,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #didg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bb1
 #bjbb,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself1 ,mrs4
 ,fischer1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4       
,cornyn1 and ,mr4 ,cramer7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
establish the ,defense ,exportability   
,transfer ,account4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,defense 
,export ,promotion ,of ,relevant        
,technology and ,supplies ,act or the   
,defense ,,exports ,act4  #b4 ,defense  
,exportability ,transfer ,account       
7,,deta7  7a7 ,establishment ,there is  
established in the ,department of       
,defense an account to be known as the  
,defense ,exportability ,transfer       
,account 7in this section referred to as
 the ,account74  7b7 ,amounts in        
,account ,the ,account shall consist    
of-- 7#a7 amounts appropriated to the   
,account2  7#b7 amounts transferred to  

the ,account under subsection 7d72 and  
7#c7 amounts credited to the ,account   
under subsection 7e74  7c7 ,use of funds
  7#a7 ,in general ,funds in the        
,account shall be available to develop  
program protection strategies for       
,department of ,defense systems         
identified for possible future export1  
to design and incorporate exportability 
features into such systems during the   
research and development phases of such 
systems1 and to integrate design        
features that enhance interoperability  
of such systems with those of friendly  
foreign countries4  7#b7 ,amounts in    
addition ,amounts in the ,account are in
 addition to any other funds available  
to the ,department of ,defense for the  
purposes specified in paragraph 7#a74   
7d7 ,transfers  7#a7 ,transfers from    
,account ,the ,secretary of ,defense may
 transfer funds from the ,account to    
appropriations of the ,department of    
,defense available for research1        
development1 test1 and evaluation in    

such amounts as the ,secretary          
determines necessary to carry out the   
purposes of this section4 ,funds so     
transferred shall be available for the  
same time period and the same purposes  
as the appropriation to which           
transferred4  7#b7 ,transfers to        
,account ,the ,secretary may transfer   
funds from appropriations of the        
,department of ,defense available for   
research1 development1 test1 and        
evaluation to the ,account in such      
amounts as the ,secretary determines    
necessary to carry out the purposes of  
this section4 ,funds so transferred     
shall be available for the same time    
period and the same purposes as the     
appropriation to which transferred4     
7#c7 ,notice and wait ,funds may not be 
transferred under paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7
 until the expiration of #ae days after 
the date on which the ,secretary        
notifies the congressional defense      
committees in writing of the amount and 
purpose of the proposed transfer4  7#d7 

,other authorities ,the authority to    
transfer funds under this subsection is 
in addition to any other transfer       
authority available to the ,department  
of ,defense4  7e7 ,costs ,costs incurred
 by the ,department of ,defense for     
designing and incorporating             
exportability features into ,department 
of ,defense systems shall be treated as 
nonrecurring costs under section        
#ba7;e77#a7 of the ,arms ,export        
,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4            
#bgfa7;e77#a774 ,amounts collected as   
recoupments by the ,department of       
,defense on foreign military sales1     
direct commercial sales1 and sales of   
items developed under international     
cooperative projects that incorporate   
such exportability features shall be    
credited to the ,account and shall      
remain available until expended to carry
 out the purposes of the ,account4  7f7 
,annual report ,no later than ,january  
#a1 #bjbe1 and annually thereafter1 the 
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  

the congressional defense committees a  
report detailing the utilization of this
 fund1 including-- 7#a7 the balance of  
the ,fund1 including inlays and outlays2
  7#b7 a list of systems receiving funds
 under this section2  7#c7 the projected
 and actual cost and schedule savings   
for each system receiving funds under   
this section2 and  7#d7 any other       
matters the ,secretary determines       
appropriate4  7g7 ,government           
,accountability ,office review ,not     
later than five years after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall conduct an assessment of  
the efficacy of this section1           
including-- 7#a7 an emphasis on cost and
 schedule savings realized by the       
,federal ,government pertaining to the  
delivery of articles that receive       
funding under this section2 and  7#b7   
any other matters the ,comptroller      
,general deems appropriate4  7h7        
,appropriations ,there is hereby        

appropriated to the ,account            
#ej1jjj1jjj1 to remain available until  
expended3 ,provided1 ,that such amount  
is designated by ,congress as being for 
an emergency requirement pursuant to    
section #djja7;a77#a7 and section       
#djja7;b7 of ,s4 ,con4 ,res4 #ad 7#aagth
 ,congress71 the concurrent resolution  
on the budget for fiscal year #bjbb4