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10 U.S.C. § 429a — Expenditure of funds for Department of Defense intelligence and counterintelligence activities
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**(a) In General.—** Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Defense may expend amounts made available for the Military Intelligence Program for intelligence and counterintelligence activities for any purpose the Secretary determines to be proper with regard to intelligence and counterintelligence objects of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature. Such a determination is final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United States.
**(b) Limitation on Amount.—** The Secretary of Defense may not expend more than five percent of the amounts described in subsection (a) for any fiscal year for objects described in that subsection unless—
(1) the Secretary notifies the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees of the intent to expend the amounts and purpose of the expenditure; and
(2) 30 days have elapsed from the date on which the Secretary provides the notice described in paragraph (1).
**(c) Certification.—** For each expenditure of funds under this section, the Secretary shall certify that such expenditure was made for an object of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature.
**(d) Report.—** Not later than December 31 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees a report on expenditures made under this section during the fiscal year preceding the year in which the report is submitted. Each such report shall include, for each expenditure under this section during the fiscal year covered by the report, a description, the purpose, the program element, and the certification required under section (c).
**(e) Limitation on Delegations.—** The Secretary of Defense may not delegate the authority under t
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**(a) In General.—** Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Defense may expend amounts made available for the Military Intelligence Program for intelligence and counterintelligence activities for any purpose the Secretary determines to be proper with regard to intelligence and counterintelligence objects of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature. Such a determination is final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United States.
**(b) Limitation on Amount.—** The Secretary of Defense may not expend more than five percent of the amounts described in subsection (a) for any fiscal year for objects described in that subsection unless—
(1) the Secretary notifies the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees of the intent to expend the amounts and purpose of the expenditure; and
(2) 30 days have elapsed from the date on which the Secretary provides the notice described in paragraph (1).
**(c) Certification.—** For each expenditure of funds under this section, the Secretary shall certify that such expenditure was made for an object of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature.
**(d) Report.—** Not later than December 31 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees a report on expenditures made under this section during the fiscal year preceding the year in which the report is submitted. Each such report shall include, for each expenditure under this section during the fiscal year covered by the report, a description, the purpose, the program element, and the certification required under section (c).
**(e) Limitation on Delegations.—** The Secretary of Defense may not delegate the authority under this section with respect to any expenditure in excess of $200,000.
**(f) Nonapplication of Section 127.—** The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be the exclusive authority available to the Secretary of Defense to expend amounts made available for the Military Intelligence Program for intelligence and counterintelligence objects of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature.
**(g) Congressional Intelligence Committees Defined.—** In this section, the term “congressional intelligence committees” means—
(1) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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**(a) Accounts for Appropriations for Defense Intelligence Elements.—** The Secretary of Defense may transfer appropriations of the Department of Defense which are available for the activities of Defense intelligence elements to an account or accounts established for receipt of such transfers. Each such account may also receive transfers from the Director of National Intelligence if made pursuant to section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3024](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3024&num=0&edition=prelim)) and transfers and reimbursements arising from transactions, as authorized by law, between a Defense intelligence element and another entity. Appropriation balances in each such account may be transferred back to the account or accounts from which such appropriations originated as appropriation refunds.
**(b) Recordation of Transfers.—** Transfers made pursuant to subsection (a) shall be recorded as expenditure transfers.
**(c) Availability of Funds.—** Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall remain available for the same time period and for the same purpose as the appropriation from which transferred, and shall remain subject to the same limitations provided in the law making the appropriation.
**(d) Obligation and Expenditure of Funds.—** Unless otherwise specifically authorized by law, funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall only be obligated and expended in accordance with chapter 15 of title 31 and all other applicable provisions of law.
**(e) Defense Intelligence Element Defined.—** In this section, the term “Defense intelligence element” means any of the Department of Defense agencies, offices, and elements included within the definition of “intelligence community” under sec
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**(a)** Subject to the limitations of subsection (c), and within the limitation of appropriations made for the purpose, the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, and the Secretary of a military department within his department, may provide for any emergency or extraordinary expense which cannot be anticipated or classified. When it is so provided in such an appropriation, the funds may be spent on approval or authority of the Secretary concerned or the Inspector General for any purpose he determines to be proper, and such a determination is final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United States. The Secretary concerned or the Inspector General may certify the amount of any such expenditure authorized by him that he considers advisable not to specify, and his certificate is sufficient voucher for the expenditure of that amount. The authority to expend amounts made available for the Military Intelligence Program for intelligence and counterintelligence objects of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature is provided by [section 429a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section429a&num=0&edition=prelim) instead of this section.
**(b)** The authority conferred by this section may be delegated by the Secretary of Defense to any person in the Department of Defense, by the Inspector General to any person in the Office of the Inspector General, or by the Secretary of a military department to any person within his department, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.
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(1) Funds may not be obligated or expended in an amount in excess of $500,000 under the authority of subsection (a) or (b) until the Secretary of Defense has notified the cong
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 429a
§ 429. Appropriations for Defense intelligence
elements: accounts for transfers; transfer au-
thority
(a) ACCOUNTS
FOR
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR
DE-
FENSE INTELLIGENCE ELEMENTS.—The Secretary
of Defense may transfer appropriations of the
Department of Defense which are available for
the activities of Defense intelligence elements
to an account or accounts established for receipt
of such transfers. Each such account may also
receive transfers from the Director of National
Intelligence if made pursuant to section 102A of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024)
and transfers and reimbursements arising from
transactions, as authorized by law, between a
Defense intelligence element and another enti-
ty. Appropriation balances in each such account
may be transferred back to the account or ac-
counts from which such appropriations origi-
nated as appropriation refunds.
(b) RECORDATION
OF
TRANSFERS.—Transfers
made pursuant to subsection (a) shall be re-
corded as expenditure transfers.
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds transferred
pursuant to subsection (a) shall remain avail-
able for the same time period and for the same
purpose as the appropriation from which trans-
ferred, and shall remain subject to the same lim-
itations provided in the law making the appro-
priation.
(d) OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—
Unless otherwise specifically authorized by law,
funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a)
shall only be obligated and expended in accord-
ance with chapter 15 of title 31 and all other ap-
plicable provisions of law.
(e) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ELEMENT DEFINED.—
In this section, the term ‘‘Defense intelligence
element’’ means any of the Department of De-
fense agencies, offices, and elements included
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