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 118 STAT. 1007 PUBLIC LAW 108–287—AUG. 5, 2004 That the Secretary shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer made pursuant to the authority in this section: Provided further, That the authority provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense and is subject to the same terms and conditions as the authority provided in section 8005 of this Act. (b) Section 8005 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–87; 117 Stat. 1071), is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘$2,100,000,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,800,000,000’’; and (2) by striking all after the third proviso and inserting the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That transfers among military personnel appropriations shall not be taken into account for purposes of the limitation on the amount of funds that may be transferred under this section.’’. (c) Section 168(a) of division H of the Consolidated Appropria tions Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 456), is repealed upon enactment of this Act. SEC. 9004. Funds appropriated in this title, or made available by the transfer of funds in or pursuant to this title, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414). SEC. 9005. None of the funds provided in this title may be used to finance programs or activities denied by Congress in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 appropriations to the Department of Defense or to initiate a procurement or research, development, test and evaluation new start program without prior written notification to the congressional defense committees. SEC. 9006. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from funds made available in this title to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance, not to exceed $500,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to train, equip and provide related assistance only to the New Iraqi Army and the Afghan National Army to enhance their capability to combat terrorism and to support U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, That such assistance may include the provision of equipment, supplies, serv ices, training and funding: Provided further, That the authority to provide assistance under this section is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees, the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate not less than 15 days before providing assistance under the authority of this section. SEC. 9007. From funds made available in this title to the Department of Defense, not to exceed $300,000,000 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to fund the Com mander’s Emergency Response Program, for the purpose of enabling military commanders in Iraq to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction requirements within their areas of respon sibility by carrying out programs that will immediately assist the Iraqi people, and to fund a similar program to assist the people of Afghanistan: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall pro vide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees Reports. Iraq. Afghanistan. Notification. Deadline. Afghanistan. Terrorism. Notification.

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