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

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must name one official and one office in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, at or below Under Secretary level, to oversee strategy and funding for security cooperation programs. The Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) runs programs that provide defense articles, training, or other defense services by grant, loan, sale, or lease, but may let another DoD element carry them out if more effective, efficient, and economical. DSCA and other DoD funds may be used, and required amounts and justification must be included in the consolidated budget for the fiscal year under section 381.

Title 10, §382

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(a)The Secretary of Defense shall assign responsibility for the oversight of strategic policy and guidance and responsibility for overall resource allocation for security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense to a single official and office in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the level of Under Secretary of Defense or below.

(b)(1)The Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency shall be responsible for the execution and administration of all security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense involving the provision of defense articles, military training, and other defense-related services by grant, loan, cash sale, or lease.

(2)The Director may designate an element of an armed force, combatant command, Defense Agency, Department of Defense Field Activity, or other element or organization of the Department of Defense to execute and administer security cooperation programs and activities described in paragraph (1) if the Director determines that the designation will achieve maximum effectiveness, efficiency, and economy in the activities for which designated.

(c)(1)Funds available to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and other funds available to the Department of Defense for security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense, may be used to implement security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense authorized by this chapter.

(2)Funds necessary for implementing security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense under this chapter for a fiscal year shall be identified, with appropriate justification, in the consolidated budget for such fiscal year required by section 381 of this title.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 382 was renumbered section 282 of this title.

§382 Execution and Administration of Programs and Activities

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Title 10, §382

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