50 U.S.C. § 3713: Authority for urgent threat reduction activities under Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

Subject to subsections (b) and (c), not more than 15 percent of the total amount of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for any fiscal year may be obligated or expended, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for covered activities. a threat arising in such area from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons or weapons-related materials, technologies, or expertise must be addressed urgently; certain provisions of law would unnecessarily impede the ability of the Secretary to carry out such covered activities to address such threat; and it is necessary to obligate or expend such funds to carry out such covered activities; the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy concur with such determination; and the determination under paragraph (1); a description of the covered activities to be carried out using such funds; the expected time frame for such activities; and the expected cost of such activities. a threat arising in such an area from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons or weapons-related materials, technologies, or expertise must be addressed urgently; and it is necessary to obligate or expend such funds to carry out such covered activities to address such threat; and the determination under paragraph (1); a description of the covered activities to be carried out using such funds; the expected time frame for such activities; and the expected cost of such activities. In this section, the term “covered activity” means an activity under the Program to address a threat arising from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons or weapons-related materials, technologies, or expertise.