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10 U.S.C. § 351 — Inter-American Defense College
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**(a) Authority To Support.—** The Secretary of Defense may authorize members of the armed forces and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense to participate in the operation of and the provision of support to the Inter-American Defense College and provide logistic support, supplies, and services to the Inter-American Defense College, including the use of Department of Defense facilities and equipment, as the Secretary considers necessary to—
(1) assist the Inter-American Defense College in its mission to develop and offer to military officers and civilian officials from member states of the Organization of American States advanced academic courses on matters related to military and defense issues, the inter-American system, and related disciplines; and
(2) ensure that the Inter-American Defense College provides an academic program of a level of quality, rigor, and credibility that is commensurate with the standards of Department of Defense senior service colleges and that includes the promotion of security cooperation, human rights, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, peacekeeping, and democracy in the Western Hemisphere.
**(b) Memorandum of Understanding.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Inter-American Defense Board for the participation of members of the armed forces and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense in the operation of and provision of host nation support to the Inter-American Defense College under subsection (a).
(2) If Department of Defense facilities, equipment, or funds will be used to support the Inter-American Defense College under subsection (a), a memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph (1) shall in
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**(a) Authority To Support.—** The Secretary of Defense may authorize members of the armed forces and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense to participate in the operation of and the provision of support to the Inter-American Defense College and provide logistic support, supplies, and services to the Inter-American Defense College, including the use of Department of Defense facilities and equipment, as the Secretary considers necessary to—
(1) assist the Inter-American Defense College in its mission to develop and offer to military officers and civilian officials from member states of the Organization of American States advanced academic courses on matters related to military and defense issues, the inter-American system, and related disciplines; and
(2) ensure that the Inter-American Defense College provides an academic program of a level of quality, rigor, and credibility that is commensurate with the standards of Department of Defense senior service colleges and that includes the promotion of security cooperation, human rights, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, peacekeeping, and democracy in the Western Hemisphere.
**(b) Memorandum of Understanding.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Inter-American Defense Board for the participation of members of the armed forces and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense in the operation of and provision of host nation support to the Inter-American Defense College under subsection (a).
(2) If Department of Defense facilities, equipment, or funds will be used to support the Inter-American Defense College under subsection (a), a memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph (1) shall include a description of any cost-sharing arrangement or other funding arrangement relating to the use of such facilities, equipment, or funds.
(3) A memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph (1) shall also include a curriculum and a plan for academic program development.
**(c) Use of Funds.—**
(1) Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used to pay costs that the Secretary determines are necessary for the participation of members of the armed forces and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense in the operation of and provision of host nation support to the Inter-American Defense College, including—
(A) the costs of expenses of such participants;
(B) the cost of hiring and retaining qualified professors, instructors, and lecturers;
(C) curriculum support costs, including administrative costs, academic outreach, and curriculum support personnel;
(D) the cost of translation and interpretation services;
(E) the cost of information and educational technology;
(F) the cost of utilities; and
(G) the cost of maintenance and repair of facilities.
(2) No funds may be used under this section to provide for the pay of members of the armed forces or civilian personnel of the Department of Defense who participate in the operation of and the provision of host nation support to the Inter-American Defense College under this section.
(3) Funds available to carry out this section for a fiscal year may be used for activities that begin in such fiscal year and end in the next fiscal year.
**(d) Waiver of Reimbursement.—** The Secretary of Defense may waive reimbursement for developing countries (as such term is defined in [section 301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section301&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the costs of funding and other host nation support provided to the Inter-American Defense College under this section if the Secretary determines that the provision of such funding or support without reimbursement is in the national security interest of the United States.
**(e) Logistic Support, Supplies, and Services Defined.—** In this section, the term “logistic support, supplies, and services” has the meaning given that term in [section 2350 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2350&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** The President, through any agency of the Department of Defense designated by him, may arm, have armed, or allow to be armed, any watercraft or aircraft that is capable of being used as a means of transportation on, over, or under water, and is documented, registered, or licensed under the laws of the United States.
