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10 U.S.C. § 2561 — Humanitarian assistance
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**(a) Authorized Assistance.—**
(1) To the extent provided in defense authorization Acts, funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for a fiscal year for humanitarian assistance shall be used for the purpose of providing transportation of humanitarian relief and for other humanitarian purposes worldwide.
(2) The Secretary of Defense may use the authority provided by paragraph (1) to transport supplies intended for use to respond to, or mitigate the effects of, an event or condition, such as an oil spill, that threatens serious harm to the environment, but only if other sources to provide such transportation are not readily available. The Secretary may require reimbursement for costs incurred by the Department of Defense to transport supplies under this paragraph.
**(b) Availability of Funds.—** To the extent provided in appropriation Acts, funds appropriated for humanitarian assistance for the purposes of this section shall remain available until expended.
**(c) Notice Before Provision of Assistance.—**
(1) If the Secretary of Defense uses the authority under subsection (a) to provide assistance for any program or activity in an amount in excess of $5,000,000, the Secretary shall provide to the congressional committees specified in subsection (g) notice in writing of the use of such authority in accordance with paragraph (2). Notice under this subsection shall include an identification of each of the following:
(A) The amount, type, and purpose of assistance to be provided and the recipient of the assistance.
(B) The goals and objectives of the assistance.
(C) The number and role of any members of the Armed Forces involved in the provision of the assistance.
(D) Any other information the Secretary determines is relevant.
(2) Noti
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**(a) Authorized Assistance.—**
(1) To the extent provided in defense authorization Acts, funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for a fiscal year for humanitarian assistance shall be used for the purpose of providing transportation of humanitarian relief and for other humanitarian purposes worldwide.
(2) The Secretary of Defense may use the authority provided by paragraph (1) to transport supplies intended for use to respond to, or mitigate the effects of, an event or condition, such as an oil spill, that threatens serious harm to the environment, but only if other sources to provide such transportation are not readily available. The Secretary may require reimbursement for costs incurred by the Department of Defense to transport supplies under this paragraph.
**(b) Availability of Funds.—** To the extent provided in appropriation Acts, funds appropriated for humanitarian assistance for the purposes of this section shall remain available until expended.
**(c) Notice Before Provision of Assistance.—**
(1) If the Secretary of Defense uses the authority under subsection (a) to provide assistance for any program or activity in an amount in excess of $5,000,000, the Secretary shall provide to the congressional committees specified in subsection (g) notice in writing of the use of such authority in accordance with paragraph (2). Notice under this subsection shall include an identification of each of the following:
(A) The amount, type, and purpose of assistance to be provided and the recipient of the assistance.
(B) The goals and objectives of the assistance.
(C) The number and role of any members of the Armed Forces involved in the provision of the assistance.
(D) Any other information the Secretary determines is relevant.
(2) Notice required under paragraph (1) shall be provided—
(A) before the provision of assistance under subsection (a) using funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for a fiscal year for humanitarian assistance; or
(B) not later than 48 hours after the provision of such assistance, if the Secretary determines that extraordinary circumstances that affect the national security interests of the United States exist.
**(d) Status Reports.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional committees specified in subsection (g) an annual report on the provision of humanitarian assistance pursuant to this section for the prior fiscal year. The report shall be submitted each year at the time of the budget submission by the President for the next fiscal year.
(2) Each report required by paragraph (1) shall cover all provisions of law that authorize appropriations for humanitarian assistance to be available from the Department of Defense for the purposes of this section.
(3) Each report under this subsection shall set forth the following information regarding activities during the previous fiscal year:
(A) The total amount of funds obligated for humanitarian assistance under this section.
(B) A comprehensive list of humanitarian assistance efforts for which support was provided under this section, disaggregated by foreign partner country, amount obligated, and purpose specified in subsection (b).
(C) A description of the manner in which such efforts address—
(i) the humanitarian needs of the foreign partner country; and
(ii) Department of Defense objectives and broader United States national security objectives.
