; and (2) 30 days have elapsed from the date on which the Secretary provides the notice described in paragraph (1). (c) Certification For each expenditure of funds under this section, the Secretary shall certify that such expenditure was made for an object of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature. (d) Report Not later than December 31 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees a report on expenditures made under this section during the preceding fiscal year. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) The term congressional intelligence committees has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 ). (2) The term covered funds means amounts made available to the Secretary of Defense for the Military Intelligence Program for intelligence and counterintelligence activities. . (b) Table of sections amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 423 the following new item: 423a. Expenditure of funds by the Secretary of Defense. . C Cyberspace-Related matters 1621. Authority to use operation and maintenance funds for cyber operations-peculiar capability development projects (a) In general Subchapter I of chapter 134 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2243 the following new section: 2243a. Authority to use operation and maintenance funds for cyber operations-peculiar capability development projects (a) In general The Secretary of Defense and each Secretary concerned may use $3,000,000 of amounts authorized to be appropriated for operation and maintenance in each fiscal year to carry out cyber operations-peculiar capability development projects. (b) Relationship to other laws The authority in subsection (a) may be used without regard to any provision of law establishing a limit on the unit cost of an investment item that may be purchased with funds made