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[CITE: 10USC166a]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
                      CHAPTER 6--COMBATANT COMMANDS
 
Sec. 166a. Combatant commands: funding through the Chairman of 
        Joint Chiefs of Staff
        
    (a) CINC Initiative Fund.--From funds made available in any fiscal 
year for the budget account in the Department of Defense known as the 
``CINC Initiative Fund'', the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may 
provide funds to the commander of a combatant command, upon the request 
of the commander, or, with respect to a geographic area or areas not 
within the area of responsibility of a commander of a combatant command, 
to an officer designated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
for such purpose. The Chairman may provide such funds for any of the 
activities named in subsection (b).
    (b) Authorized Activities.--Activities for which funds may be 
provided under subsection (a) are the following:
        (1) Force training.
        (2) Contingencies.
        (3) Selected operations.
        (4) Command and control.
        (5) Joint exercises (including activities of participating 
    foreign countries).
        (6) Humanitarian and civil assistance.
        (7) Military education and training to military and related 
    civilian personnel of foreign countries (including transportation, 
    translation, and administrative expenses).
        (8) Personnel expenses of defense personnel for bilateral or 
    regional cooperation programs.
        (9) Force protection.

    (c) Priority.--The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in 
considering requests for funds in the CINC Initiative Fund, should give 
priority consideration to--
        (1) requests for funds to be used for activities that would 
    enhance the war fighting capability, readiness, and sustainability 
    of the forces assigned to the commander requesting the funds; and
        (2) the provision of funds to be used for activities with 
    respect to an area or areas not within the area of responsibility of 
    a commander of a combatant command that would reduce the threat to, 
    or otherwise increase, the national security of the United States.

    (d) Relationship to Other Funding.--Any amount provided by the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during any fiscal year out of the 
CINC Initiative Fund for an activity referred to in subsection (b) shall 
be in addition to amounts otherwise available for that activity for that 
fiscal year.
    (e) Limitations.--(1) Of funds made available under this section for 
any fiscal year--
        (A) not more than $7,000,000 may be used to purchase items with 
    a unit cost in excess of $15,000;
        (B) not more than $1,000,000 may be used to pay for any expenses 
    of foreign countries participating in joint exercises as authorized 
    by subsection (b)(5); and
        (C) not more than $2,000,000 may be used to provide military 
    education and training (including transportation, translation, and 
    administrative expenses) to military and related civilian personnel 
    of foreign countries as authorized by subsection (b)(7).

    (2) Funds may not be provided under this section for any activity 
that has been denied authorization by Congress.
    (f) Inclusion of NORAD.--For purposes of this section, the 
Commander, United States Element, North American Aerospace Defense 
Command shall be considered to be a commander of a combatant command.

(Added Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title IX, Sec. 902(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 
Stat. 1450; amended Pub. L. 102-396, title IX, Sec. 9128, Oct. 6, 1992, 
106 Stat. 1935; Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title IX, Sec. 934, Oct. 23, 
1992, 106 Stat. 2477; Pub. L. 103-35, title II, Sec. 201(a), May 31, 
1993, 107 Stat. 97; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title IX, Sec. 902, Nov. 18, 
1997, 111 Stat. 1854.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (b)(9). Pub. L. 105-85 added par. (9).
    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-35, Sec. 201(a)(1), substituted ``the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may provide funds to the commander 
of a combatant command, upon the request of the commander, or, with 
respect to a geographic area or areas not within the area of 
responsibility of a commander of a combatant command, to an officer 
designated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for such 
purpose'' for ``the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may provide 
funds to the commander of a combatant command, upon the request of the 
commander, or to the Director of the Joint Staff with respect to an area 
or areas not within the area of responsibility of a commander of a 
combatant command.''
    Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 103-35, Sec. 201(a)(2), struck out second of 
two identical parenthetical phrases at end of par. (7) which read as 
follows: ``(including transportation, translation, and administrative 
expenses)''.
    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-484, Sec. 934(a), which directed 
substitution of ``funds to the commander of a combatant command, upon 
the request of the commander, or, with respect to a geographic area or 
areas not within the area of responsibility of a commander of a 
combatant command, to an officer designated by the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff for such purpose.'' for ``funds, upon request,'' and all 
that follows through the period, could not be executed because the words 
did not appear subsequent to the amendment by Pub. L. 102-396, 
Sec. 9128(a). See below.
    Pub. L. 102-396, Sec. 9128(a), substituted ``funds to the commander 
of a combatant command, upon the request of the commander, or to the 
Director of the Joint Staff with respect to an area or areas not within 
the area of responsibility of a commander of a combatant command.'' for 
``funds, upon request, to the commanders of the combatant commands.''
    Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 102-396, Sec. 9128(b), and Pub. L. 102-484, 
Sec. 934(b), both inserted before period at end ``(including 
transportation, translation, and administrative expenses)''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-484, Sec. 934(c), amended subsec. (c) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: ``The 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in considering requests for funds 
in the CINC Initiative Fund, should give priority consideration to 
requests for funds to be used for activities that would enhance the war 
fighting capability, readiness, and sustainability of the forces 
assigned to the commander requesting the funds (c) Priority.--The 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in considering requests for funds 
in the CINC Initiative Fund or the provision of funds to the Director of 
the Joint Staff under subsection (a), should give priority consideration 
to--
        ``(1) requests for funds to be used for activities that would 
    enhance the war fighting capability, readiness, and sustainability 
    of the forces assigned to the commander requesting the funds; and
        ``(2) the provision of funds to be used for activities with 
    respect to an area or areas not within the area of responsibility of 
    a commander of a combatant command that would reduce the threat to, 
    or otherwise increase, the national security of the United 
    States..[sic]''
    Pub. L. 102-396, Sec. 9128(c), inserted before period at end ``(c) 
Priority.--The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in considering 
requests for funds in the CINC Initiative Fund or the provision of funds 
to the Director of the Joint Staff under subsection (a), should give 
priority consideration to--
        ``(1) requests for funds to be used for activities that would 
    enhance the war fighting capability, readiness, and sustainability 
    of the forces assigned to the commander requesting the funds; and
        ``(2) the provision of funds to be used for activities with 
    respect to an area or areas not within the area of responsibility of 
    a commander of a combatant command that would reduce the threat to, 
    or otherwise increase, the national security of the United States.''
    Subsec. (e)(1)(C). Pub. L. 102-484, Sec. 934(d), amended subpar. (C) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (C) read as follows: ``not more 
than $5,000,000 may be used to provide military education and training 
(including transportation, translation, and administrative expenses) to 
military and related civilian personnel of foreign countries as 
authorized by subsection (b)(7).''
    Pub. L. 102-396, Sec. 9128(d), amended subpar. (C) generally. Prior 
to amendment, subpar. (C) read as follows: ``not more than $500,000 may 
be used to provide military education and training to military and 
related civilian personnel of foreign countries as authorized by 
subsection (b)(7).''
