10 U.S.C. § 301 — Definitions

This section defines nine terms used throughout the chapter. (1) "Appropriate congressional committees" and "appropriate committees of Congress" mean (A) the Senate Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Relations, and Appropriations, and (B) the House Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations. (2) "Defense article" has the meaning given in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403). This section does not define it further. (3) "Defense service" also has the meaning given in that same section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (4) "Developing country" means whatever the Secretary of Defense decides it means for this chapter, following section 1241(n) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. (5) "Incremental expenses," for a foreign country, (A) means the reasonable, proper costs of things like rations, fuel, training ammunition, transportation, and other goods and services the country uses only because it is taking part in activities this chapter allows. (B) It does not include (i) any form of lethal assistance, except training ammunition, or (ii) the country's own normal personnel costs, like pay and allowances. (6) "National security forces," for a foreign country, means (A) its national military and national-level security forces that have the job responsibilities for which training is authorized under section 333(a) of this title, and (B) for operations described in section 333(a)(2), the country's national or local military and civilian first responders whose jobs include those operations. (7) "Security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense" means any Defense Department program, activity (including an exercise), or interaction with a foreign country's security establishment meant to (A) build allied and friendly security capabilities for self-defense and joint operations, (B) give the U.S. armed forces access to that country during peacetime or a contingency operation, or (C) build relationships that promote specific U.S. security interests. (8) "Small-scale construction" means construction costing no more than $2,000,000 for any one project. (9) "Training" has the meaning given to "military education and training" in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403).