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organizations’ capacity so that they can effectively absorb INECP or other NNSA and USG
border-security focused assistance. This initiative subsumes the former Cooperative Border
Security Program, now incorporated as an element of INECP.
• Global Initiatives for
Proliferation Prevention 0 0 18,472
The Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (GIPP) activity advances global
nonproliferation efforts by helping to impede transfers of weapons of mass destruction expertise
and know-how to terrorist organizations and rogue states by working with former WMD
scientists and technical personnel in non-weapons related activities aimed at advancing security
and nonproliferation objectives.
In FY 2012, GIPP will continue to exclusively focus on high priority institutes in line with an
interagency risk assessment. In Russia, new work will focus on technologies that support global
security and nonproliferation and cost-share activities will be emphasized where possible. GIPP
will increase the level of activity in the rest of the former Soviet Union and will continue
activities in Iraq based on assessed risk.
• Confidence Building
Measures 0 0 1,922
The Confidence-Building Measures (CBM) activity promotes international technical
collaboration in regions of proliferation concern. The activity currently promotes international
cooperation on nonproliferation nuclear forensics and seismic monitoring cooperation in the
Middle East.
In FY 2012, CBM will support a number of seismology collaborations in the Middle East, such
as assisting in the sustainment and operation of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
(CTBT) International Monitoring System. The activity also will strengthen its support of
regional centers of nonproliferation excellence to promote regional capacity-building and foster
sustainability of assistance efforts. In particular, CBM will manage the Cooperative Monitoring
Center in Amman, Jordan.
• Export Control Review and
Compliance 0 0 10,631
The Export Control Review and Compliance activity has a statutory requirement to support
domestic export licensing operations. This includes reviewing and providing advice on U.S.
export license applications for dual-use items and munitions that could have uses in the
development of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and their delivery systems. The
activity maintains the Proliferation Information Network System (PINS), an automated, widearea,
classified system for the review and evaluation of export requests and technology transfers
to foreign nationals and operates and maintains a state-of-the-art Nuclear Suppliers Group
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation/
Nonproliferation and International Security FY 2012 Congressional Budget
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