Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§2350i Foreign Contributions for Cooperative Projects

Title 10 › 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 › § 2350i

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the United States joins a cost‑sharing defense project with a friendly country or NATO, money those partners give to pay their share can be added to a Defense Department account that the Secretary of Defense decides is appropriate. That money can only be used to pay the contributor’s part of the project. It can pay contractors and suppliers (including the Department of Defense when it acts as a supplier), cover costs from performing or canceling contracts, pay program overhead and admin costs, and provide refunds to other participants. Cooperative project — a written, jointly run agreement to improve conventional defense that shares costs for R&D, testing, joint production, or procurement. Defense article — a military item as defined in the Arms Export Control Act. Defense service — a military support or service as defined in the Arms Export Control Act.

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Title 10, §2350i

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Crediting of Contributions.—

Whenever the United States participates in a cooperative project with a friendly foreign country or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on a cost-sharing basis, any contribution received by the United States from that foreign country or NATO to meet its share of the costs of the project may be credited to appropriations available to an appropriate military department or another appropriate organization within the Department of Defense, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.

(b)Use of Amounts Credited.—

The amount of a contribution credited pursuant to subsection (a) to an appropriation account in connection with a cooperative project referred to in that subsection shall be available only for payment of the share of the project expenses allocated to the foreign country or NATO making the contribution. Payments for which such amount is available include the following:

(1)Payments to contractors and other suppliers (including the Department of Defense and other participants acting as suppliers) for necessary articles and services.

(2)Payments for any damages and costs resulting from the performance or cancellation of any contract or other obligation.

(3)Payments or reimbursements of other program expenses, including program office overhead and administrative costs.

(4)Refunds to other participants.

(c)Definitions.—

In this section: (1)

(2)The term “defense article” has the meaning given such term in section 47(3) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794(3)).

(3)The term “defense service” has the meaning given such term in section 47(4) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794(4)).

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10 U.S.C. § 2350i

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110