PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2361 SEC. 304. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. (a) PURPOSE. —(1) Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization in section 301(17) shall be available for the purposes of section 2551 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (c), including the transportation of humanitarian relief for the people of Afghanistan and Cambodia. (2) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1993 pursuant to section 301(17) for such purpose, not more man $3,000,000 shall be available for distribution of humanitarian relief supplies to displaced persons or refugees who are noncombatants, including those affiliated with the Cambodian non-Communist resistance, at or near the border between Thailand and Cambodia. (b) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS.— The Secretary of Defense may transfer, pursuant to section 2551(b) of such title, not more than $3,000,000 of the funds referred to in subsection (a)(l). (c) CODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVI- SIONS. —(1) Subchapter II of chapter 152 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
- § 2551. Humanitarian assistance
"(a) AUTHORIZED ASSISTANCE.—TO the extent provided in defense authorization Acts, funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for a fiscal year for humanitarian assistance shall be used for the purpose of providing transportation of humanitarian relief and for other humaniterian purposes worldvade. "(b) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS. — TO the extent provided in defense authorization Acts for a fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense may transfer to the Secretary of State funds appropriated for the purposes of this section to provide for— "(1) the payment of administrative costs incurred in providing the transportation described in subsection (a); and "(2) the purchase or other acquisition of transportation assets for the distribution of humanitarian relief supplies in the country of destination. "(c) TRANSPORTATION OF HUMANITARIAN RELIEF.—(1) Transportation of humanitarian relief provided with funds appropriated^ for the purposes of this section shall be provided under the direction of the Secretary of State. "(2) Such transportation shall be provided by the most economical commercial or military means available, unless the Secretary of State determines that it is in the national interest of the United States to provide such transportation other than by the most economical means available. The means used to provide such transportation may include the use of aircraft and personnel of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. "(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as waiving the requirements of section 2631 of this title and sections 901(b) and 901b of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1241(b) and 12410. "(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. — TO the extent provided in appropriation Acts, funds appropriated for humanitarian assistance for the purposes of this section shall remain available until expended. "(e) STATUS REPORTS. —(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit (at the times specified in paragraph (2)) to the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs of the House
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