10 U.S.C. § 2611 — Regional centers for security studies: acceptance of gifts and donations

submitted 27 years ago by Pub. L. 106-65 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 474 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of Defense may accept specified gifts and donations for named regional security-study centers, subject to safeguards against compromised impartiality or program integrity. The funds are credited to and remain available for the relevant Defense appropriations.

(a) Authority. Subject to (c), the Secretary may accept for any one or more Department of Defense regional centers for security studies a gift or donation from a source in (b) to reduce costs or improve operation. The centers are (A) George C. Marshall European Center; (B) Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center; (C) William J. Perry Center; (D) Africa Center; (E) Near East South Asia Center; and (F) Ted Stevens Center. (b) Sources are (1) a State or political subdivision; (2) a foreign government; (3) a foundation or charitable organization, including one organized or operating under foreign law; and (4) any U.S. or foreign private-sector source. (c) The Secretary may not accept a gift if it would compromise or appear to compromise (1) the Department's, an employee's, or service member's fair and objective performance of duty, or (2) a Department program's or participant's integrity. (d) The Secretary must issue written guidance with acceptance criteria. (e) Accepted funds must be credited to Defense appropriations for the relevant center or centers, merged with those appropriations, used for the same purposes, and remain available until spent. (f) “Gift or donation” means funds, materials including research materials, real or personal property, or services including lectures and faculty services.

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(a)Authority to Accept Gifts and Donations.—

(1)

Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may, on behalf of any Department of Defense regional center for security studies, any combination of such centers, or such centers generally, accept from any source specified in subsection (b) any gift or donation for purposes of defraying the costs or enhancing the operation of such a center, combination of centers, or centers generally, as the case may be.

(2)

For purposes of this section, the Department of Defense regional centers for security studies are the following:

(A)

The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.

(B)

The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.

(C)

The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies.

(D)

The Africa Center for Strategic Studies.

(E)

The Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies.

(F)

The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies.

(b)Sources.—

The sources from which gifts and donations may be accepted under subsection (a) are the following:

(1)

The government of a State or a political subdivision of a State.

(2)

The government of a foreign country.

(3)

A foundation or other charitable organization, including a foundation or charitable organization this is organized or operates under the laws of a foreign country.

(4)

Any source in the private sector of the United States or a foreign country.

(c)Limitation.—

The Secretary may not accept a gift or donation under subsection (a) if acceptance of the gift or donation would compromise or appear to compromise—

(1)

the ability of the Department of Defense, any employee of the Department, or any member of the armed forces to carry out the responsibility or duty of the Department in a fair and objective manner; or

(2)

the integrity of any program of the Department, or of any person involved in such a program.

(d)Criteria for Acceptance.—

The Secretary shall prescribe written guidance setting forth the criteria to be used in determining whether the acceptance of a gift or donation would have a result described in subsection (c).

(e)Crediting of Funds.—

Funds accepted by the Secretary under section (a) shall be credited to appropriations available to the Department of Defense for the regional center, combination of centers, or centers generally for which accepted. Funds so credited shall be merged with the appropriations to which credited and shall be available for the regional center, combination of centers, or centers generally, as the case may be, for the same purposes as the appropriations with which merged. Any funds accepted under this section shall remain available until expended.

(f)Gift or Donation Defined.—

In this section, the term “gift or donation” means any gift or donation of funds, materials (including research materials), real or personal property, or services (including lecture services and faculty services).

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title IX, § 915(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 721; amended Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1041(a)(17), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2645; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title IX, § 931(a), (b)(1), (c), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1580, 1581; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1084(f)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2064; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title IX, § 903(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3397; Pub. L. 112–239, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2854(b)(2), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2162; Pub. L. 113–291, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2861(b)(2), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3716; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1082(b), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1922.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1999Enacted · Pub. L. 106-65 · 113 Stat. 721
2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-314 · 116 Stat. 2645
2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-136 · 117 Stat. 1580, 1581
2004Amended · Pub. L. 108-375 · 118 Stat. 2064
2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-163 · 119 Stat. 3397
2013Amended · Pub. L. 112-239 · 126 Stat. 2162
2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-291 · 128 Stat. 3716
2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-81 · 135 Stat. 1922

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-65 on 1999-10-05.

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