10 U.S.C. § 421 — Funds for foreign cryptologic support

submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-450 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 236 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of Defense may spend regular defense funds on foreign cryptologic support arrangements. The Secretary can also use other funds for this, with a few limits. All such spending must be reported to Congress's intelligence committees.

(a) The Secretary of Defense can use money Congress has already given the Department of Defense for intelligence and communications to pay for arrangements with foreign countries for cryptologic support (helping with code-making and code-breaking work). (b) The Secretary can also use funds that were not appropriated by Congress to pay for the same kind of arrangements, without following the usual rules for spending U.S. government money — except for three limits: (1) none of that money can be spent, even partly, for something Congress had already refused to fund; (2) money from selling cryptologic items can only be used to buy similar replacement items; and (3) this authority can't be used to get items or services mainly for the United States' own benefit. (c) Any money spent under (a) must be reported to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, following the reporting rules in Title V of the National Security Act of 1947. Money spent under (b) must be reported using procedures the Secretary of Defense and those committees agree on together.

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(a)

The Secretary of Defense may use appropriated funds available to the Department of Defense for intelligence and communications purposes to pay for the expenses of arrangements with foreign countries for cryptologic support.

(b)

The Secretary of Defense may use funds other than appropriated funds to pay for the expenses of arrangements with foreign countries for cryptologic support without regard for the provisions of law relating to the expenditure of United States Government funds, except that—

(1)

no such funds may be expended, in whole or in part, by or for the benefit of the Department of Defense for a purpose for which Congress had previously denied funds; and

(2)

proceeds from the sale of cryptologic items may be used only to purchase replacement items similar to the items that are sold; and

(3)

the authority provided by this subsection may not be used to acquire items or services for the principal benefit of the United States.

(c)

Any funds expended under the authority of subsection (a) shall be reported to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives pursuant to the provisions of title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.). Funds expended under the authority of subsection (b) shall be reported pursuant to procedures jointly agreed upon by such committees and the Secretary of Defense.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 96–450, title IV, § 401(a), Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1977, § 140a; amended Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(b)(2), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1063; renumbered § 128 and amended Pub. L. 99–433, title I, §§ 101(a)(3), 110(d)(5), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 994, 1002; renumbered § 421, Pub. L. 100–26, § 9(a)(2), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 100–453, title VII, § 701(a), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1911; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, § 1622(c)(3), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1604; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, § 1071(c)(3), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3508.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-450 · 94 Stat. 1977
1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-258 · 96 Stat. 1063
1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-433 · 100 Stat. 994, 1002
1987Amended · Pub. L. 100-26 · 101 Stat. 287
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-453 · 102 Stat. 1911
1989Amended · Pub. L. 101-189 · 103 Stat. 1604
2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-291 · 128 Stat. 3508

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-450 on 1980-10-14.

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