For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense, as authorized by law, $23,458,692,000, of which $22,559,501,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available until September 30, 2009, and of which up to $11,424,799,000 may be available for contracts entered into under the TRICARE program; of which $362,861,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, shall be for procurement; and of which $536,330,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2009, shall be for research, development, test and evaluation:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount made available under this heading for research, development, test and evaluation, not less than $8,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention educational activities undertaken in connection with U.S. military training, exercises, and humanitarian assistance activities conducted primarily in African nations.
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defenseedit
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions, to include construction of facilities, in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the chemical weapon stockpile, $1,512,724,000, of which $1,181,500,000 shall be for operation and maintenance; $18,424,000 shall be for procurement, to remain available until September 30, 2010; $312,800,000 shall be for research, development, test and evaluation, of which $302,900,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program, to remain available until September 30, 2009; and no less than $124,618,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, of which $36,373,000 shall be for activities on military installations and of which $88,245,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, shall be to assist State and local governments.
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defenseedit
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the Department of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components serving under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for operation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, development, test and evaluation, $984,779,000:
Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for obligation for the same time period and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred:
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation:
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
For the `Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund', $120,000,000:
Provided, That such funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of allowing the Director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization to investigate, develop and provide equipment, supplies, services, training, facilities, personnel and funds to assist United States forces in the defeat of improvised explosive devices:
Provided further, That within 60 days of the enactment of this Act, a plan for the intended management and use of the amounts provided under this heading shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter to the congressional defense committees providing assessments of the evolving threats, individual service requirements to counter the threats, the current strategy for predeployment training of members of the Armed Forces on improvised explosive devices, and details on the execution of this Fund:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer funds provided herein to appropriations for operation and maintenance; procurement; research, development, test and evaluation; and defense working capital funds to accomplish the purpose provided herein:
Provided further, That amounts transferred shall be merged with and available for the same purposes and time period as the appropriations to which transferred:
Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 5 days prior to making transfers from this appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of any such transfer.
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $239,995,000, of which $238,995,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and payments may be made on the Inspector General's certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; and of which $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, shall be for procurement.
