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[CITE: 10USC2611]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
              CHAPTER 155--ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND SERVICES
 
Sec. 2611. Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies: acceptance 
        of foreign gifts and donations
        
    (a) Authority To Accept Foreign Gifts and Donations.--(1) Subject to 
subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may accept, on behalf of the 
Asia-Pacific Center, foreign gifts or donations in order to defray the 
costs of, or enhance the operation of, the Asia-Pacific Center.
    (2) In this section, the term ``Asia-Pacific Center'' means the 
Department of Defense organization within the United States Pacific 
Command known as the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.
    (b) Limitation.--The Secretary may not accept a gift or donation 
under subsection (a) if the acceptance of the gift or donation would 
compromise or appear to compromise--
        (1) the ability of the Department of Defense, any employee of 
    the Department, or members of the armed forces to carry out any 
    responsibility or duty of the Department in a fair and objective 
    manner; or
        (2) the integrity of any program of the Department of Defense or 
    of any person involved in such a program.

    (c) Criteria for Acceptance.--The Secretary shall prescribe written 
guidance setting forth the criteria to be used in determining whether 
the acceptance of a foreign gift or donation would have a result 
described in subsection (b).
    (d) Crediting of Funds.--Funds accepted by the Secretary under 
subsection (a) shall be credited to appropriations available to the 
Department of Defense for the Asia-Pacific Center. Funds so credited 
shall be merged with the appropriations to which credited and shall be 
available to the Asia-Pacific Center for the same purposes and same 
period as the appropriations with which merged.
    (e) Notice to Congress.--If the total amount of funds accepted under 
subsection (a) in any fiscal year exceeds $2,000,000, the Secretary 
shall notify Congress of the amount of those donations for that fiscal 
year. Any such notice shall list each of the contributors of such 
amounts and the amount of each contribution in that fiscal year.
    (f) Foreign Gift or Donation Defined.--For purposes of this section, 
a foreign gift or donation is a gift or donation of funds, materials 
(including research materials), property, or services (including lecture 
services and faculty services) from a foreign government, a foundation 
or other charitable organization in a foreign country, or an individual 
in a foreign country.

(Added Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title IX, Sec. 915(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 721.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 184 of this title.
