10 U.S.C. § 166b — Combatant commands: funding for combating terrorism readiness initiatives

(a) Combating Terrorism Readiness Initiatives Fund. Congress sets aside money each year in a Department of Defense account called the "Combating Terrorism Readiness Initiatives Fund." The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff can give some of that money to the commander of a combatant command, if the commander asks for it. If an area isn't covered by any combatant commander, the Chairman can instead give the money to an officer picked for that purpose. The Chairman can use this money to start any of the activities listed in subsection (b), and to keep funding that activity for the year it starts plus one more year. (b) Authorized Activities. The Fund can pay for: (1) buying and maintaining physical security equipment; (2) improving the physical security of sites; and (3), only in extraordinary circumstances, planning for physical security management, hiring or supporting security guards and technicians, conducting security reviews, investigations, and vulnerability assessments, and any other physical-security-related activity. (c) Priority. When deciding which funding requests to approve, the Chairman should give priority to emergency or unexpected high-priority needs related to fighting terrorism. (d) Relationship to Other Funding. Any money the Chairman provides from this Fund is extra — on top of, not instead of, whatever money that activity would normally get that year. (e) Limitation. The Fund cannot pay for any activity that Congress has specifically refused to authorize.