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[CITE: 10USC2564]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
        CHAPTER 152--ISSUE OF SUPPLIES, SERVICES, AND FACILITIES
 
Sec. 2564. Provision of support for certain sporting events

    (a) Security and Safety Assistance.--At the request of a Federal, 
State, or local government agency responsible for providing law 
enforcement services, security services, or safety services, the 
Secretary of Defense may authorize the commander of a military 
installation or other facility of the Department of Defense or the 
commander of a specified or unified combatant command to provide 
assistance for the World Cup Soccer Games, the Goodwill Games, the 
Olympics, and any other civilian sporting event in support of essential 
security and safety at such event, but only if the Attorney General 
certifies that such assistance is necessary to meet essential security 
and safety needs.
    (b) Other Assistance.--The Secretary of Defense may authorize a 
commander referred to in subsection (a) to provide assistance for a 
sporting event referred to in that subsection in support of other needs 
relating to such event, but only--
        (1) to the extent that such needs cannot reasonably be met by a 
    source other than the Department;
        (2) to the extent that the provision of such assistance does not 
    adversely affect the military preparedness of the armed forces; and
        (3) if the organization requesting such assistance agrees to 
    reimburse the Department for amounts expended by the Department in 
    providing the assistance in accordance with the provisions of 
    section 377 of this title and other applicable provisions of law.

    (c) Inapplicability to Certain Events.--Subsections (a) and (b) do 
not apply to the following sporting events:
        (1) Sporting events for which funds have been appropriated 
    before September 23, 1996.
        (2) The Special Olympics.
        (3) The Paralympics.

    (d) Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of Defense may require such 
terms and conditions in connection with the provision of assistance 
under this section as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate 
to protect the interests of the United States.
    (e) Report on Assistance.--Not later than January 30 of each year 
following a year in which the Secretary of Defense provides assistance 
under this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
the assistance provided. The report shall set forth--
        (1) a description of the assistance provided;
        (2) the amount expended by the Department in providing the 
    assistance;
        (3) if the assistance was provided under subsection (a), the 
    certification of the Attorney General with respect to the assistance 
    under that subsection; and
        (4) if the assistance was provided under subsection (b)--
            (A) an explanation why the assistance could not reasonably 
        be met by a source other than the Department; and
            (B) the amount the Department was reimbursed under that 
        subsection.

    (f) Relationship to Other Laws.--Assistance provided under this 
section shall be subject to the provisions of sections 375 and 376 of 
this title.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title III, Sec. 367(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 
110 Stat. 2496, Sec. 2554; amended by Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1073(a)(56), (c)(2)(A), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1903, 1904; 
renumbered Sec. 2564, Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X, 
Sec. 1033(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-260.)


                               Amendments

    2000--Pub. L. 106-398 renumbered section 2554 of this title as this 
section.
    1997--Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 1073(c)(2)(A), made technical amendment 
to directory language of Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 367(a), which enacted 
this section.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 1073(a)(56), substituted 
``September 23, 1996'' for ``the date of the enactment of this Act''.


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Section 1073(c) of Pub. L. 105-85 provided that the amendment made 
by that section is effective as of Sept. 23, 1996, and as if included in 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, Pub. L. 
104-201, as enacted.


    Support for International Sporting Competitions, Defense, Account

    Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title V, Sec. 5802, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 
Stat. 3009-522, provided that: ``There is hereby established on the 
books of the Treasury an account, `Support for International Sporting 
Competitions, Defense' (hereinafter referred to in this section as the 
`Account') to be available until expended for logistical and security 
support for international sporting competitions (other than pay and non-
travel-related allowances of members of the Armed Forces of the United 
States, except for members of the reserve components thereof called or 
ordered to active duty in connection with providing such support): 
Provided, That there shall be credited to the Account: (a) unobligated 
balances of the funds appropriated in Public Laws 103-335 [108 Stat. 
2605] and 104-61 [109 Stat. 642] under the headings `Summer Olympics'; 
(b) any reimbursements received by the Department of Defense in 
connection with support to the 1993 World University Games; the 1994 
World Cup Games; and the 1996 Games of the XXVI Olympiad held in 
Atlanta, Georgia; (c) any reimbursements received by the Department of 
Defense after the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 30, 1996] for 
logistical and security support provided to international sporting 
competitions; and (d) amounts specifically appropriated to the Account, 
all to remain available until expended: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available to the Account may be obligated until 45 days 
after the congressional defense committees have been notified in writing 
by the Secretary of Defense as to the purpose for which these funds will 
be obligated.''
