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[CITE: 10USC2602]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
              CHAPTER 155--ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND SERVICES
 
Sec. 2602. American National Red Cross: cooperation and 
        assistance
        
    (a) Whenever the President finds it necessary, he may accept the 
cooperation and assistance of the American National Red Cross, and 
employ it under the armed forces under regulations to be prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense.
    (b) Personnel of the American National Red Cross who are performing 
duties in connection with its cooperation and assistance under 
subsection (a) may be furnished--
        (1) transportation, at the expense of the United States, while 
    traveling to and from, and while performing, those duties, in the 
    same manner as civilian employees of the armed forces;
        (2) meals and quarters, at their expense or at the expense of 
    the American National Red Cross, except that where civilian 
    employees of the armed forces are quartered without charge, 
    employees of the American National Red Cross may also be quartered 
    without charge; and
        (3) available office space, warehousing, wharfage, and means of 
    communication, without charge.

    (c) No fee may be charged for a passport issued to an employee of 
the American National Red Cross for travel outside the United States to 
assume or perform duties under this section.
    (d) Supplies of the American National Red Cross, including gifts for 
the use of the armed forces, may be transported at the expense of the 
United States, if it is determined under regulations prescribed under 
subsection (a) that they are necessary to the cooperation and assistance 
accepted under this section.
    (e) For the purposes of this section, employees of the American 
National Red Cross may not be considered as employees of the United 
States.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 145.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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2602(a)...............................  36:17.                               Ju
ly 17, 1953, ch. 222, Secs.  1,
2602(b)...............................  36:17a (less provisos).               2
, 7, 67 Stat. 178, 179.
2602(c)...............................  36:17a (1st proviso).
2602(d)...............................  36:17a (last proviso).
2602(e)...............................  36:17b.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``finds it necessary'' are substituted 
for the words ``shall find the * * * to be necessary''. The words 
``cooperation and assistance'' are substituted for the words 
``cooperation and use * * * assistance * * * the same''. The words 
``under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense'' are 
substituted for 36:17 (last sentence). The words ``tendered by the said 
Red Cross'' are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (b), the introductory clause is substituted for 36:17a 
(1st 33 words). In clause (1), the word ``expense'' is substituted for 
the words ``cost and charge''. The words ``traveling to and from, and 
while performing, those duties'' are substituted for the words 
``proceeding to their place of duty, while serving thereat, and while 
returning therefrom''. In clause (2), the words ``at their expense or at 
the expense of'' are substituted for the words ``providing the cost 
thereof is borne by such personnel or by''. The words ``quartered 
without charge'' are substituted for the words ``furnished quarters on 
the same basis without cost''. In clause (3), the words ``when such 
facilities are'' are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (c), the words ``for travel outside the United States 
to assume or perform'' are substituted for the words ``so serving or 
proceeding abroad to enter upon such service''.
    In subsection (d), the word ``equipment'' is omitted as covered by 
the word ``supplies''. The words ``gifts for the use of'' are 
substituted for the words ``Red Cross supplies that may be tendered as a 
gift and accepted for use by''. The word ``expense'' is substituted for 
the words ``cost and charge''. The words ``rules and'' are omitted as 
surplusage.
    In subsection (e), the words ``Federal Government of'' are omitted 
as surplusage.


Report on Assistance to Red Cross for Emergency Communications Services 
                for Members of Armed Forces and Families

    Pub. L. 103-377, div. A, title III, Sec. 383(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 2740, provided that: ``Not later than November 30 in each of 1994, 
1995, and 1996, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
report on whether it is necessary for the Department of Defense to 
support the emergency communications services of the American National 
Red Cross in order to provide such services for members of the Armed 
Forces and their families. The report shall include the following:
        ``(1) An estimate of the amount of funds necessary to provide 
    such support.
        ``(2) A projection of the date upon which the American National 
    Red Cross can assume full financial responsibility for providing 
    such emergency communications services.
        ``(3) An assessment of the alternatives available to the 
    Secretary for obtaining such emergency communications services, 
    including the provision of such services by the Department of 
    Defense.''
