---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1589"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1589"
heading: "Participation in management of specified non-Federal entities: authorized activities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1589"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 81 — Civilian Employees"
---

# §1589. Participation in management of specified non-Federal entities: authorized activities

- (a) **Authorization.—**
  - (1) The [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) may authorize an employee described in [paragraph (2)](#a-2) to serve without compensation as a director, [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1), or trustee, or to otherwise participate, in the management of an entity designated under [subsection (b)](#b). Any such authorization shall be made on a case-by-case basis, for a particular employee to participate in a specific capacity with a specific designated entity. Such authorization may be made only for the purpose of providing oversight and advice to, and coordination with, the designated entity, and participation of the employee in the activities of the designated entity may not extend to participation in the day-to-day operations of the entity.
  - (2) [Paragraph (1)](#a-1) applies to any employee of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense or, in the case of the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy, of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Homeland Security. For purposes of this section, the term “employee” [includes](/usc/10/101.md?p=g-4) a civilian [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1).
- (b) **Designated Entities.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense, and the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, shall designate those entities for which authorization under [subsection (a)](#a) may be provided. The list of entities so designated may not be revised more frequently than semiannually. In making such designations, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall designate each [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) welfare society named in paragraph (2) of [section 1033(b) of this title](/usc/10/1033.md?p=b) and may designate any other entity described in [paragraph (3)](/usc/10/1033.md?p=b-3) of such section. No other entities may be designated.
- (c) **Publication of Designated Entities and of Authorized Persons.—** A designation of an entity under [subsection (b)](#b), and an authorization under [subsection (a)](#a) of an employee to participate in the management of such an entity, shall be published in the Federal Register.
- (d) **Civilians Outside the Military Departments.—** In this section, the term “[Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5)” [includes](/usc/10/101.md?p=g-4) the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense with respect to employees of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense who are not employees of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6).
- (e) **Regulations.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense, and the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 593(b)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1763; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1589, added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1401(f)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2618, provided, with exceptions, for prohibition on payment of lodging expenses when adequate Government quarters were available, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1614(b)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2739.

### Amendments

2002—Subsecs. (a)(2), (b), (e). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.