§2606 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can work with the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to set up and run facilities and services for U.S. military members, their families, and Department of Defense civilian employees living outside the United States. That help must follow rules made by the Secretary of Defense and can only be given if the President says it is needed for morale, welfare, and recreation. Scouting staff doing that work can get U.S.-paid travel and free office, storage, utilities, communications, and recreational space. The government can ship needed scouting supplies at its expense and may pay all or part of a scout employee’s pay for time spent on these duties, but not from appropriated funds and only under Defense Department rules. Scout workers are not U.S. employees. "Qualified scouting organization" means the Girl Scouts of the USA and the Boy Scouts of America.

Title 10, §2606

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(a)Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary concerned may cooperate with and assist qualified scouting organizations in establishing and providing facilities and services for members of the armed forces and their dependents, and civilian employees of the Department of Defense and their dependents, at locations outside the United States.

(b)Cooperation and assistance under subsection (a) shall be provided under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and may be provided only if the President determines that such cooperation and assistance is necessary in the interest of the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the armed forces.

(c)Personnel of a qualified scouting organization, including officials certified by that organization as representing that organization, who are performing duties in connection with cooperation and assistance provided under subsection (a) may be furnished—

(1)transportation at the expense of the United States while traveling to and from, and while performing, such duties in the same manner as civilian employees of the United States; and

(2)available office space (including space for recreational activities for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts), warehousing, utilities, and a means of communication, without charge.

(d)Supplies of a qualified scouting organization may be transported at the expense of the United States if the Secretary concerned determines, under regulations prescribed under subsection (b), that the supplies are necessary to the cooperation and assistance provided under this section.

(e)The Secretary concerned may reimburse a qualified scouting organization for all or part of the pay of an employee of that organization for any period during which the employee was performing services under subsection (a). Any such reimbursement may not be made from appropriated funds and shall be made under regulations prescribed under subsection (b).

(f)For the purposes of this section, employees of a qualified scouting organization performing services under subsection (a) may not be considered to be employees of the United States.

(g)In this section, the term “qualified scouting organization” means the Girl Scouts of the United States of America and the Boy Scouts of America.

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Executive Documents

Ex. Ord. No. 12715. Determination for Support of Scouting Activities Overseas Ex. Ord. No. 12715, May 3, 1990, 55 F.R. 19051, provided: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and pursuant to section 2606(b) of title 10, United States Code, with regard to support of scouting activities overseas, I hereby determine that the cooperation and assistance authorized by section 2606(a) of that title is necessary in the interest of the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the armed forces. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, shall issue

Regulations

concerning such cooperation and support. George Bush.

§2606 Scouting: Cooperation and Assistance in Foreign Areas

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Title 10, §2606

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