Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART I— - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › Chapter CHAPTER 20— - HUMANITARIAN AND OTHER ASSISTANCE › § 408
Allows the Secretary of Defense to get help and buy goods or services from other countries to help the Department of Defense find and account for missing U.S. government personnel. Help can include equipment, supplies, services, training, and money. The Secretary of State must specifically approve any help to a foreign country. Assistance is limited to $15,000,000 per fiscal year unless the Secretary of Defense waives the limit and notifies the congressional defense committees with the reasons. No help may go to a country the Secretary of State has found repeatedly supported international terrorism under 50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A), 22 U.S.C. 2371, or 22 U.S.C. 2780. This authority is in addition to other legal authorities. By December 31 each year, the Secretary must report to the congressional defense committees on the prior fiscal year’s assistance.
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10 U.S.C. § 408
Title 10 — Armed Forces
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73