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 123STA T . 32 9 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 7—DE C.1 6, 2 0 09 SEC.1 1 6 . Formil i ta r yc o ns tr u ction or f amily h ousin gp ro je cts that are b eing complete dw ith funds otherwise e x pired or lapsed for obligation , expired or lapsed funds may be used to pay the cost of associated super v ision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on subse q uent claims, if any. SEC. 11 7 . N otwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds made available to a military department or defense agency for the construction of military projects may be obligated for a military construction project or contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal year for which funds for such project were made available, if the funds obligated for such project

1 ) are obligated from funds available for military construction projects and ( 2 ) do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, plus any amount by which the cost of such project is increased pursuant to law. SEC. 11 8 . (a) T he Secretary of D efense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the C ommittees on A ppro - priations of both H ouses of Congress, by February 1 5 of each year, an annual report in unclassified and, if necessary, classified form, on actions ta k en by the Department of Defense and the Department of State during the previous fiscal year to encourage host countries to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such countries and the U nited States. (b) The report under subsection (a) shall include a description of — (1) attempts to secure cash and in-kind contributions from host countries for military construction projects; (2) attempts to achieve economic incentives offered by host countries to encourage private investment for the benefit of the United States Armed Forces; ( 3 ) attempts to recover funds due to be paid to the United States by host countries for assets deeded or otherwise imparted to host countries upon the cessation of United States operations at military installations; ( 4 ) the amount spent by host countries on defense, in dollars and in terms of the percent of gross domestic product ( G D P ) of the host country; and (5) for host countries that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty O rgani z ation (NATO), the amount contributed to NATO by host countries, in dollars and in terms of the percent of the total NATO budget. (c) I n this section, the term ‘ ‘host country ’ ’ means other member countries of NATO, J apan, South K orea, and United States allies bordering the Arabian Sea. (IN C LUD IN GTRA N SF ER O F FUNDS ) SEC. 11 9 . In addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited to the Department of Defense B ase Closure Account established by section 2 0 7(a)(1) of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and R ealignment Act (10 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may be transferred to the account estab- lished by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be merged Defin i t i o n . De adl ine. R e p o r t s . C lassified infor m ation. 2 2 US C 19 2 8 note.