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10 U.S.C. § 283 — Situations involving bombings of places of public use, Government facilities, public transportation systems, and infrastructure facilities
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**(a) In General.—** Upon the request of the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense may provide assistance in support of Department of Justice activities related to the enforcement of [section 2332f of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2332f&num=0&edition=prelim) during situations involving bombings of places of public use, Government facilities, public transportation systems, and infrastructure facilities.
**(b) Rendering-safe Support.—** Military explosive ordnance disposal units providing rendering-safe support to Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of section 175, 229, or 2332a of title 18 in emergency situations involving weapons of mass destruction shall provide such support in a manner consistent with the provisions of section 382 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.
**(c) Regulations.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General shall jointly prescribe regulations concerning the types of assistance that may be provided under this section. Such regulations shall also describe the actions that Department of Defense personnel may take in circumstances incident to the provision of assistance under this section.
(2)
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) may not authorize any of the following actions:
(i) Arrest.
(ii) Any direct participation in conducting a search for or seizure of evidence related to a violation of section 175, 229, or 2332a of title 18.
(iii) Any direct participation in the collection of intelligence for law enforcement purposes.
(B) Such regulations may authorize an action described in subparagraph (A) to be taken under the following conditions:
(i) The actio
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**(a) In General.—** Upon the request of the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense may provide assistance in support of Department of Justice activities related to the enforcement of [section 2332f of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2332f&num=0&edition=prelim) during situations involving bombings of places of public use, Government facilities, public transportation systems, and infrastructure facilities.
**(b) Rendering-safe Support.—** Military explosive ordnance disposal units providing rendering-safe support to Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of section 175, 229, or 2332a of title 18 in emergency situations involving weapons of mass destruction shall provide such support in a manner consistent with the provisions of section 382 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.
**(c) Regulations.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General shall jointly prescribe regulations concerning the types of assistance that may be provided under this section. Such regulations shall also describe the actions that Department of Defense personnel may take in circumstances incident to the provision of assistance under this section.
(2)
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) may not authorize any of the following actions:
(i) Arrest.
(ii) Any direct participation in conducting a search for or seizure of evidence related to a violation of section 175, 229, or 2332a of title 18.
(iii) Any direct participation in the collection of intelligence for law enforcement purposes.
(B) Such regulations may authorize an action described in subparagraph (A) to be taken under the following conditions:
(i) The action is considered necessary for the immediate protection of human life, and civilian law enforcement officials are not capable of taking the action.
(ii) The action is otherwise authorized under subsection (a) or under otherwise applicable law.
**(d) Explosive Ordnance Defined.—** The term “explosive ordnance”—
(1) means—
(A) bombs and warheads;
(B) guided and ballistic missiles;
(C) artillery, mortar, rocket, and small arms ammunition;
(D) all mines, torpedoes, and depth charges;
(E) grenades demolition charges;
(F) pyrotechnics;
(G) clusters and dispensers;
(H) cartridge- and propellant- actuated devices;
(I) electroexplosives devices;
(J) clandestine and improvised explosive devices; and
(K) all similar or related items or components explosive in nature; and
(2) includes all munitions containing explosives, propellants, nuclear fission or fusion materials, and biological and chemical agents.
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**(a) Policy Oversight and Resource Allocation.—** The Secretary of Defense shall assign responsibility for the oversight of strategic policy and guidance and responsibility for overall resource allocation for security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense to a single official and office in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the level of Under Secretary of Defense or below.
**(b) Execution and Administration of Certain Programs and Activities.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency shall be responsible for the execution and administration of all security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense involving the provision of defense articles, military training, and other defense-related services by grant, loan, cash sale, or lease.
(2) **Designation of responsibility.—** — The Director may designate an element of an armed force, combatant command, Defense Agency, Department of Defense Field Activity, or other element or organization of the Department of Defense to execute and administer security cooperation programs and activities described in paragraph (1) if the Director determines that the designation will achieve maximum effectiveness, efficiency, and economy in the activities for which designated.
**(c) Availability of Funds.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Funds available to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and other funds available to the Department of Defense for security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense, may be used to implement security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense authorized by this chapter.
(2) **Budget justification.—** — Funds necessary for implementing security cooperation programs and
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Defense, upon the request of the Attorney General, may provide assistance in support of Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of section 175, 229, or 2332a of title 18 during an emergency situation involving a weapon of mass destruction. Department of Defense resources, including personnel of the Department of Defense, may be used to provide such assistance if—
(1) the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General jointly determine that an emergency situation exists; and
(2) the Secretary of Defense determines that the provision of such assistance will not adversely affect the military preparedness of the United States.
