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10 U.S.C. § 404 — Foreign disaster assistance
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**(a) In General.—** The President may direct the Secretary of Defense to provide disaster assistance outside the United States to respond to manmade or natural disasters when necessary to prevent loss of lives or serious harm to the environment.
**(b) Forms of Assistance.—** Assistance provided under this section may include transportation, supplies, services, and equipment.
**(c) Notification Required.—** Not later than 48 hours after the commencement of disaster assistance activities to provide assistance under this section, the President shall transmit to Congress a report containing notification of the assistance provided, and proposed to be provided, under this section and a description of so much of the following as is then available:
(1) The manmade or natural disaster for which disaster assistance is necessary.
(2) The threat to human lives or the environment presented by the disaster.
(3) The United States military personnel and material resources that are involved or expected to be involved.
(4) The disaster assistance that is being provided or is expected to be provided by other nations or public or private relief organizations.
(5) The anticipated duration of the disaster assistance activities.
**(d) Organizing Policies and Programs.—** Amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (OHDACA) programs of the Department shall be available for organizing general policies and programs for disaster relief programs for disasters occurring outside the United States.
**(e) Limitation on Transportation Assistance.—** Transportation services authorized under subsection (b) may be provided in response to a manmade or natural disaster to prevent serious harm to the environment, when huma
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**(a) In General.—** The President may direct the Secretary of Defense to provide disaster assistance outside the United States to respond to manmade or natural disasters when necessary to prevent loss of lives or serious harm to the environment.
**(b) Forms of Assistance.—** Assistance provided under this section may include transportation, supplies, services, and equipment.
**(c) Notification Required.—** Not later than 48 hours after the commencement of disaster assistance activities to provide assistance under this section, the President shall transmit to Congress a report containing notification of the assistance provided, and proposed to be provided, under this section and a description of so much of the following as is then available:
(1) The manmade or natural disaster for which disaster assistance is necessary.
(2) The threat to human lives or the environment presented by the disaster.
(3) The United States military personnel and material resources that are involved or expected to be involved.
(4) The disaster assistance that is being provided or is expected to be provided by other nations or public or private relief organizations.
(5) The anticipated duration of the disaster assistance activities.
**(d) Organizing Policies and Programs.—** Amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (OHDACA) programs of the Department shall be available for organizing general policies and programs for disaster relief programs for disasters occurring outside the United States.
**(e) Limitation on Transportation Assistance.—** Transportation services authorized under subsection (b) may be provided in response to a manmade or natural disaster to prevent serious harm to the environment, when human lives are not at risk, only if other sources to provide such transportation are not readily available.
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The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.
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**(a) Authority to Use for Certain Purposes.—** The Secretary concerned may use one-step turn-key selection procedures for the purpose of entering into a contract for any of the following purposes:
(1) The construction of an authorized military construction project.
(2) A repair project (as defined in [section 2811(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2811/e&num=0&edition=prelim)) with an approved cost equal to or less than $4,000,000.11 See Temporary Expansion of Authority for Use of One-Step Turn-Key Procedures for Repair Projects note below.
(3) The construction of a facility as part of an authorized security assistance activity.
**(b) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) The term “one-step turn-key selection procedures” means procedures used for the selection of a contractor on the basis of price and other evaluation criteria to perform, in accordance with the provisions of a firm fixed-price contract, both the design and construction of a facility using performance specifications supplied by the Secretary concerned.
(2) The term “security assistance activity” means—
(A) humanitarian and civic assistance authorized by sections 401 and 2561 of this title;
(B) foreign disaster assistance authorized by [section 404 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section404&num=0&edition=prelim);
(C) foreign military construction sales authorized by section 29 of the Arms Export Control Act ([22 U.S.C. 2769](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2769&num=0&edition=prelim));
(D) foreign assistance authorized under sections 607 and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ([22 U.S.C. 2357](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 405
Stat. 1836, related to international peacekeeping activi-
ties.
§ 404. Foreign disaster assistance
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may direct the
Secretary of Defense to provide disaster assist-
ance outside the United States to respond to
manmade or natural disasters when necessary to
prevent loss of lives or serious harm to the envi-
ronment.
(b) FORMS
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Assistance pro-
vided under this section may include transpor-
tation, supplies, services, and equipment.
(c) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 48
hours after the commencement of disaster as-
sistance activities to provide assistance under
this section, the President shall transmit to
Congress a report containing notification of the
assistance provided, and proposed to be pro-
vided, under this section and a description of so
much of the following as is then available:
(1) The manmade or natural disaster for
which disaster assistance is necessary.
(2) The threat to human lives or the environ-
ment presented by the disaster.
(3) The United States military personnel and
material resources that are involved or ex-
pected to be involved.
(4) The disaster assistance that is being pro-
vided or is expected to be provided by other
nations or public or private relief organiza-
tions.
(5) The anticipated duration of the disaster
assistance activities.
(d) ORGANIZING
POLICIES
AND
PROGRAMS.—
Amounts appropriated to the Department of De-
fense for any fiscal year for Overseas Humani-
tarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (OHDACA) pro-
grams of the Department shall be available for
organizing general policies and programs for dis-
aster relief programs for disasters occurring
outside the United States.
(e) LIMITATION
ON
TRANSPORTATION
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Transportatio
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