Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§273 Training and Advising Civilian Law Enforcement Officials
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART I — ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › CHAPTER 15 — MILITARY SUPPORT FOR CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES › § 273
Summary
The Secretary of Defense can let Department of Defense personnel train and advise civilian law enforcement officials, as allowed by other laws. They can teach federal, state, and local officers how to operate and maintain equipment (including equipment made available under section 372) and give expert advice related to the purposes of this chapter.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §273
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The Secretary of Defense may, in accordance with other applicable law, make Department of Defense personnel available—
(1)to train Federal, State, and local civilian law enforcement officials in the operation and maintenance of equipment, including equipment made available under section 372 of this title; and
(2)to provide such law enforcement officials with expert advice relevant to the purposes of this chapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 372 of this title, referred to in par. (1), was renumbered section 272 of this title by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 273, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 13, related to composition of Standby Reserve and maintenance of inactive status list in Standby Reserve, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1661(a)(2)(A), 1691, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2979, 3026, effective Dec. 1, 1994. See sections 10151 to 10153 of this title.
Amendments
2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 373 of this title as this section. 1988—Pub. L. 100–456 amended section generally, substituting provisions authorizing Secretary of Defense, in accordance with applicable law, to make Defense Department personnel available for training, etc., for former subsecs. (a) to (c) authorizing Secretary of Defense to assign members of Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, etc., for training, etc., briefing sessions by Attorney General, and other functions of Attorney General and Administrator of General Services. 1985—Pub. L. 99–145 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1985 Amendment Pub. L. 99–145, title XIV, § 1423(b), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 752, provided that: “The
Amendments
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on January 1, 1986.”
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 273
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110