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[Document affected by Public Law 107-107 Section 1048(c)(2)]
[CITE: 10USC184]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
               CHAPTER 7--BOARDS, COUNCILS, AND COMMITTEES
 
Sec. 184. Department of Defense regional centers for security 
        studies
        
    (a) Advance Notification to Congress of the Establishment of New 
Regional Centers.--After the date of the enactment of this section, a 
regional center for security studies may not be established in the 
Department of Defense until--
        (1) the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress a notification 
    of the intent of the Secretary to establish the center, including a 
    description of the mission and functions of the proposed center and 
    a justification for the proposed center; and
        (2) a period of 90 days has elapsed after the date on which that 
    notification is submitted.

    (b) Requirement for Annual Report.--Not later than February 1 of 
each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives a report on the operation of the Department of 
Defense regional centers for security studies during the preceding 
fiscal year. The annual report shall include, for each regional center, 
the following information:
        (1) The status and objectives of the center.
        (2) The budget of the center, including the costs of operating 
    the center.
        (3) A description of the extent of the international 
    participation in the programs of the center, including the costs 
    incurred by the United States for the participation of each foreign 
    nation.
        (4) A description of the foreign gifts and donations, if any, 
    accepted under any of the following provisions of law:
            (A) Section 2611 of this title.
            (B) Section 1306 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
        for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 2892).
            (C) Section 1065 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
        for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2653; 10 
        U.S.C. 113 note).

    (c) Regional Center for Security Studies Defined.--For the purposes 
of this section, a regional center for security studies is any center 
within the Department of Defense that--
        (1) is operated, and designated as such, by the Secretary of 
    Defense for the study of security issues relating to a specified 
    geographic region of the world; and
        (2) serves as a forum for bilateral and multilateral 
    communication and military and civilian exchanges with nations in 
    that region.

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title IX, Sec. 912(a)(1)], 
Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-228.)

                       References in Text

    The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. 
(a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 106-398 which was approved Oct. 
30, 2000.
    Section 1306 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1995, referred to in subsec. (b)(4)(B), is section 1306 of Pub. L. 
103-337, div. A, title XIII, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2892, which is not 
classified to the Code.
