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[CITE: 10USC2350d]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
CHAPTER 138--COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH NATO ALLIES AND OTHER COUNTRIES
 
               SUBCHAPTER II--OTHER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
 
Sec. 2350d. Cooperative logistic support agreements: NATO 
        countries
        
    (a) General Authority.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may enter into 
bilateral or multilateral agreements known as Weapon System Partnership 
Agreements with one or more governments of other member countries of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) participating in the operation 
of the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization. Any such agreement 
shall be for the purpose of providing cooperative logistics support for 
the armed forces of the countries which are parties to the agreement. 
Any such agreement--
        (A) shall be entered into pursuant to the terms of the charter 
    of the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization; and
        (B) shall provide for the common logistic support of a specific 
    weapon system common to the participating countries.

    (2) Such an agreement may provide for--
        (A) the transfer of logistics support, supplies, and services by 
    the United States to the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization; 
    and
        (B) the acquisition of logistics support, supplies, and services 
    by the United States from that Organization.

    (b) Authority of Secretary.--Under the terms of a Weapon System 
Partnership Agreement, the Secretary of Defense--
        (1) may agree that the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization 
    may enter into contracts for supply and acquisition of logistics 
    support in Europe for requirements of the United States, to the 
    extent the Secretary determines that the procedures of such 
    Organization governing such supply and acquisition are appropriate; 
    and
        (2) may share the costs of set-up charges of facilities for use 
    by the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization to provide 
    cooperative logistics support and in the costs of establishing a 
    revolving fund for initial acquisition and replenishment of supply 
    stocks to be used by the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization to 
    provide cooperative logistics support.

    (c) Sharing of Administrative Expenses.--Each Weapon System 
Partnership Agreement shall provide for joint management by the 
participating countries and for the equitable sharing of the 
administrative costs and costs of claims incident to the agreement.
    (d) Application of Chapter 137.--Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, the provisions of chapter 137 of this title apply to a 
contract entered into by the Secretary of Defense for the acquisition of 
logistics support under a Weapon System Partnership Agreement.
    (e) Application of Arms Export Control Act.--Any transfer of defense 
articles or defense services to a member country of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization or to the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization 
for the purposes of a Weapon System Partnership Agreement shall be 
carried out in accordance with this chapter and the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
    (f) Supplemental Authority.--The authority of the Secretary of 
Defense under this section is in addition to the authority of the 
Secretary under subchapter I and any other provision of law.

(Added and amended Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title IX, Secs. 931(c), 
938(c), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1534, 1539; Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, 
title VIII, Sec. 843(b)(2), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2469.)

                       References in Text

    The Arms Export Control Act, referred to in subsec. (e), is Pub. L. 
90-629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, as amended, which is classified 
principally to chapter 39 (Sec. 2751 et seq.) of Title 22, Foreign 
Relations and Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2751 of Title 22 
and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. 
L. 99-661, div. A, title XI, Sec. 1102, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3961, 
which was set out as a note under section 2407 of this title, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 101-189, Sec. 931(d)(2).


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-484 inserted ``and costs of claims'' 
after ``administrative costs''.
    1989--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-189, Sec. 938(c), inserted ``this 
chapter and'' after ``in accordance with''.
