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

Title 10 › Subtitle 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 Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense may move DoD money that is meant for Defense intelligence units into one or more special accounts set up to receive those transfers. Those accounts can also get transfers from the Director of National Intelligence under section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) and transfers or reimbursements from lawful transactions with other entities. Money in those accounts can be sent back to the original accounts as appropriation refunds. Such moves must be recorded as expenditure transfers. Funds that are moved keep the same time limits, purposes, and legal restrictions as the original appropriation. Unless another law says otherwise, those funds may only be used following chapter 15 of title 31 and other applicable laws. "Defense intelligence element" means any Department of Defense agency, office, or element that the National Security Act counts as part of the intelligence community (see section 3(4), 50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §429

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(a)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)Transfers made pursuant to subsection (a) shall be recorded as expenditure transfers.
(c)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)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)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

Apr 3, 2026

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