§2606 Scouting: cooperation and assistance in foreign areas

Summary

Lets the military secretary work with the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts to set up and run scout facilities and services for service members, their families, and Department of Defense civilian employees and their families at places outside the United States. That help must follow rules set by the Secretary of Defense and can only happen if the President says it is needed for morale, welfare, or recreation. Scout staff doing that work can get U.S.-funded travel like other civilian workers and can use free office, recreational, storage, utility, and communication space. The U.S. can ship needed scout supplies if the secretary approves under the rules. The secretary may repay all or part of a scout employee’s pay for work under the program, but those repayments must not come from appropriated funds and must follow the rules. Scout workers are not U.S. employees. Qualified scouting organization — Girl Scouts of the USA and Boy Scouts of America.