§2350f — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§2350f Procurement of communications support and related supplies and services

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 138— - COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH NATO ALLIES AND OTHER COUNTRIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - OTHER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS › § 2350f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense, with the Secretary of State’s approval, can make one-on-one or group agreements with allied countries or allied international organizations to get communications support and related supplies and services instead of buying them. In return, the United States must give back an equal value of such support. Each agreement can last no more than five years. If one side provides more support than the other, the extra value becomes credits or debts that must be paid off to the party that provided more. Payments can happen when the parties agree, but the final payment must be made within 30 days after the agreement ends. Parties must settle accounts each year. Any U.S. payment owed after a reconciliation must come from the Defense Department fund used for these services at that time. Money the U.S. receives is credited to that same fund. Definitions: “Allied country” = NATO members; Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or the Republic of Korea; or others named by the Secretary of Defense with the Secretary of State’s agreement. “Allied international organization” = NATO or others named the same way.

Title 10, §2350f

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(a)As an alternative means of obtaining communications support and related supplies and services, the Secretary of Defense, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, may enter into a bilateral arrangement with any allied country or allied international organization or may enter into a multilateral arrangement with allied countries and allied international organizations, under which, in return for being provided communications support and related supplies and services, the United States would agree to provide to the allied country or countries or allied international organization or allied international organizations, as the case may be, an equivalent value of communications support and related supplies and services. The term of an arrangement entered into under this subsection may not exceed five years.

(b)(1)Any arrangement entered into under this section shall require that any accrued credits and liabilities resulting from an unequal exchange of communications support and related supplies and services during the term of such arrangement would be liquidated by direct payment to the party having provided the greater amount of communications support and related supplies and services. Liquidations may be made at such times as the parties in an arrangement may agree upon, but in no case may final liquidation in the case of an arrangement be made later than 30 days after the end of the term for which the arrangement was entered into.

(2)Parties to an arrangement entered into under this section shall annually reconcile accrued credits and liabilities accruing under such agreement. Any liability of the United States resulting from a reconciliation shall be charged against the applicable appropriation available to the Department of Defense (at the time of the reconciliation) for obligation for communications support and related supplies and services.

(3)Payments received by the United States shall be credited to the appropriation from which such communications support and related supplies and services have been provided.

[(c)Repealed. Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1041(a)(10), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2645.]

(d)In this section:

(1)The term “allied country” means—

(A)a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;

(B)Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or the Republic of Korea; or

(C)any other country designated as an allied country for purposes of this section by the Secretary of Defense with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.

(2)The term “allied international organization” means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or any other international organization designated as an allied international organization for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of Defense with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.

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Amendments

2002—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–314 struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives copies of all documents evidencing an arrangement entered into under subsection (a) not later than 45 days after entering into such an arrangement.” 1999—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted “and the Committee on Armed Services” for “and the Committee on National Security”. 1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–106 substituted “Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives” for “Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives”. 1990—Subsec. (d)(1)(A). Pub. L. 101–510 substituted a semicolon for “, or” at end. 1989—Pub. L. 101–189, § 933(a), renumbered section 2401a of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–189, § 933(b), substituted “a bilateral arrangement with any allied country or allied international organization or may enter into a multilateral arrangement with allied countries and allied international organizations” for “an arrangement with the Minister of Defense or other appropriate official of any allied country or with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),” and “the allied country or countries or allied international organization or allied international organizations, as the case may be,” for “such country or NATO” and inserted “The term of an arrangement entered into under this subsection may not exceed five years.” Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–189, § 933(c), designated first sentence as par. (1), inserted “Liquidations may be made at such times as the parties in an arrangement may agree upon, but in no case may final liquidation in the case of an arrangement be made later than 30 days after the end of the term for which the arrangement was entered into.” after “supplies and services.”, added par. (2), and designated second sentence as par. (3). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–189, § 933(d)(1), (2), substituted “In this section:” and par. (1) for “In this section, the term ‘allied country’ means—” and redesignated former cls. (1) and (2) as cls. (A) and (B). Subsec. (d)(1)(A). Pub. L. 101–189, § 933(d)(3), which directed amendment of cl. (A) by substituting a semicolon for “; or” at end, could not be executed because “; or” did not appear. Subsec. (d)(1)(B). Pub. L. 101–189, § 933(d)(4), substituted “; or” for period at end. Subsec. (d)(1)(C), (2). Pub. L. 101–189, § 933(d)(5), added cl. (C) and par. (2). 1987—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–26 inserted “the term” after “In this section,”.