10 U.S.C. § 2610: Competitions for excellence…

Summary

The Secretary of Defense may accept money from a nongovernmental group when the Department takes part in a competition that honors excellence or new ideas in providing services or running programs. Any money accepted must go into nonappropriated fund accounts that support morale, welfare, and recreation for the command, installation, or activity that won, and it may be spent only for those activities. Appropriated funds may pay incidental costs to enter the competition or accept the award, subject to limits in appropriation laws. The Secretary must write rules for handling the awards and expenses and must send Congress a yearly report. This authority ends on February 10, 1998.

Title 10, §2610

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(a)Acceptance Authorized.—

The Secretary of Defense may accept a monetary award given to the Department of Defense by a nongovernmental entity as a result of the participation of the Department in a competition carried out to recognize excellence or innovation in providing services or administering programs.

(b)Disposition of Awards.—

A monetary award accepted under subsection (a) shall be credited to one or more nonappropriated fund accounts supporting morale, welfare, and recreation activities for the command, installation, or other activity that is recognized for the award. Amounts so credited may be expended only for such activities.

(c)Incidental Expenses.—

Subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriation Acts, appropriations available to the Department of Defense may be used to pay incidental expenses incurred by the Department to participate in a competition described in subsection (a) or to accept a monetary award under this section.

(d)Regulations and Reporting.—

(1)The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to determine the disposition of monetary awards accepted under this section and the payment of incidental expenses under subsection (c).

(2)At the end of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report for that year describing the disposition of monetary awards accepted under this section and the payment of incidental expenses under subsection (c).

(e)Termination.—

The authority of the Secretary under this section shall expire on February 10, 1998.

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Amendments

1996—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–201 substituted “on February 10, 1998” for “two years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996”.

§2610 Competitions for Excellence: Acceptance of Monetary Awards

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Title 10, §2610

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