10 U.S.C. § 421 : US Code - Section 421: Funds for foreign cryptologic support

Search 10 U.S.C. § 421 : US Code - Section 421: Funds for foreign cryptologic support

(a) The Secretary of Defense may use appropriated funds available
to the Department of Defense for intelligence and communications
purposes to pay for the expenses of arrangements with foreign
countries for cryptologic support.
(b) The Secretary of Defense may use funds other than
appropriated funds to pay for the expenses of arrangements with
foreign countries for cryptologic support without regard for the
provisions of law relating to the expenditure of United States
Government funds, except that -
(1) no such funds may be expended, in whole or in part, by or
for the benefit of the Department of Defense for a purpose for
which Congress had previously denied funds; and
(2) proceeds from the sale of cryptologic items may be used
only to purchase replacement items similar to the items that are
sold; and
(3) the authority provided by this subsection may not be used
to acquire items or services for the principal benefit of the
United States.
(c) Any funds expended under the authority of subsection (a)
shall be reported to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives pursuant to the provisions of title V of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.). Funds
expended under the authority of subsection (b) shall be reported
pursuant to procedures jointly agreed upon by such committees and
the Secretary of Defense.