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10 U.S.C. § 2611 — Regional centers for security studies: acceptance of gifts and donations
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**(a) Authority to Accept Gifts and Donations.—**
(1) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may, on behalf of any Department of Defense regional center for security studies, any combination of such centers, or such centers generally, accept from any source specified in subsection (b) any gift or donation for purposes of defraying the costs or enhancing the operation of such a center, combination of centers, or centers generally, as the case may be.
(2) For purposes of this section, the Department of Defense regional centers for security studies are the following:
(A) The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.
(B) The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.
(C) The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies.
(D) The Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
(E) The Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies.
(F) The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies.
**(b) Sources.—** The sources from which gifts and donations may be accepted under subsection (a) are the following:
(1) The government of a State or a political subdivision of a State.
(2) The government of a foreign country.
(3) A foundation or other charitable organization, including a foundation or charitable organization this is organized or operates under the laws of a foreign country.
(4) Any source in the private sector of the United States or a foreign country.
**(c) Limitation.—** The Secretary may not accept a gift or donation under subsection (a) if acceptance of the gift or donation would compromise or appear to compromise—
(1) the ability of the Department of Defense, any employee of the Department, or any member of the armed forces to carry out the responsibility or duty of the Department in a fair and obj
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**(a) Authority to Accept Gifts and Donations.—**
(1) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may, on behalf of any Department of Defense regional center for security studies, any combination of such centers, or such centers generally, accept from any source specified in subsection (b) any gift or donation for purposes of defraying the costs or enhancing the operation of such a center, combination of centers, or centers generally, as the case may be.
(2) For purposes of this section, the Department of Defense regional centers for security studies are the following:
(A) The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.
(B) The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.
(C) The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies.
(D) The Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
(E) The Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies.
(F) The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies.
**(b) Sources.—** The sources from which gifts and donations may be accepted under subsection (a) are the following:
(1) The government of a State or a political subdivision of a State.
(2) The government of a foreign country.
(3) A foundation or other charitable organization, including a foundation or charitable organization this is organized or operates under the laws of a foreign country.
(4) Any source in the private sector of the United States or a foreign country.
**(c) Limitation.—** The Secretary may not accept a gift or donation under subsection (a) if acceptance of the gift or donation would compromise or appear to compromise—
(1) the ability of the Department of Defense, any employee of the Department, or any member of the armed forces to carry out the responsibility or duty of the Department in a fair and objective manner; or
(2) the integrity of any program of the Department, or of any person involved in such a program.
**(d) Criteria for Acceptance.—** The Secretary shall prescribe written guidance setting forth the criteria to be used in determining whether the acceptance of a gift or donation would have a result described in subsection (c).
**(e) Crediting of Funds.—** Funds accepted by the Secretary under section (a) shall be credited to appropriations available to the Department of Defense for the regional center, combination of centers, or centers generally for which accepted. Funds so credited shall be merged with the appropriations to which credited and shall be available for the regional center, combination of centers, or centers generally, as the case may be, for the same purposes as the appropriations with which merged. Any funds accepted under this section shall remain available until expended.
**(f) Gift or Donation Defined.—** In this section, the term “gift or donation” means any gift or donation of funds, materials (including research materials), real or personal property, or services (including lecture services and faculty services).
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Defense shall administer the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies in accordance with this section as international venues for bilateral and multilateral research, communication, exchange of ideas, and training involving military and civilian participants.
**(b) Regional Centers Specified.—**
(1) A Department of Defense Regional Center for Security Studies is a Department of Defense institution that—
(A) is operated, and designated as such, by the Secretary of Defense for the study of security issues relating to a specified geographic region of the world; and
(B) serves as a forum for bilateral and multilateral research, communication, exchange of ideas, and training involving military and civilian participants.
(2) The Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies are the following:
(A) The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, established in 1993 and located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
(B) The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, established in 1995 and located in Honolulu, Hawaii.
(C) The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, established in 1997 and located in Washington, D.C.
(D) The Africa Center for Strategic Studies, established in 1999 and located in Washington, D.C.
(E) The Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, established in 2000 and located in Washington, D.C.
(F) The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, established in 2021 and located in Anchorage, Alaska.
(3) No institution or element of the Department of Defense may be designated as a Department of Defense Regional Center for Security Studies for purposes of this section, other than the institutions specified in par
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2611
(g) INVESTMENT OF MONEY.—(1) Upon request
by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
the Treasury may invest money in the Defense
Cooperation Account in securities of the United
States or in securities guaranteed as to prin-
cipal and interest by the United States.
(2) Any interest or other income that accrues
from investment in securities referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be deposited to the credit of
the Defense Cooperation Account.
(h) NOTIFICATION
OF
CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall notify Congress of any
condition imposed by the donor on the use of
any contribution accepted by the Secretary
under the authority of this section.
(i) PERIODIC AUDITS BY GAO.—The Comptroller
General of the United States shall make peri-
odic audits of money and property accepted
under this section, at such intervals as the
Comptroller General determines to be war-
ranted. The Comptroller General shall submit to
Congress a report on the results of each such
audit.
(j) ITEMS INCLUDED AS CONTRIBUTIONS.—In this
section, the term ‘‘contribution’’ includes a de-
vise of real property or a bequest of personal
property.
(k) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense
shall prescribe regulations to carry out this sec-
tion.
(Added Pub. L. 101–403, title II, § 202(a)(1), Oct. 1,
1990, 104 Stat. 872; amended Pub. L. 102–190, div.
A, title X, § 1061(a)(16), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1473;
Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title XI, § 1105(b)(1), (2),
Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1750; Pub. L. 104–201, div.
A, title X, § 1063, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2652;
Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, § 1064(7), Dec. 31,
2011, 125 Stat. 1587.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2011—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 112–81 substituted ‘‘the
second quarter and t
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