**(b) Emergency Situations Covered.—** In this section, the term “emergency situation involving a weapon of mass destruction” means a circumstance involving a weapon of mass destruction—
(1) that poses a serious threat to the interests of the United States; and
(2) in which—
(A) civilian expertise and capabilities are not readily available to provide the required assistance to counter the threat immediately posed by the weapon involved;
(B) special capabilities and expertise of the Department of Defense are necessary and critical to counter the threat posed by the weapon involved; and
(C) enforcement of section 175, 229, or 2332a of title 18 would be seriously impaired if the Department of Defense assistance were not provided.
**(c) Forms of Assistance.—** The assistance referred to in subsection (a) includes the operation of equipment (including equipment made available under section 372 11 See References in Text note below. of this title) to monitor, contain, disable, or dispose of the weapon involved or elements of the weapon.
**(d) Regulations.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defen
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**(a) Offenses.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Whoever unlawfully delivers, places, discharges, or detonates an explosive or other lethal device in, into, or against a place of public use, a state or government facility, a public transportation system, or an infrastructure facility—
(A) with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or
(B) with the intent to cause extensive destruction of such a place, facility, or system, where such destruction results in or is likely to result in major economic loss,
shall be punished as prescribed in subsection (c).
(2) **Attempts and conspiracies.—** — Whoever attempts or conspires to commit an offense under paragraph (1) shall be punished as prescribed in subsection (c).
**(b) Jurisdiction.—** There is jurisdiction over the offenses in subsection (a) if—
(1) the offense takes place in the United States and—
(A) the offense is committed against another state or a government facility of such state, including its embassy or other diplomatic or consular premises of that state;
(B) the offense is committed in an attempt to compel another state or the United States to do or abstain from doing any act;
(C) at the time the offense is committed, it is committed—
(i) on board a vessel flying the flag of another state;
(ii) on board an aircraft which is registered under the laws of another state; or
(iii) on board an aircraft which is operated by the government of another state;
(D) a perpetrator is found outside the United States;
(E) a perpetrator is a national of another state or a stateless person; or
(F) a victim is a national of another state or a stateless person;
(2) the offense takes place outside the United States and—
(A) a perpetrator is a national of the United States or is a
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**(a) Program Required.—** The Secretary of Defense shall maintain a program of assessment, monitoring, and evaluation in support of the security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense.
**(b) Program Elements and Requirements.—**
(1) **Elements.—** — The program under subsection (a) shall provide for the following:
(A) Initial assessments of partner capability requirements, potential programmatic risks, baseline information, and indicators of efficacy for purposes of planning, monitoring, and evaluation of security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense.
(B) Monitoring of implementation of such programs and activities in order to measure progress in execution and, to the extent possible, achievement of desired outcomes.
(C) Evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of such programs and activities in achieving desired outcomes.
(D) Identification of lessons learned in carrying out such programs and activities, and development of recommendation for improving future security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense.
(E) Incorporation of lessons learned from prior security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense that were carried out any time on or after September 11, 2001.
(2) **Best practices.—** — The program shall be conducted in accordance with international best practices, interagency standards, and, if applicable, the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–62), and the amendments made by that Act, and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–352), and the amendments made by that Act.
**(c) Availability of Funds.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Funds available to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and other fun
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 284
1 See References in Text note below.
§ 283. Situations involving bombings of places of
public use, Government facilities, public
transportation systems, and infrastructure
facilities
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of the At-
torney General, the Secretary of Defense may
provide assistance in support of Department of
Justice activities related to the enforcement of
section 2332f of title 18 during situations involv-
ing bombings of places of public use, Govern-
ment facilities, public transportation systems,
and infrastructure facilities.
(b) RENDERING-SAFE SUPPORT.—Military explo-
sive ordnance disposal units providing ren-
dering-safe support to Department of Justice ac-
tivities relating to the enforcement of section
175, 229, or 2332a of title 18 in emergency situa-
tions involving weapons of mass destruction
shall provide such support in a manner con-
sistent with the provisions of section 382 1 of this
title.
(c) REGULATIONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense
and the Attorney General shall jointly prescribe
regulations concerning the types of assistance
that may be provided under this section. Such
regulations shall also describe the actions that
Department of Defense personnel may take in
circumstances incident to the provision of as-
sistance under this section.
(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
the regulations prescribed under paragraph (1)
may not authorize any of the following actions:
(i) Arrest.
(ii) Any direct participation in conducting a
search for or seizure of evidence related to a
violation of section 175, 229, or 2332a of title 18.
(iii) Any direct participation in the collec-
tion of intelligence for law enforcement pur-
poses.
(B) Such regulations may authorize an action
desc
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