§2610 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can accept cash prizes given to the Department by non‑government groups when the Department takes part in competitions that honor excellent or new ways of providing services or running programs. Any money accepted must go into one or more non‑appropriated fund accounts that support morale, welfare, and recreation (MWR) for the specific command, base, or activity that won, and it can only be spent on those MWR activities. Appropriated funds may be used to pay incidental costs of taking part in the competition or accepting the prize, if appropriation laws allow it. The Secretary must create rules for handling the awards and those costs and must send Congress a yearly report showing how awards and costs were used. This authority ended on February 10, 1998.

Title 10, §2610

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(a)The Secretary of Defense may accept a monetary award given to the Department of Defense by a nongovernmental entity as a result of the participation of the Department in a competition carried out to recognize excellence or innovation in providing services or administering programs.

(b)A monetary award accepted under subsection (a) shall be credited to one or more nonappropriated fund accounts supporting morale, welfare, and recreation activities for the command, installation, or other activity that is recognized for the award. Amounts so credited may be expended only for such activities.

(c)Subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriation Acts, appropriations available to the Department of Defense may be used to pay incidental expenses incurred by the Department to participate in a competition described in subsection (a) or to accept a monetary award under this section.

(d)(1)The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to determine the disposition of monetary awards accepted under this section and the payment of incidental expenses under subsection (c).

(2)At the end of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report for that year describing the disposition of monetary awards accepted under this section and the payment of incidental expenses under subsection (c).

(e)The authority of the Secretary under this section shall expire on February 10, 1998.

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Amendments

1996—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–201 substituted “on February 10, 1998” for “two years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996”.

§2610 Competitions for excellence: acceptance of monetary awards

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Title 10, §2610

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