; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. (c) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense should jointly establish a pilot program to evaluate the advisability and feasibility of a joint entity to conduct collaborative planning of security assistance and security cooperation. The pilot program should— (1) establish one or more joint planning cells to conduct collaborative planning between the Department of State and the Department of Defense for security assistance and security cooperation programs, projects, and activities in a specific region or regions; (2) assign personnel from relevant offices and agencies within each Department to staff the joint planning cell or cells; and (3) assess the advantages and disadvantages of collaborative interagency planning of security assistance, and determine whether there are organizational, legal, policy, or resource barriers to broader adoption of such a model. 815. Rule of construction Nothing in this subtitle shall affect the implementation of subsection (h) of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776 ). B Foreign Military Assistance 821. Strategic allocation of excess defense articles (a) In general Section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2321j ), is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking (1) The President and inserting The President ; (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (F) as paragraphs (1) through (6), respectively, and moving the margins of each such paragraph two ems to the left; (C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by inserting except as provided in subsection (c)(3), before funds available ; and (D) by striking (2) Accordingly, and all that follows through 1990.