10 U.S.C. § 2602 — American National Red Cross: cooperation and assistance

(a) Whenever the President finds it necessary, he may accept the cooperation and assistance of the American National Red Cross, and employ it under the armed forces^* under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.

(b) Personnel of the American National Red Cross who are performing duties related to its cooperation and assistance under subsection

(a) can be furnished—
(1) transportation, at the expense of the United States, while traveling to and from, and while performing, those duties, in the same manner as civilian employees of the armed forces;
(2) meals and quarters, at their expense or at the expense of the American National Red Cross, except that where civilian employees of the armed forces are quartered without charge, employees of the American National Red Cross may also be quartered without charge; and
(3) available office space, warehousing, wharfage, and means of communication, without charge.

(c) No fee can be charged for a passport issued to an employee of the American National Red Cross for travel outside the United States to assume or perform duties under this section.

(d) Supplies^* of the American National Red Cross, including gifts for the use of the armed forces, can be transported at the expense of the United States, if it is determined under regulations prescribed under subsection

(a) that they are necessary to the cooperation and assistance accepted under this section.

(e) For the purposes of this section, employees of the American National Red Cross may not be considered as employees of the United States.