(D) A description of any transfer of nonlethal excess supplies of the Department of Defense made available for humanitarian relief purposes under [section 2557 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2557&num=0&edition=prelim), including, for each such transfer—
(i) the date of the transfer;
(ii) the entity to which the transfer is made; and
(iii) the quantity of items transferred.
**(e) Report Regarding Relief for Unauthorized Countries.—** In any case in which the Secretary of Defense provides for the transportation of humanitarian relief to a country to which the transportation of humanitarian relief has not been specifically authorized by law, the Secretary shall notify the congressional committees specified in subsection (g) and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Secretary’s intention to provide such transportation. The notification shall be submitted not less than 15 days before the commencement of such transportation.
**(f) Definition.—** In this section, the term “defense authorization Act” means an Act that authorizes appropriations for one or more fiscal years for military activities of the Department of Defense, including authorizations of appropriations for the activities described in paragraph (7) of [section 114(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section114/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(g) Congressional Committees.—** The congressional committees referred to in subsections (c)(1), (d)(1), and (e) are the following:
(1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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**(a)**
(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department may carry out humanitarian and civic assistance activities in conjunction with authorized military operations of the armed forces in a country if the Secretary concerned determines that the activities will promote—
(A) the security interests of both the United States and the country in which the activities are to be carried out; and
(B) the specific operational readiness skills of the members of the armed forces who participate in the activities.
(2) Humanitarian and civic assistance activities carried out under this section shall complement, and may not duplicate, any other form of social or economic assistance which may be provided to the country concerned by any other department or agency of the United States. Such activities shall serve the basic economic and social needs of the people of the country concerned.
(3) Humanitarian and civic assistance may not be provided under this section (directly or indirectly) to any individual, group, or organization engaged in military or paramilitary activity.
**(b)** Humanitarian and civic assistance may not be provided under this section to any foreign country unless the Secretary of State specifically approves the provision of such assistance.
**(c)**
(1) Expenses incurred as a direct result of providing humanitarian and civic assistance under this section to a foreign country shall be paid for out of funds specifically appropriated for such purpose.
(2) , (3) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title XII, § 1203(a)(3), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2413.]
(4) Nothing in this section may be interpreted to preclude the incurring of minimal expenditures by the Department of Defense for purposes of humanitarian an
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**(a)**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may make available for humanitarian relief purposes any nonlethal excess supplies of the Department of Defense. In addition, the Secretary may make nonlethal excess supplies of the Department available to support domestic emergency assistance activities.
(2) The Secretary of Defense may make excess clothing, shoes, sleeping bags, and related nonlethal excess supplies available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for distribution to homeless veterans and programs assisting homeless veterans. The transfer of nonlethal excess supplies to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under this paragraph shall be without reimbursement.
**(b)**
(1) Excess supplies made available for humanitarian relief purposes under this section shall be transferred to the Secretary of State, who shall be responsible for the distribution of such supplies.
(2) Excess supplies made available under this section to support domestic emergency assistance activities shall be transferred to the Secretary of Homeland Security. The Secretary of Defense may provide assistance in the distribution of such supplies at the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
**(c)** This section does not constitute authority to conduct any activity which, if carried out as an intelligence activity by the Department of Defense, would require a notice to the intelligence committees under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3091](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3091&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
**(d)** In this section:
(1) The term “nonlethal excess supplies” means property, other than real property, of the Department of Defense—
(A) that is excess property, as defined in regulations of the Department of Defens
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**(a) In General.—** Supplies bought for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, or for a Defense Agency, or otherwise transported by the Department of Defense, may only be transported by sea in—
(1) a vessel belonging to the United States; or
(2) a vessel of the United States (as such term is defined in [section 116 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section116&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b) Waiver and Notification.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement under subsection (a) if such a vessel is—
(A) not available at a fair and reasonable rate for commercial vessels of the United States; or
(B) otherwise not available.
