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

§2350r North Atlantic Treaty Organization Allied Special Operations Forces Command

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 › § 2350r

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can use up to $55,000,000 each fiscal year from Army operation and maintenance funds set aside for NATO support to fund the NATO Allied Special Operations Forces Command. The money is for five goals: better coordination with NATO and North Atlantic Council‑approved partner special forces; help for joint missions; support for special-operations command, control, and communications; meeting NATO intelligence and information needs; and improving interoperability through common equipment rules, shared tactics and multinational training.

Title 10, §2350r

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(a)Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year for operation and maintenance for the Army, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to use up to $55,000,000, to be derived from amounts made available for support of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (referred to in this section as “NATO”) operations, for each such fiscal year for the purposes set forth in subsection (b).

(b)The Secretary shall provide funds for the NATO Allied Special Operations Forces Command—

(1)to improve coordination and cooperation between the special operations forces of NATO countries and countries approved by the North Atlantic Council as NATO partners;

(2)to facilitate joint operations by the special operations forces of NATO countries and such NATO partners;

(3)to support special operations forces peculiar command, control, and communications capabilities;

(4)to promote special operations forces intelligence and informational requirements within the NATO structure; and

(5)to promote interoperability through the development of common equipment standards, tactics, techniques, and procedures, and through execution of a multinational education and training program.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–159, § 1301(a)(1), substituted “Allied Special Operations Forces Command” for “Special Operations Headquarters” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1301(a)(2), substituted “$55,000,000” for “$50,000,000”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1301(a)(3), substituted “Allied Special Operations Forces Command” for “Special Operations Headquarters” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XIII, § 1301(b), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2110, provided that: “Any reference to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Operations Headquarters or NATO Special Operations Headquarters in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Allied Special Operations Forces Command.”