Sec. 1201. Acceptance and expenditure of contributions for multilateral security cooperation activities
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Subchapter I of chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary of Defense may accept, retain, and expend contributions, including money, personal property, and services, from one or more foreign governments to carry out, pursuant to the authorities provided in this chapter, security cooperation activities in which the foreign partner (or partners, as the case may be) shares a national security interest with the United States.
Funds accepted under this section may only be expended under the authorities provided in this chapter, and such expenditures shall comply with the prohibitions and limitations and the notice, reporting, and other requirements specified in such authorities. Funds accepted under this section may not be expended, in whole or in part, for any purpose for which Congress has previously denied funds. Not later than March 1st each year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on any funds accepted or expended under this section during the preceding calendar year, including an identification of the foreign partner or partners involved and a description of the purpose of such funds.
In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. . The table of sections for subchapter I of chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 302. Acceptance and expenditure of contributions for multilateral security cooperation activities. .