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10 U.S.C. § 2396 — Advances for payments for compliance with foreign laws, rent in foreign countries, tuition, public utility services, and pay and supplies of armed forces of friendly foreign countries
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**(a)** An advance under an appropriation to the Department of Defense may be made to pay for—
(1) compliance with laws and ministerial regulations of a foreign country;
(2) rent in a foreign country for periods of time determined by local custom;
(3) tuition; and
(4) public service utilities.
**(b)**
(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service of the Navy, an officer of an armed force of the United States accountable for public money may advance amounts to a disbursing official of a friendly foreign country or members of an armed force of a friendly foreign country for—
(A) pay and allowances to members of the armed force of that country; and
(B) necessary supplies and services.
(2) An advance may be made under this subsection only if the President has made an agreement with the foreign country—
(A) requiring reimbursement to the United States for amounts advanced;
(B) requiring the appropriate authority of the country to advance amounts reciprocally to members of the armed forces of the United States; and
(C) containing any other provision the President considers necessary to carry out this subsection and to safeguard the interests of the United States.
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**(a)** An advance under an appropriation to the Department of Defense may be made to pay for—
(1) compliance with laws and ministerial regulations of a foreign country;
(2) rent in a foreign country for periods of time determined by local custom;
(3) tuition; and
(4) public service utilities.
**(b)**
(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service of the Navy, an officer of an armed force of the United States accountable for public money may advance amounts to a disbursing official of a friendly foreign country or members of an armed force of a friendly foreign country for—
(A) pay and allowances to members of the armed force of that country; and
(B) necessary supplies and services.
(2) An advance may be made under this subsection only if the President has made an agreement with the foreign country—
(A) requiring reimbursement to the United States for amounts advanced;
(B) requiring the appropriate authority of the country to advance amounts reciprocally to members of the armed forces of the United States; and
(C) containing any other provision the President considers necessary to carry out this subsection and to safeguard the interests of the United States.
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Another section 2395 was renumbered [section 2396 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2396&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2396
§ 2396. Advances for payments for compliance
with foreign laws, rent in foreign countries,
tuition, public utility services, and pay and
supplies of armed forces of friendly foreign
countries
(a) An advance under an appropriation to the
Department of Defense may be made to pay
for—
(1) compliance with laws and ministerial
regulations of a foreign country;
(2) rent in a foreign country for periods of
time determined by local custom;
(3) tuition; and
(4) public service utilities.
(b)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Home-
land Security with respect to the Coast Guard
when it is not operating as a service of the
Navy, an officer of an armed force of the United
States accountable for public money may ad-
vance amounts to a disbursing official of a
friendly foreign country or members of an
armed force of a friendly foreign country for—
(A) pay and allowances to members of the
armed force of that country; and
(B) necessary supplies and services.
(2) An advance may be made under this sub-
section only if the President has made an agree-
ment with the foreign country—
(A) requiring reimbursement to the United
States for amounts advanced;
(B) requiring the appropriate authority of
the country to advance amounts reciprocally
to members of the armed forces of the United
States; and
(C) containing any other provision the Presi-
dent considers necessary to carry out this sub-
section and to safeguard the interests of the
United States.
(Added Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(b)(4)(B), Sept. 13, 1982,
96 Stat. 1053, § 2395; renumbered § 2396 and
amended Pub. L. 97–295, § 1(28)(B), Oct. 12, 1982, 96
Stat. 1291; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1014(a),
(b)(1), Nov. 18, 1997,
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