50 U.S.C. § 3712: Use of funds for certain emergent threats or opportunities

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. That such project or activity will be completed in a period not exceeding five years. That the Department of Defense is the entity of the Federal Government that is most capable of carrying out such project or activity. a justification for such determinations; a description of the scope and duration of such project or activity; and whether authorities other than the authority under this section are available to the Secretaries to perform such project or activity to meet the threats or goals identified under subsection (a)(1); and if such other authorities exist, why the Secretaries were not able to use such authorities for such project or activity. With respect to military-to-military and defense contacts carried out under subsection (a)(6) of section 3711 of this title , as further described in subsection (f) of such section, concurrence of the Secretary of State under subsection (a) is required only for participation in such contacts by personnel from non-defense agencies of foreign countries. The requirement for a determination under subsection (a) shall not apply to a state of the former Soviet Union.