10 U.S.C. § 273 — Training and advising civilian law enforce-

Page 344 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 273 1 See References in Text note below. 2013—Pub. L. 112–239 struck out ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’ and subsec. (b) which related to emergencies involving chemical and biological agents. 1996—Pub. L. 104–106 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b). Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–201 inserted at end ‘‘The re- quirement for a determination that an item is not rea- sonably available from another source does not apply to assistance provided under section 382 of this title pursuant to a request of the Attorney General for the assistance.’’ 1988—Pub. L. 100–456 amended section generally, in- serting ‘‘(including associated supplies or spare parts)’’ and substituting ‘‘Department of Defense’’ for ‘‘Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SUPPORT FOR NON-FEDERAL DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF MATERIAL FOR CHEMICAL AGENT DEFENSE Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, § 1034, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 308, as amended by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title X, § 1043, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2393; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 813(b)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1851, pro- vided that: ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TOXIC CHEMICALS OR PRE- CURSORS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in co- ordination with the heads of other elements of the Federal Government, may make available, to a State, a unit of local government, or a private entity incor- porated in the United States, small quantities of a toxic chemical or precursor for the development or testing, in the United States, of material that is de- signed to be used for protective purposes. ‘‘(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Any use of the author- ity under paragraph (1) shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appro- priate. ‘‘(b) PAYMENT OF COSTS AND DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure, through the advance payment required by paragraph (2) and through any other payments that may be re- quired, that a recipient of toxic chemicals or precur- sors under subsection (a) pays for all actual costs, in- cluding direct and indirect costs, associated with pro- viding the toxic chemicals or precursors. ‘‘(2) ADVANCE PAYMENT.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall require each recipient to make an advance payment in an amount that the Secretary determines will equal all such actual costs. ‘‘(3) CREDITS.—A payment received under this sub- section shall be credited to the account that was used to cover the costs for which the payment was pro- vided. Amounts so credited shall be merged with amounts in that account, and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same condi- tions and limitations, as other amounts in that ac- count. ‘‘(c) CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.—The Secretary shall ensure that toxic chemicals and precursors are made available under this section for uses and in quan- tities that comply with the Convention on the Prohibi- tion of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, signed at Paris on January 13, 1993, and entered into force with respect to the United States on April 29, 1997. ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(1) The terms ‘precursor’, ‘protective purposes’, and ‘toxic chemical’ have the meanings given those terms in the convention referred to in subsection (c), in paragraph 2, paragraph 9(b), and paragraph 1, re- spectively, of article II of that convention. ‘‘(2) The term ‘biological select agent or toxin’ means any agent or toxin identified under any of the following: ‘‘(A) Section 331.3 of title 7, Code of Federal Regu- lations. ‘‘(B) Section 121.3 or section 121.4 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations. ‘‘(C) Section 73.3 or section 73.4 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations.’’ § 273. Training and advising civilian law enforce- ment officials The Secretary of Defense may, in accordance with other applicable law, make Department of Defense personnel available— (1) to train Federal, State, and local civilian law enforcement officials in the operation and maintenance of equipment, including equip- ment made available under section 372 1 of this title; and (2) to provide such law enforcement officials with expert advice relevant to the purposes of this chapter. (Added Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 905(a)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1115, § 373; amended Pub. L. 99–145, title XIV, § 1423(a), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 752; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XI, § 1104(a), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2043; renumbered § 273, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 372 of this title, referred to in par. (1), was re- numbered section 272 of this title by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 273, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 13, related to composition of Standby Reserve and maintenance of inactive status list in Standby Reserve, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1661(a)(2)(A), 1691, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2979, 3026, ef- fective Dec. 1, 1994. See sections 10151 to 10153 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 373 of this title as this section. 1988—Pub. L. 100–456 amended section generally, sub- stituting provisions authorizing Secretary of Defense, in accordance with applicable law, to make Defense De- partment personnel available for training, etc., for former subsecs. (a) to (c) authorizing Secretary of De- fense to assign members of Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, etc., for training, etc., briefing sessions by Attorney General, and other functions of Attorney General and Administrator of General Services. 1985—Pub. L. 99–145 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 99–145, title XIV, § 1423(b), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 752, provided that: ‘‘The amendments made by sub- section (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on January 1, 1986.’’ § 274. Maintenance and operation of equipment (a) The Secretary of Defense may, in accord- ance with other applicable law, make Depart- ment of Defense personnel available for the maintenance of equipment for Federal, State, and local civilian law enforcement officials, in-