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[CITE: 10USC2610]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
              CHAPTER 155--ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND SERVICES
 
Sec. 2610. Competitions for excellence: acceptance of monetary 
        awards
        
    (a) Acceptance Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may accept a 
monetary award given to the Department of Defense by a nongovernmental 
entity as a result of the participation of the Department in a 
competition carried out to recognize excellence or innovation in 
providing services or administering programs.
    (b) Disposition of Awards.--A monetary award accepted under 
subsection (a) shall be credited to one or more nonappropriated fund 
accounts supporting morale, welfare, and recreation activities for the 
command, installation, or other activity that is recognized for the 
award. Amounts so credited may be expended only for such activities.
    (c) Incidental Expenses.--Subject to such limitations as may be 
provided in appropriation Acts, appropriations available to the 
Department of Defense may be used to pay incidental expenses incurred by 
the Department to participate in a competition described in subsection 
(a) or to accept a monetary award under this section.
    (d) Regulations and Reporting.--(1) The Secretary shall prescribe 
regulations to determine the disposition of monetary awards accepted 
under this section and the payment of incidental expenses under 
subsection (c).
    (2) At the end of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
a report for that year describing the disposition of monetary awards 
accepted under this section and the payment of incidental expenses under 
subsection (c).
    (e) Termination.--The authority of the Secretary under this section 
shall expire on February 10, 1998.

(Added Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title III, Sec. 377(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 
110 Stat. 283; amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1074(a)(16), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2659.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``on February 10, 
1998'' for ``two years after the date of the enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996''.
