12 2 STA T . 2 4 1 0PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 5 2 —J U NE3 0 , 200 8of the e nac t m ent of th isA ct , a pl an fo r the inten d ed mana g ement and u se of the amounts pro v ided under this heading shall b e submitted to the congressional defense committees
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d fu r -th er ,T hat the S ecretar y of D efense shall submit a report not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal q uarter 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 F orces on improvised e x plosive devices, and details on the execution of the Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer funds provided herein to appropriations for operation and maintenance
procurement; research, development, test and evalua - tion; and defense w or k ing capital funds to accomplish the purpose provided herein: Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Depart- ment of Defense: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to making transfers from this appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of any such transfer .GEN E R A LP R OVI SIONS — T H IS C HAPTER S EC . 92 01. Appropriations provided in this chapter are not available for obligation until October 1, 200 8 . SEC. 9202. Appropriations provided in this chapter are available for obligation until September 3 0, 2009, unless otherwise provided in this chapter. (IN C LUD IN GTRA N SF ER O F FUNDS ) SEC. 9203. U pon the determination of the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may transfer between appropriations up to $4 ,000,000,000 of the funds made available to the Department of Defense in this chapter: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer made pursuant to the authority in this section: Provided further, That the authority provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Depart- ment of Defense and is sub j ect to the same terms and conditions as the authority provided in section 8005 of Public Law 110 – 116, except for the fourth proviso. SEC. 9204. (a) Not later than December 5, 2008 and every 90 days thereafter through the end of fiscal year 2009, the Secretary of Defense shall set forth in a report to Congress a comprehensive set of performance indicators and measures for progress toward military and political stability in Iraq. (b) The report shall include performance standards and goals for security, economic, and security force training objectives in Iraq together with a notional timetable for achieving these goals. (c) In specific, the report requires, at a minimum, the following: (1) W ith respect to stability and security in Iraq, the fol- lowing: (A) K ey measures of political stability, including the important political milestones that must be achieved over the next several years. ( B ) The primary indicators of a stable security environ- ment in Iraq, such as number of engagements per day, numbers of trained Iraqi forces, trends relating to numbers Deadlin e s.R e port s. N oti f i c ation. Deadline. Notification. Reports. Deadlines.
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