**(b)** This section applies during a war and at any other time when the President determines that the security of the United States is threatened by the application, or the imminent danger of application, of physical force by any foreign government or agency against the United States, its citizens, the property of its citizens, or their commercial interests.
**(c)** Section 16 of the Act of March 4, 1909 ([22 U.S.C. 463](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section463&num=0&edition=prelim)) does not apply to vessels armed under this section.
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In this subchapter:
(1) The term “logistic support, supplies, and services” means food, billeting, transportation (including airlift), petroleum, oils, lubricants, clothing, communications services, medical services, ammunition, base operations support (and construction incident to base operations support), storage services, use of facilities, training services, spare parts and components, repair and maintenance services, calibration services, and port services. Such term includes temporary use of general purpose vehicles and other nonlethal items of military equipment which are not designated as significant military equipment on the United States Munitions List promulgated pursuant to section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act.
(2) The term “North Atlantic Treaty Organization subsidiary bodies” means—
(A) any organization within the meaning of the term “subsidiary bodies” in article I of the multilateral treaty on the Status of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, National Representatives and International Staff, signed at Ottawa on September 20, 1951 (TIAS 2992; 5 UST 1087); and
(B) any international military headquarters or organization to which the Protocol on the Status of International Military Headquarters Set Up Pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty, signed at Paris on August 28, 1952 (TIAS 2978; 5 UST 870), applies.
(3) The term “military region” means the geographical area of responsibility assigned to the commander of a unified combatant command (excluding Europe and adjacent waters).
(4) The term “transfer” means selling (whether for payment in currency, replacement-in-kind, or exchange of supplies or services of equal value), leasing, loaning, or otherwise temporarily providing logistic support, supplies, and services under the terms of a
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In this chapter:
(1) The terms “appropriate congressional committees” and “appropriate committees of Congress” mean—
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2) The term “defense article” has the meaning given that term in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ([22 U.S.C. 2403](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2403&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(3) The term “defense service” has the meaning given that term in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ([22 U.S.C. 2403](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2403&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(4) The term “developing country” has the meaning prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this chapter in accordance with section 1241(n) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017.
(5) The term “incremental expenses”, with respect to a foreign country—
(A) means the reasonable and proper costs of rations, fuel, training ammunition, transportation, and other goods and services consumed by the country as a direct result of the country’s participation in activities authorized by this chapter; and
(B) does not include—
(i) any form of lethal assistance (excluding training ammunition); or
(ii) pay, allowances, and other normal costs of the personnel of the country.
(6) The term “national security forces”, in the case of a foreign country, means the following:
(A) National military and national-level security forces of the foreign country that have the functional
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 351
Secretary may prescribe, provide to a person re-
ceiving education and training under this sec-
tion the following:
(1) Transportation incident to such edu-
cation and training.
(2) Supplies and equipment to be used during
such education and training.
(3) Billeting, food, and health services in
connection with the receipt of such education
and training.
(e) LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The Secretary of the
Air Force may pay to a person receiving edu-
cation and training under this section a living
allowance at a rate to be prescribed by the Sec-
retary, taking into account the rates of living
allowances authorized for a member of the
Armed Forces under similar circumstances.
(f) FUNDING.—Amounts for the operations and
maintenance of the Academy, and for the provi-
sion of education and training through the
Academy, may be paid from funds available for
the Air Force for operation and maintenance.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII,
§ 1241(k)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2508; amended
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, § 1205, Jan. 1,
2021, 134 Stat. 3912.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in sub-
sec. (b)(3)(B), is Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424.
Chapter 5 of part II of the Act is classified generally to
part V (§ 2347 et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 32 of
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For com-
plete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 2151 of Title 22 and Ta-
bles.
CODIFICATION
Text of section, as added by Pub. L. 114–328, is based
on text of subsecs. (a) to (f) of section 1268 of Pub. L.
113–291, div. A, title XII, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3585,
which was formerly set out as a no
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