Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§423 Authority to use proceeds from counterintelligence operations of the military departments or the Defense Intelligence Agency

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART I— - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › Chapter CHAPTER 21— - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE MATTERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL MATTERS › § 423

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Secretary of Defense may let military departments or the Defense Intelligence Agency use money from counterintelligence operations, without regard to section 3302 of title 31, to pay necessary operation costs and to give awards when regular Defense budget funds are impractical. Leftover net proceeds must go to the Treasury, and the Secretary must set rules and accounting controls for handling the money.

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Title 10, §423

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(a)The Secretary of Defense may authorize, without regard to the provisions of section 3302 of title 31, use of proceeds from counterintelligence operations conducted by components of the military departments or the Defense Intelligence Agency to offset necessary and reasonable expenses, not otherwise prohibited by law, incurred in such operations, and to make exceptional performance awards to personnel involved in such operations, if use of appropriated funds to meet such expenses or to make such awards would not be practicable.

(b)As soon as the net proceeds from such counterintelligence operations are no longer necessary for the conduct of those operations, such proceeds shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

(c)The Secretary of Defense shall establish policies and procedures to govern acquisition, use, management, and disposition of proceeds from counterintelligence operations conducted by components of the military departments or the Defense Intelligence Agency, including effective internal systems of accounting and administrative controls.

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2009—Pub. L. 111–84 inserted “or the Defense Intelligence Agency” after “military departments” wherever appearing. 1987—Pub. L. 100–26 renumbered section 140b of this title as this section and struck out “United States Code,” after “section 3302 of title 31,” in subsec. (a).

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10 U.S.C. § 423

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73