Sec. 1204. Department of Defense support to stabilization activities in the national security interest of the United States
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The Secretary of Defense may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, designate a foreign area under subsection (b), provide support for the stabilization activities of other Federal agencies under subsection (c), or carry out transitional stabilization activities under subsection (d). Amounts authorized to be provided pursuant to this section shall be available only for stabilization activities— in a foreign area designated by the Secretary of Defense as being necessary to address conflict and instability; and that are in the national security interest of the United States.
The Secretary of Defense may provide logistic support, supplies, and services and training on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis to the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, or other Federal agencies to support stabilization in foreign areas designated under subsection (b). The Secretary of Defense may carry out transitional stabilization activities if such activities are in the national security interest of the United States. Transitional stabilization activities carried out under this section should complement, and should not duplicate, any other form of social or economic assistance which may be provided to the country concerned by any other department or agency of the United States.
The Secretary of Defense may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, waive sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary of Defense determines that such provision of law would prohibit, restrict, delay, or otherwise limit the provision of assistance under this section and a notice of and justification for such waiver is submitted to the appropriate committees of Congress. The authority to provide assistance under this section is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign nations.
Amounts for activities carried out under this section in a fiscal year shall be derived only from amounts authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for the Department of Defense for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide. Not more than $25,000,000 in each fiscal year is authorized to be used to provide non-reimbursable logistic support, supplies, and services or training under subsection
(c)or to carry out transitional stabilization activities under subsection
(d)during the period in which this section is in effect. The authority provided under this section may not be exercised after September 30, 2021. Any program directed under this section before that date may be completed, but only using funds available for fiscal years 2020 through 2021. In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. The term logistic support, supplies, and services has the meaning given the term in section 2350(1) of title 10, United States Code. The term transitional stabilization activities means transitional activities, excluding humanitarian assistance, conducted to create conditions where legitimate local authorities and systems can peaceably manage conflict and prevent a resurgence of violence, including— providing, maintaining, or re-establishing security and basic public order; providing or restoring essential basic services for the immediate needs of the population; and repairing, restoring, and protecting critical infrastructure.
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Sec. 1204
Department of Defense support to stabilization activities in the national security interest of the United States
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