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[CITE: 10USC371]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
   CHAPTER 18--MILITARY SUPPORT FOR CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
 
Sec. 371. Use of information collected during military 
        operations
        
    (a) The Secretary of Defense may, in accordance with other 
applicable law, provide to Federal, State, or local civilian law 
enforcement officials any information collected during the normal course 
of military training or operations that may be relevant to a violation 
of any Federal or State law within the jurisdiction of such officials.
    (b) The needs of civilian law enforcement officials for information 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be taken into account in the 
planning and execution of military training or operations.
    (c) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, to the extent consistent 
with national security, that intelligence information held by the 
Department of Defense and relevant to drug interdiction or other 
civilian law enforcement matters is provided promptly to appropriate 
civilian law enforcement officials.

(Added Pub. L. 97-86, title IX, Sec. 905(a)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 
1115; amended Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title XI, Sec. 1104(a), Sept. 29, 
1988, 102 Stat. 2043.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-456 amended section generally, designating 
existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserting reference to military 
training, and adding subsecs. (b) and (c).


                      Short Title of 1986 Amendment

    Pub. L. 99-570, title III, Sec. 3051, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-
74, provided that: ``This subtitle [subtitle A (Secs. 3051-3059) of 
title III of Pub. L. 99-570, enacting section 379 of this title, 
amending sections 374 and 911 of this title, enacting provisions set out 
as notes under sections 374, 525, and 9441 of this title, and repealing 
provisions set out as a note under section 89 of Title 14, Coast Guard] 
may be cited as the `Defense Drug Interdiction Assistance Act'.''
