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Appendix E: The Evolution of U.S. Government Threat Reduction Programs
Pages 143-148

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... In particular, Congress expressed an interest in seeing U.S. government threat reduction programs diversify beyond their previous geographic boundary of the former Soviet Union (FSU)
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From page 144...
... 2003 DOS The omnibus appropriations bill authorized the State Department to use Nonproliferation and Disarmament Funds (NDF) "for such countries other than the Independent States of the FSU and international organizations when it is in the national security interest of the United States to do so" (H.J.
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From page 145...
... DOE Congress authorized DOE to use international nuclear materials protection and cooperation program funds outside the former Soviet Union if it "will assist the United States in the resolution of a critical emerging proliferation threat or permit the United States to take advantage of opportunities to achieve long-standing nonproliferation goals, can be completed in a short period of time, and that the Department of Energy is the entity of the Federal Government that is most capable of carrying out such project or activity" (HR 1588)
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From page 146...
... Congress either repeal such certification requirements or provide the President with permanent waiver authority." The defense authorization bill included permanent waiver authority, but the President must still present a waiver each year if he cannot certify Russia's compliance with the requirements, but this authority is available to him every year. Senator Richard Lugar attempted to broaden the bill to further encourage work outside the FSU, but those provisions were not included in the final version.
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... , included a list of principles that should guide new initiatives, and suggested that new initiatives be considered in Asia, the Middle East, and that related to the denuclearization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The conference report directed $5 million of the funds appropriated under chemical weapons destruction be made available as initial funding for a chemical weapons incinerator in Libya, pending authorization for such activity.
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  • chemical weapons
  • waiver authority
  • mass destruction
  • reduction programs

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  • former soviet
  • permanent waiver
  • emerging proliferation
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  • redirect former
  • critical emerging
  • department efforts
  • funds outside
  • proliferation threat

  • omnibus appropriations
  • destruction scientists
  • department launched
  • international nuclear
  • authorization act

  • presidential certification
  • various nonproliferation
  • fissile materials
  • weapon scientists
  • finally repealed

  • radiological materials
  • doe soon
  • global biosecurity
  • bill authorized
  • annual waiver


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