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[CITE: 10USC182]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
               CHAPTER 7--BOARDS, COUNCILS, AND COMMITTEES
 
Sec. 182. Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and 
        Humanitarian Assistance
        
    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense may operate a Center 
for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (in 
this section referred to as the ``Center'').
    (b) Missions.--(1) The Center shall be used to provide and 
facilitate education, training, and research in civil-military 
operations, particularly operations that require international disaster 
management and humanitarian assistance and operations that require 
coordination between the Department of Defense and other agencies.
    (2) The Center shall be used to make available high-quality disaster 
management and humanitarian assistance in response to disasters.
    (3) The Center shall be used to provide and facilitate education, 
training, interagency coordination, and research on the following 
additional matters:
        (A) Management of the consequences of nuclear, biological, and 
    chemical events.
        (B) Management of the consequences of terrorism.
        (C) Appropriate roles for the reserve components in the 
    management of such consequences and in disaster management and 
    humanitarian assistance in response to natural disasters.
        (D) Meeting requirements for information in connection with 
    regional and global disasters, including the use of advanced 
    communications technology as a virtual library.
        (E) Tropical medicine, particularly in relation to the medical 
    readiness requirements of the Department of Defense.

    (4) The Center shall develop a repository of disaster risk 
indicators for the Asia-Pacific region.
    (5) The Center shall perform such other missions as the Secretary of 
Defense may specify.
    (c) Joint Operation With Educational Institution Authorized.--The 
Secretary of Defense may enter into an agreement with appropriate 
officials of an institution of higher education to provide for joint 
operation of the Center. Any such agreement shall provide for the 
institution to furnish necessary administrative services for the Center, 
including administration and allocation of funds.
    (d) Acceptance of Donations.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
(2), the Secretary of Defense may accept, on behalf of the Center, 
donations to be used to defray the costs of the Center or to enhance the 
operation of the Center. Such donations may be accepted from any agency 
of the Federal Government, any State or local government, any foreign 
government, any foundation or other charitable organization (including 
any that is organized or operates under the laws of a foreign country), 
or any other private source in the United States or a foreign country.
    (2) The Secretary may not accept a donation under paragraph (1) if 
the acceptance of the donation would compromise or appear to 
compromise--
        (A) the ability of the Department of Defense, any employee of 
    the Department, or members of the armed forces, to carry out any 
    responsibility or duty of the Department in a fair and objective 
    manner; or
        (B) the integrity of any program of the Department of Defense or 
    of any person involved in such a program.

    (3) The Secretary shall prescribe written guidance setting forth the 
criteria to be used in determining whether or not the acceptance of a 
foreign donation would have a result described in paragraph (2).
    (4) Funds accepted by the Secretary under paragraph (1) as a 
donation on behalf of the Center shall be credited to appropriations 
available to the Department of Defense for the Center. Funds so credited 
shall be merged with the appropriations to which credited and shall be 
available for the Center for the same purposes and the same period as 
the appropriations with which merged.

(Added Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title III, Sec. 382(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 
111 Stat. 1709.)
