Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60

§2350h Memorandums of Agreement: Department of Defense Ombudsman for Foreign Signatories

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter 138— COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH NATO ALLIES AND OTHER COUNTRIES › Subchapter II— OTHER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS › § 2350h

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must pick one person to act as a DoD ombudsman for foreign governments that have memorandums of agreement with the United States about acquisitions. That ombudsman must help those foreign officials understand and follow DoD procedures and, when needed, related rules from other U.S. departments or agencies tied to those agreements.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2350h

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The Secretary of Defense shall designate an official to act as ombudsman within the Department of Defense on behalf of foreign governments who are parties to memorandums of agreement with the United States concerning acquisition matters under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense. The official so designated shall assist officials of those foreign governments in understanding and complying with procedures and requirements of the Department of Defense (and, as appropriate, other departments and agencies of the United States) insofar as they relate to any such memorandum of agreement.

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Deadline for Designation of Ombudsman Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1452(b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1694, provided that the official required to be designated under this section was to be designated by the Secretary of Defense not later than 90 days after Nov. 5, 1990.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2350h

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60