Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART I — ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › CHAPTER 20 — HUMANITARIAN AND OTHER ASSISTANCE › § 408
The Secretary of Defense can get help from foreign countries to find and account for missing U.S. government personnel. That help can be equipment, supplies, services, training, or money. The Secretary of State must approve any help to a country. Aid is limited to $15,000,000 per fiscal year unless the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional defense committees and explains a waiver. No help can go to a country the Secretary of State has found to repeatedly support terrorism under 50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A), 22 U.S.C. 2371, or 22 U.S.C. 2780. This authority is in addition to other aid authorities, and by December 31 each year the Secretary must report to the congressional defense committees on the prior fiscal year’s assistance.
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10 U.S.C. § 408
Title 10, Armed Forces
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Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110