Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part I— ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › Chapter 20— HUMANITARIAN AND OTHER ASSISTANCE › § 408
The Secretary of Defense may help and buy goods or services from foreign countries to recover and account for missing U.S. government personnel. Help can include equipment, supplies, services, training for people, or money. The Secretary of State must approve any help to a foreign country. The total help in any fiscal year cannot be more than $15,000,000 unless the Secretary of Defense tells the congressional defense committees why the limit should be waived. No help may go to a country whose government the Secretary of State finds has repeatedly supported international terrorism under section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), or section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780). This authority is in addition to other legal ways to help foreign nations. By December 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense must report to the congressional defense committees about the prior fiscal year’s assistance.
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10 U.S.C. § 408
Title 10 — Armed Forces
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Apr 18, 2026
Release point: 119-83