Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§3731 Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 48— - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS › § 3731
Summary
Cooperative Threat Reduction funds cannot be used for five kinds of help: peacekeeping activities, housing, environmental cleanup, job retraining, or defense-conversion programs. They also cannot pay to destroy conventional weapons or their delivery vehicles, unless a vehicle could reasonably be used or changed to deliver chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons.
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Title 50, §3731
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(a)Cooperative Threat Reduction funds may not be obligated or expended for any of the following purposes:
(1)Conducting any peacekeeping exercise or other peacekeeping-related activity.
(2)Provision of housing.
(3)Provision of assistance to promote environmental restoration.
(4)Provision of assistance to promote job retraining.
(5)Provision of assistance to promote defense conversion.
(b)Cooperative Threat Reduction funds may not be obligated or expended for the elimination of—
(1)conventional weapons; or
(2)delivery vehicles of conventional weapons, unless such delivery vehicles could reasonably be used or adapted to be used for the delivery of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons.
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50 U.S.C. § 3731
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73