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[CITE: 10USC2606]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
              CHAPTER 155--ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND SERVICES
 
Sec. 2606. Scouting: cooperation and assistance in foreign areas

    (a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary concerned may cooperate 
with and assist qualified scouting organizations in establishing and 
providing facilities and services for members of the armed forces and 
their dependents, and civilian employees of the Department of Defense 
and their dependents, at locations outside the United States.
    (b) Cooperation and assistance under subsection (a) shall be 
provided under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and 
may be provided only if the President determines that such cooperation 
and assistance is necessary in the interest of the morale, welfare, and 
recreation of members of the armed forces.
    (c) Personnel of a qualified scouting organization, including 
officials certified by that organization as representing that 
organization, who are performing duties in connection with cooperation 
and assistance provided under subsection (a) may be furnished--
        (1) transportation at the expense of the United States while 
    traveling to and from, and while performing, such duties in the same 
    manner as civilian employees of the United States; and
        (2) available office space (including space for recreational 
    activities for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts), warehousing, utilities, 
    and a means of communication, without charge.

    (d) Supplies of a qualified scouting organization may be transported 
at the expense of the United States if the Secretary concerned 
determines, under regulations prescribed under subsection (b), that the 
supplies are necessary to the cooperation and assistance provided under 
this section.
    (e) The Secretary concerned may reimburse a qualified scouting 
organization for all or part of the pay of an employee of that 
organization for any period during which the employee was performing 
services under subsection (a). Any such reimbursement may not be made 
from appropriated funds and shall be made under regulations prescribed 
under subsection (b).
    (f) For the purposes of this section, employees of a qualified 
scouting organization performing services under subsection (a) may not 
be considered to be employees of the United States.
    (g) In this section, the term ``qualified scouting organization'' 
means the Girl Scouts of the United States of America and the Boy Scouts 
of America.

(Added Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title III, Sec. 323(a), Sept. 29, 1988, 
102 Stat. 1953.)

  Ex. Ord. No. 12715. Determination for Support of Scouting Activities 
                                Overseas

    Ex. Ord. No. 12715, May 3, 1990, 55 F.R. 19051, provided:
    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
laws of the United States of America, and pursuant to section 2606(b) of 
title 10, United States Code, with regard to support of scouting 
activities overseas, I hereby determine that the cooperation and 
assistance authorized by section 2606(a) of that title is necessary in 
the interest of the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the 
armed forces. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, shall issue 
regulations concerning such cooperation and support.
                                                            George Bush.
