§8925a — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can accept and keep donations (money, property, and services) from foreign governments and others in this fiscal year and each fiscal year after. With the agreement of the Secretary of State, those donations can be used to do the assistance allowed by the 2016 defense law, to replace U.S. weapons or items given to certain foreign forces or groups, and to recover or dispose of equipment already provided. Before giving support to certain groups, the Secretary must consult congressional defense committees. The Secretary must tell those committees in writing when donations are received and when they are committed, listing the source, amount, and how the money will be used, an estimated delivery timeline, and whether any equipment needs extra end-use monitoring. Money donations may be put into the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account and kept available for the next two fiscal years. The Secretary must also send quarterly reports to the committees on how the funds are used and their status.

Title 22, §8925a

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary of Defense may, in this fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, accept and retain contributions, including money, personal property, and services, from foreign governments and other entities, to carry out assistance authorized by section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92): Provided, That such contributions received shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to provide assistance authorized by such section, for replacement of any weapons or articles provided to entities described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1) of such section from the inventory of the United States, and to recover or dispose of equipment previously provided to such entities: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall consult with the congressional defense committees in advance of the provision of support provided to forces or groups described in subparagraph (B) of such subsection: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation of any contribution, delineating the sources and amounts of the funds received and the specific use of such contributions: Provided further, That any notification of obligation of funds received in this section shall specify an estimated timeline for the delivery of defense articles and defense services provided and shall identify if any equipment provided requires enhanced end-use monitoring: Provided further, That contributions of money for the purposes provided herein from any foreign government or other entity may be credited to the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account, to remain available for the following two fiscal years, and used for such purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on the use and status of funds received pursuant to this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, referred to in text, is section 1250 of Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title XII, Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 1068, which is not classified to the Code. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, and not as part of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Congressional Defense Committees Defined Pub. L. 119–75, div. A, title VIII, § 8027, Feb. 3, 2026, 140 Stat. 204, provided that: “For the purposes of this Act [div. A of Pub. L. 119–75, see Tables for classification], the term ‘congressional defense committees’ means the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.”

§8925a Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative