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10 U.S.C. § 402 — Transportation of humanitarian relief supplies to foreign countries
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**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may transport to any country, without charge, supplies which have been furnished by a nongovernmental source and which are intended for humanitarian assistance. Such supplies may be transported only on a space available basis.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary may not transport supplies under subsection (a) unless the Secretary determines that—
(A) the transportation of such supplies is consistent with the foreign policy of the United States;
(B) the supplies to be transported are suitable for humanitarian purposes and are in usable condition;
(C) there is a legitimate humanitarian need for such supplies by the people or entity for whom they are intended;
(D) the supplies will in fact be used for humanitarian purposes; and
(E) adequate arrangements have been made for the distribution or use of such supplies in the destination country.
(2) The President shall establish procedures for making the determinations required under paragraph (1). Such procedures shall include inspection of supplies before acceptance for transport.
(3) It shall be the responsibility of the entity requesting the transport of supplies under this section to ensure that the supplies are suitable for transport.
**(c)**
(1) Supplies transported under this section may be distributed by an agency of the United States Government, a foreign government, an international organization, or a private nonprofit relief organization.
(2) Supplies transported under this section may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, to any individual, group, or organization engaged in a military or paramilitary activity.
**(d)**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may use the authority provided by subsection
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**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may transport to any country, without charge, supplies which have been furnished by a nongovernmental source and which are intended for humanitarian assistance. Such supplies may be transported only on a space available basis.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary may not transport supplies under subsection (a) unless the Secretary determines that—
(A) the transportation of such supplies is consistent with the foreign policy of the United States;
(B) the supplies to be transported are suitable for humanitarian purposes and are in usable condition;
(C) there is a legitimate humanitarian need for such supplies by the people or entity for whom they are intended;
(D) the supplies will in fact be used for humanitarian purposes; and
(E) adequate arrangements have been made for the distribution or use of such supplies in the destination country.
(2) The President shall establish procedures for making the determinations required under paragraph (1). Such procedures shall include inspection of supplies before acceptance for transport.
(3) It shall be the responsibility of the entity requesting the transport of supplies under this section to ensure that the supplies are suitable for transport.
**(c)**
(1) Supplies transported under this section may be distributed by an agency of the United States Government, a foreign government, an international organization, or a private nonprofit relief organization.
(2) Supplies transported under this section may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, to any individual, group, or organization engaged in a military or paramilitary activity.
**(d)**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may use the authority provided by subsection (a) 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.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may require reimbursement for costs incurred by the Department of Defense to transport supplies under this subsection.
**(e)** Not later than July 31 each year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives a report identifying the origin, contents, destination, and disposition of all supplies transported under this section during the 12-month period ending on the preceding June 30.
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**(a) Delegation by President; rules and regulations; utilization of goods and services from private enterprise, and facilities and resources of Federal agencies when not competitive with private enterprise** The President may exercise any functions conferred upon him by this chapter through such agency or officer of the United States Government as he shall direct. The head of any such agency or such officer may from time to time promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out such functions, and may delegate authority to perform any such functions, including, if he shall so specify, the authority successively to redelegate any of such functions to any of his subordinates. In providing technical assistance under this chapter, the head of any such agency or such officer shall utilize, to the fullest extent practicable, goods and professional and other services from private enterprise on a contract basis. In such fields as education, health, housing, or agriculture, the facilities and resources of other Federal agencies shall be utilized when such facilities are particularly or uniquely suitable for technical assistance, are not competitive with private enterprise, and can be made available without interfering unduly with domestic programs.
**(b) Eligibility of suppliers; debarment period; causes for debarment; conditions for reinstatement; periodic review** The President shall issue and enforce regulations determining the eligibility of any person to receive funds made available under this chapter. A person may be suspended under such regulations for a temporary period pending the completion of an investigation and any resulting judicial or debarment proceedings, upon cause for belief that such person or an affiliate thereof probably has undertake
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(a) United States development cooperation policy
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**(a) Encouraging private contributions** It is the sense of the Congress that the President should take all possible steps to encourage across the Nation a massive outpouring of private contributions of money and nonperishable foods, to be collected by civic, religious, school, and youth organizations, for assistance to Poland and to refugees from Romania who are in Hungary.
**(b) Transportation to Poland of private contributions** In further 11 So in original. Probably should be “furtherance”. of subsection (a), the President—
(1) using all available authorities, including [section 402 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section402&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to transportation of humanitarian relief supplies), should use resources of the Department of Defense (including the National Guard) to transport nonfinancial private contributions to Poland,22 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon.
(2) should request additional authorities as needed for the use of those resources for that purpose; and
(3) should encourage maximum participation by such recognized private and voluntary organizations as the Polish-American Congress in the transportation of nonfinancial private contributions to Poland.
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**(a)**
(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President shall provide the committee with assistance and information.
(2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional information related to the amount of an appropriation originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be submitted to the committee.
**(b)** When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall—
(1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information;
(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and
(3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency.
**(c)** In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall—
(1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system;
(2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and
(3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 402
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR CLEARING
LANDMINES
Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XIV, § 1413, Oct. 5, 1994,
108 Stat. 2913, required Secretary of Defense to carry
out program for humanitarian purposes to provide as-
sistance to other nations in detection and clearance of
landmines, specified that such assistance was to be pro-
vided through instruction, education, training, and ad-
vising of personnel of those nations in procedures de-
termined effective for detecting and clearing land-
mines, specified forms of assistance, required Secretary
to ensure that no member of Armed Forces engaged in
physical detection, lifting, or destroying of landmines
(unless done for concurrent purpose of supporting
United States military operations) or gave such assist-
ance as part of military operation not involving Armed
Forces, made funds available, specified uses of funds,
and required Secretary to provide notice to Congress of
activities carried out under the program, prior to re-
peal by Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XIII, § 1313(c), Feb.
10, 1996, 110 Stat. 475.
HUMANITARIAN AND CIVIC ASSISTANCE
Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title XV, § 1504, Nov. 30, 1993,
107 Stat. 1839, provided that:
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS.—The regulations required to be
prescribed under section 401 of title 10, United States
Code, shall be prescribed not later than March 1, 1994.
In prescribing such regulations, the Secretary of De-
fense shall consult with the Secretary of State.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—[Amended section
401(c)(2) of this title.]
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATIONS
REGARDING
HUMANITARIAN
RE-
LIEF.—Any notification provided to the appropriate
congressional committees with respect to assistance
activities under section 2551 [now 2561] of titl
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