 with    
access to any information and resources 
necessary for the federally funded      
research and development center to      
conduct such assessment4  7b7 ,report   
7#a7 ,interim report ,not later than one
 year after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the federally funded        
research and development center         
conducting the assessment under         
subsection 7a77#a7 shall submit to the  
,secretary an interim report on the     
assessment4  7#b7 ,final report ,not    
later than #ah months after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
federally funded research and           
development center conducting the       
assessment under subsection 7a77#a7     
shall submit to the ,secretary a final  
report on the assessment4  7#c7         
,elements ,each report under paragraphs 
7#a7 and 7#b7 shall include the         

following3 7,a7 ,a detailed discussion  
of the requirements and capabilities    
necessary for reducing the threats of   
nuclear1 chemical1 and biological       
weapons4  7,b7 ,an identification of    
capability gaps for current and future  
cooperative threat reduction efforts and
 requirements4  7,c7 ,recommendations   
with respect to actions that could be   
taken1 including legislative actions1 to
 modernize the ,cooperative ,threat     
,reduction ,program of the ,department  
of ,defense established under section   
#acba of the ,department of ,defense    
,cooperative ,threat ,reduction ,act    
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cgaa7 to better respond 
to threats during the #aj-year period   
beginning on the date of the report4    
7,d7 ,recommendations with respect to   
actions that could be taken to modernize
 the command and control enterprise and 
the role of the ,director of the        
,defense ,threat ,reduction ,agency4    
7,e7 ,such other matters as the         
,secretary determines appropriate4  7#d7

 ,submission ,not later than seven days 
after receiving each report under       
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b71 the ,secretary
 shall submit such report to ,congress  
without change4  7c7 ,cooperative threat
 reduction defined ,in this section1 the
 term cooperative threat reduction means
 the activities specified in section    
#acba7;a7 of the ,department of ,defense
 ,cooperative ,threat ,reduction ,act   
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cgaa7;a774