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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§429 Appropriations for Defense Intelligence Elements: Accounts for Transfers; Transfer Authority

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART I — ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › CHAPTER 21 — DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE MATTERS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL MATTERS › § 429

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can move Department of Defense money that is meant for Defense intelligence elements into one or more special accounts made to hold those transfers. Those accounts can also get money from the Director of National Intelligence under section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) and from lawful transfers or reimbursements from other transactions. Money moved can be sent back to the original accounts as refunds, and the moves must be recorded in the books as expenditure transfers. Money that is moved stays available for the same time, same purpose, and under the same legal limits as the original appropriation. Unless another law says otherwise, moved funds must be used and spent under chapter 15 of title 31 and other applicable laws. A "Defense intelligence element" means any DoD agency, office, or part that is in the Intelligence Community under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §429

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(a)Accounts for Appropriations for Defense Intelligence Elements.—
The Secretary of Defense may transfer appropriations of the Department of Defense which are available for the activities of Defense intelligence elements to an account or accounts established for receipt of such transfers. Each such account may also receive transfers from the Director of National Intelligence if made pursuant to section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) and transfers and reimbursements arising from transactions, as authorized by law, between a Defense intelligence element and another entity. Appropriation balances in each such account may be transferred back to the account or accounts from which such appropriations originated as appropriation refunds.
(b)Recordation of Transfers.—
Transfers made pursuant to subsection (a) shall be recorded as expenditure transfers.
(c)Availability of Funds.—
Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall remain available for the same time period and for the same purpose as the appropriation from which transferred, and shall remain subject to the same limitations provided in the law making the appropriation.
(d)Obligation and Expenditure of Funds.—
Unless otherwise specifically authorized by law, funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall only be obligated and expended in accordance with chapter 15 of title 31 and all other applicable provisions of law.
(e)Defense Intelligence Element Defined.—
In this section, the term “Defense intelligence element” means any of the Department of Defense agencies, offices, and elements included within the definition of “intelligence community” under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).

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2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–291, § 1071(c)(5)(A), substituted “section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024)” for “section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–1)”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–291, § 1071(f)(6), substituted “law” for “act”. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 113–291, § 1071(c)(5)(B), substituted “(50 U.S.C. 3003(4))” for “(50 U.S.C. 401a(4))”.

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10 U.S.C. § 429

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110