(2) At least once each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit, in writing, to the appropriate congressional committees a notice of any waiver granted under this subsection and the reasons for such waiver.
**(c) Requirements for Reflagging or Repair Work.—**
(1) In each request for proposals to enter into a time-charter contract for the use of a vessel for the transportation of supplies under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall require that—
(A) any reflagging or repair work on a vessel for which a proposal is submitted in response to the request for proposals be performed in the United States (including any territory of the United States); and
(B) any corrective and preventive maintenance or repair work on a vessel under contract pursuant to this section relevant to the purpose of such contract be performed in the United States (including any territory of the United States) for the duration of the contract, to the greatest extent practicable.
(2) The Secretary of Defense may waive a requirement under paragraph (1) if the Secretary det
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**(a)** The Secretary of a military department, under conditions prescribed by him, may lend cots, blankets, pillows, mattresses, bed sacks, and other supplies under the jurisdiction of that department to any recognized national veterans’ organization for use at its national or state convention or national youth athletic or recreation tournament. He may, under conditions prescribed by him, also permit the organization to use unoccupied barracks under the jurisdiction of that department for such an occasion.
**(b)** Property lent under subsection (a) may be delivered on terms and at times agreed upon by the Secretary of the military department concerned and representatives of the veterans’ organization. However, the veterans’ organization must defray any expense incurred by the United States in the delivery, return, rehabilitation, or replacement of that property, as determined by the Secretary.
**(c)** The Secretary of the military department concerned shall require a good and sufficient bond for the return in good condition of property lent or used under subsection (a).
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**(a) Annual Report Required.—** Not later than March 31 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that sets forth, on a country-by-country basis, an overview of security cooperation activities carried out by the Department of Defense during the fiscal year in which such report is submitted, using the authorities specified in subsection (b).
**(b) Elements of Report.—** Each report required under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to each country and for the entirety of the period covered by such report, the following:
(1) A narrative summary that provides—
(A) a brief overview of the primary security cooperation objectives for the activities encompassed by the report; and
(B) a description of how such activities advance the theater security cooperation strategy of the relevant geographic combatant command.
(2) A table that includes an aggregated amount with respect to each of the following:
(A) With respect to [section 331 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section331&num=0&edition=prelim), the value of all logistic support, supplies, and services for which notice is required by such section.
(B) With respect to amounts made available for [section 332(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section332/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the Department of Defense cost to provide any Department personnel as advisors to a ministry of defense.
(C) With respect to amounts made available for [section 332(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section332/b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Department of Defense incremental execution costs to conduct activities unde
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2559
services described in subsection (c) in connec-
tion with an annual conference or convention of
a national military association.
(b) CONDITIONS
FOR
PROVIDING
SERVICES.—
Services may be provided under this section
only if—
(1) the provision of the services in any case
is approved in advance by the Secretary con-
cerned;
(2) the services can be provided in conjunc-
tion with training in appropriate military
skills; and
(3) the services can be provided within exist-
ing funds otherwise available to the Secretary
concerned.
(c) COVERED SERVICES.—Services that may be
provided under this section are—
(1) limited air and ground transportation;
(2) communications;
(3) medical assistance;
(4) administrative support; and
(5) security support.
(d) NATIONAL
MILITARY
ASSOCIATIONS.—The
Secretary of Defense shall designate those orga-
nizations which are national military associa-
tions for purposes of this section.
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense
shall prescribe regulations to carry out this sec-
tion.
(Added Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title III,
§ 329(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1417, § 2548; re-
numbered § 2558, Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A],
title X, § 1033(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654,
1654A–260.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2000—Pub. L. 106–398 renumbered section 2548 of this
title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title III, § 329(b), Nov. 29, 1989,
103 Stat. 1417, provided that: ‘‘Section 2548 [now 2558] of
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a),
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act [Nov. 29, 1989].’’
§ 2559. Provision of medical care to foreign mili-
tary and diplomatic personnel: reimb
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