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[CITE: 10USC717]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
   CHAPTER 41--SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS, DETAILS, AND DUTIES
 
Sec. 717. Members of the armed forces: participation in 
        international sports
        
    (a) The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation 
with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in 
the Navy, may permit members of the armed forces under his jurisdiction 
to train for, attend, and participate in--
        (1) Pan-American Games and Olympic Games and qualifying events 
    and preparatory competition for those games; and
        (2) any other international competition in amateur sports, if 
    the Secretary of State determines that the interests of the United 
    States will be served by participation in that competition, and 
    qualifying events and preparatory competition for that competition.

    (b) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), the Secretary of Defense or 
the Secretary of Transportation, as the case may be, may spend such 
funds, and acquire and use such supplies, as he determines to be 
necessary to provide for--
        (1) the training of members of the armed forces for the 
    competitions covered by subsection (a);
        (2) their attendance at and participation in those competitions; 
    and
        (3) the training of animals of the armed forces for, and their 
    attendance at and participation in, those competitions.

    (c)(1) Not more than $3,000,000, to be apportioned among the 
military departments as the Secretary of Defense prescribes, may be 
spent during each successive four-year period beginning on October 1, 
1980, for the participation of members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 
Marine Corps in the competitions covered by subsection (a).
    (2) Not more than $100,000 may be spent during each successive four-
year period beginning on October 1, 1980, for the participation of 
members of the Coast Guard in the competitions covered by subsection 
(a).
    (d) Appropriations available to the Department of Defense or to the 
Department of Transportation, as the case may be, may be used to carry 
out this section.

(Added Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(17), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1442, 
Sec. 716; renumbered Sec. 717, Pub. L. 87-651, title I, Sec. 103(a), 
Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 508; amended Pub. L. 89-348, Sec. 1(12), Nov. 8, 
1965, 79 Stat. 1311; Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 7, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 
1117; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 511(22), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 
2921; Pub. L. 98-525, title XV, Sec. 1534, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 
2632.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                    1958 Act
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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716 [now 717].........................  22:1981.                             Ma
r. 14, 1955, ch. 11 (less last 2
                                        22:1982.                              p
ars.), 69 Stat. 11.
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    In subsection (a), the first 27 words are substituted for section 1 
of the source statute. The reference to the Second Pan-American Games, 
the Seventh Olympic Winter Games, and the Games of the XVI Olympiad are 
omitted as covered by clause (1) of the revised subsection. The words 
``subject to the limitation contained in subsection (b) herein'' are 
omitted as covered by revised subsection (b). The words ``any other'' 
are substituted for the words ``other * * * not specified in (1) 
above''.
    In subsection (b), the word ``entry'' is substituted for the word 
``commitment'' for clarity. The words ``or the Secretary of the 
Treasury, as the case may be'' are inserted since, under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of the Treasury has the prescribed authority with respect 
to members of the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in 
the Navy.
    In subsection (c), the words ``materiel, and equipment'' are omitted 
as covered by the word ``supplies'' as defined in section 101(26) of 
this title.

                            1962 Act

    This section corrects a duplication in numbering occasioned by the 
addition of a duplicate section 716 by Pub. L. 85-861. (The first 
section 716 was added by Pub. L. 85-599.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98-525, Sec. 1534(1), included 
qualifying events and preparatory competition.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 98-525, Sec. 1534(2), included qualifying 
events and preparatory competition.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-525, Sec. 1534(3), struck out reference to 
subsec. (e).
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-525, Sec. 1534(4), (6), designated existing 
provisions as par. (1), substituted ``$3,000,000'' for ``$800,000'' and 
``October 1, 1980'' for ``March 14, 1955'', redesignated subsec. (d) as 
par. (2), and substituted ``October 1, 1980'' for ``March 14, 1955''.
    Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 98-525, Sec. 1534(7), redesignated 
subsec. (e) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated par. (2) of subsec. 
(c).
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 511(22)(A), substituted 
``Transportation'' for ``the Treasury''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 511(22), redesignated subsec. (c) 
as (b) and substituted reference to subsec. (c) for reference to subsec. 
(f), and ``Transportation'' for ``the Treasury''.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 511(22)(C), redesignated 
subsecs. (d) and (e) as (c) and (d), respectively. Former subsec. (c) 
redesignated (b).
    Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 511(22) (A), (C), 
redesignated subsec. (f) as (e) and substituted ``Transportation'' for 
``the Treasury''. Former subsection (e) redesignated (d).
    1966--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-718 repealed subsec. (b) which 
required the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the Treasury to 
report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives the details of the proposed participation by members of 
the Armed Forces under his jurisdiction in international amateur sports 
competition. See also Pub. L. 89-348, Sec. 1(12), Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 
1311, which earlier repealed the reporting requirement of subsec. (b).
    1965--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-348 repealed provision of subsec. (b) 
which required the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the 
Treasury, as the case may be, to report to the Committees on the Armed 
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives the details of the 
proposed participation by members of the Armed Forces under his 
jurisdiction in international amateur sports competition.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 37 section 420.
