123STA T . 2 469PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 4 —O CT. 28 , 2 0 09 forth r e eor m ore c o ns ec u t iv e fisc aly ears as of the d ate of the enactment of this A ct .(B) A descri p tion of the e x tent to w hich competitive or merit -b ased procedures were used to award fundin g, or to enter into a contract, grant, or other agreement, pursuant to each covered earmar k . ( C ) An identification of the specific contracting vehicle used for each covered earmark. ( D ) I n the case of any covered earmark for which competitive or merit-based procedures were not used to award funding, or to enter into the contract, grant, or other agreement, a statement of the reasons competitive or merit-based procedures were not used. (b) D O DI NSPECT O RG ENER AL A UDI TO F CON G RESSIONAL E AR- M AR K S. —T he Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall conduct an audit of contracts, grants, or other agreements pursuant to congressional earmarks of Department of Defense funds to deter- mine whether or not the recipients of such earmarks are complying with re q uirements of F ederal law on the use of appropriated funds to influence, whether directly or indirectly, congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matter pending before Congress. (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section
( 1 ) The term ‘ ‘congressional earmark ’ ’ means any congres- sionally directed spending item ( S enate) or congressional ear- mark ( H ouse of R epresentatives) on a list published in compli- ance with rule XL I V of the Standing Rules of the Senate or rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. ( 2 ) The term ‘‘covered earmark’’ means any congressional earmark identified in the j oint explanatory statement to accom- pany the Duncan Hunter N ational Defense Authori z ation Act for Fiscal Y ear 2 0 0 9 ( P ublic Law 110 –4 1 7 ) that was printed in the Congressional Record on September 2 3 , 200 8 . (3) The term ‘‘national defense authorization Act’’ means an Act authorizing funds for a fiscal year for the military activities of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. SEC.1063 . R E PO R T O NBA S I N G P L ANS F OR CERTAIN U NITE D STATES GEOGRAP H IC CO M BATANT COMMANDS. (a) REPORT RE Q UIREMENT.—Concurrent with the delivery of the report on the 2009 quadrennial defense review required by section 118 of title 10, U nited States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the plan for basing of forces outside the United States. (b) M ATTERS CO V ERED.—The report required under subsection (a) shall contain a description of— (1) how the plan supports the United States national secu- rity strategy
(2) how the plan supports the security commitments under- taken by the United States pursuant to any international secu- rity treaty, including the North Atlantic Treaty, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and J apan, and the Security Treaty Between Australia, New Z ealand, and the United States of America; (3) how the plan addresses the current security environ- ment in each geographic combatant command’s area of responsi- bility, including United States participation in theater security 10USC 11 3note.
