PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 721 SEC. 914. CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CHINESE MILITARY AFFAIRS. 10 USC 2165 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— The Secretary of Defense shall establish a Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs as part of the National Defense University. The Center shall be organized under the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the University. (b) QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTOR.— The Director of the Center shall he an individual who is a distinguished scholar of proven academic, management, and leadership credentials with a superior record of achievement and publication regarding Chinese political, strategic, and military affairs. (c) MISSION. — The mission of the Center is to study and inform policymakers in the Department of Defense, Congress, and throughout the Government regarding the national goals and strategic posture of the People's Republic of China and the ability of that nation to develop, field, and deploy an effective military instrument in support of its national strategic objectives. The Center shall accomplish that mission by a variety of means intended to widely disseminate the research findings of the Center. (d) STARTUP OF CENTER.— The Secretary of Defense shall estab- Deadlines, lish the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs not later than March 1, 2000. The first Director of the Center shall be appointed not later than June 1, 2000. The Center should be fully operational not later than June 1, 2001. (e) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT. —(1) Not later than January 1, Deadlines. 2001, the President of the National Defense University shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report setting forth the President's organizational plan for the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, the proposed budget for the Center, and the timetable for initial and full operations of the Center. The President of the National Defense University shall prepare that report in consultation with the Director of the Center and the Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the University. (2) The Secretary of Defense shall transmit the report under paragraph (1), together with whatever comments the Secretary considers appropriate, to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives not later than February 1, 2001. SEC. 915. AUTHORITY FOR ACCEPTANCE BY ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES OF FOREIGN GIFTS AND DONA- TIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. — Chapter 155 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§2611. Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies: acceptance of foreign gifts and donations "(a) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FOREIGN GIFTS AND DONATIONS.— (1) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may accept, on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Center, foreign gifts or donations in order to defray the costs of, or enhance the operation of, the Asia-Pacific Center. "(2) In this section, the term 'Asia-Pacific Center' means the Department of Defense organization within the United States Pacific Command known as the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.
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