§ 322. Special operations forces: training with friendly foreign forces

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1991

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

   Pub. L. 102–190 div. A title X § 1052(a)(1) · 105 Stat. 1290

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 322

   Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1052(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1470, § 2011

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1052(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1470, § 2011

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Chapter 101 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 2011. Special operations forces: training with friendly foreign forces “(a) Authority to Pay Training Expenses.— Under regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (c), the commander of the special operations command established pursuant to section 167 of this title and the commander of any other unified or specified combatant command may pay, or authorize payment for, any of the following expenses: “(1) Expenses of training special operations forces assigned to that command in conjunction with training, and training with, armed forces and other security forces of a friendly foreign country. “(2) Expenses of deploying such special operations forces for that training. “(3) In the case of training in conjunction with a friendly developing country, the incremental expenses incurred by that country as the direct result of such training. “(b) Purpose of Training.— The primary purpose of the training for which payment may be made under subsection (a) shall be to train the special operations forces of the combatant command. “(c) Regulations.— The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section. The regulations shall establish accounting procedures to ensure that the expenditures pursuant to this section are appropriate. “(d) Definitions.— In this section: “(1) The term ‘special operations forces’ includes civil affairs forces and psychological operations forces. “(2) The term ‘incremental expenses’, with respect to a developing country, means the reasonable and proper cost of rations, fuel, training ammunition, transportation, and other goods and services consumed by such country, except that the term does not include pay, allowances, and other normal costs of such country’s personnel. “(e) Reports.— Not later than April 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report regarding training during the preceding fiscal year for which expenses were paid under this section. Each report shall specify the following: “(1) All countries in which that training was conducted. “(2) The type of training conducted, including whether such training was related to counter-narcotics or counterterrorism activities, the duration of that training, the number of members of the armed forces involved, and expenses paid. “(3) The extent of participation by foreign military forces, including the number and service affiliation of foreign military personnel involved and physical and financial contribution of each host nation to the training effort. “(4) The relationship of that training to other overseas training programs conducted by the armed forces, such as military exercise programs sponsored by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, military exercise programs sponsored by a combatant command, and military training activities sponsored by a military department (including deployments for training, short duration exercises, and other similar unit training events).”.

2. 1996

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996

   Pub. L. 104–106 div. A title XV § 1503(a)(18) · 110 Stat. 186

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 322(a)

   Pub. L. 104–106 substituted “To” for “to” in heading

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106 substituted “To” for “to” in heading.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (18) Section 2011(a) is amended by striking out “to” and inserting in lieu thereof “To”.

3. 1998

   Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999

   Pub. L. 105–261 § 1062(a) · 112 Stat. 1920

   Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 322(c)

   Pub. L. 105–261, § 1062(a), inserted after first sentence “The regulations shall require that training activities may be carried out under this section only with the prior approval of the Secretary of Defense.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–261, § 1062(a), inserted after first sentence “The regulations shall require that training activities may be carried out under this section only with the prior approval of the Secretary of Defense.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Requirement for Prior Approval of Secretary of Defense.— subsection (c) of section 2011 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: “The regulations shall require that training activities may be carried out under this section only with the prior approval of the Secretary of Defense.”.

4. 1998

   Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999

   Pub. L. 105–261 § 1062(b) · 112 Stat. 1920

   Added · 10 U.S.C. § 322(e)(5); 10 U.S.C. § 322(e)(6)

   Pub. L. 105–261, § 1062(b), added pars. (5) and (6)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e)(5), (6). Pub. L. 105–261, § 1062(b), added pars. (5) and (6).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) 10 USC 2011. Elements of Annual Report.— subsection (e) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(5) A summary of the expenditures under this section resulting from the training for which expenses were paid under this section. “(6) A discussion of the unique military training benefit to United States special operations forces derived from the training activities for which expenses were paid under this section.”

5. 2011

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

   Pub. L. 112–81 div. A title X § 1086(2) · 125 Stat. 1298

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 322(d)(1)

   Pub. L. 112–81 substituted “military information support operations” for “psychological operations”

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   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 112–81 substituted “military information support operations” for “psychological operations”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Section 2011(d)(1) is amended by striking “psychological operations” and inserting “military information support operations”.

6. 2016

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

   Pub. L. 114–328 div. A title XII § 1244(b) · 130 Stat. 2000

   Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 322

   Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 2011 of this title as this section

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 2011 of this title as this section.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Transfer of Authority for Payment of Expenses in Connection With Special Operations Forces Training.— Section 2011 of title 10, United States Code, is transferred to chapter 16 of such title, inserted after section 321, as transferred and amended by subsection (a) of this section, and redesignated as section 322.

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