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handle is hein.crs/crsmthabery0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS22871 May 7, 2008 CuRS Report for Congress Department of Defense Section 1207 Security and Stabilization Assistance: A Fact Sheet Nina M. Serafino Specialist in International Security Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Summary Section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2006 (P.L. 109- 163) provides authority for DOD to transfer to the State Department up to $100 million in defense articles, services, training or other support for reconstruction, stabilization, and security activities in foreign countries. This authority expires at the end of FY2008. The amounts that have been transferred thus far were $10 million in FY2006 and $99.5 million in FY2007. This report will be updated as events warrant. Section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2006 (FY2006 NDAA, P.L. 109-163) provides authority for DOD to transfer to the State Department up to $100 million in defense articles, services, training or other support in FY2006 and again in FY2007 to use for reconstruction, stabilization, and security activities in foreign countries. This authority was extended through FY2008 by Section 1210 of the FY2008 NDAA (P.L. 110-181), which amended the original legislation. Section 1207 authority has been used to fund activities of the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) and activities implemented by other agencies that are coordinated by S/CRS. Operations and maintenance funds from the three military services and from the defense-wide account have been tapped for this purpose, although the legislation does not specify a funding source. Conditions. Section 1207 authority requires that any services, defense articles, or funds provided or transferred to the Secretary of State comply with the authorities and limitations of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms Export Control Act, or any law making appropriations to carry out such Act. The Secretary of Defense must notify congressional armed services, foreign affairs, and appropriations committees when the authority is exercised; the notification must be prepared in coordination with the Secretary of State. Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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