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

Summary

The Secretary of Defense may move Department of Defense money that is for Defense intelligence activities into special account(s) set up to hold those transfers. Those accounts can also get transfers from the Director of National Intelligence under section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) and other lawful transfers or reimbursements. Money left in those accounts can be sent back to the original accounts as refunds. Transfers must be recorded as expenditure transfers. Transferred funds keep the same time limits, purposes, and legal limits as the original appropriation. Unless another law says otherwise, they may only be spent following chapter 15 of title 31 and other applicable laws. Defense intelligence element = any DoD agency, office, or part listed as part of the "intelligence community" under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).

Title 10, §429

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(a)The Secretary of Defense may transfer appropriations of the Department of Defense which are available for the activities of Defense intelligence elements to an account or accounts established for receipt of such transfers. Each such account may also receive transfers from the Director of National Intelligence if made pursuant to section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) and transfers and reimbursements arising from transactions, as authorized by law, between a Defense intelligence element and another entity. Appropriation balances in each such account may be transferred back to the account or accounts from which such appropriations originated as appropriation refunds.

(b)Transfers made pursuant to subsection (a) shall be recorded as expenditure transfers.

(c)Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall remain available for the same time period and for the same purpose as the appropriation from which transferred, and shall remain subject to the same limitations provided in the law making the appropriation.

(d)Unless otherwise specifically authorized by law, funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall only be obligated and expended in accordance with chapter 15 of title 31 and all other applicable provisions of law.

(e)In this section, the term “Defense intelligence element” means any of the Department of Defense agencies, offices, and elements included within the definition of “intelligence community” under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).

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2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–291, § 1071(c)(5)(A), substituted “section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024)” for “section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–1)”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–291, § 1071(f)(6), substituted “law” for “act”. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 113–291, § 1071(c)(5)(B), substituted “(50 U.S.C. 3003(4))” for “(50 U.S.C. 401a(4))”.

§429 Appropriations for Defense intelligence elements: accounts for transfers; transfer authority

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Title 10, §429

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