--- kind: "section" citation: "10 U.S.C. § 182" title: "10" title_heading: "Armed Forces" number: "182" heading: "Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/182" units: - "Subtitle A — General Military Law" - "Part I — Organization and General Military Powers" - "Chapter 7 — Boards, Councils, and Committees" --- # §182. Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance - (a) **Establishment.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may operate a Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (in this section referred to as the “Center”). - (b) **Missions.—** - (1) The Center shall be used to provide and facilitate education, [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9), and research in civil-[military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) operations, particularly operations that require international disaster management and humanitarian assistance and operations that require coordination between the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense and other [agencies](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3). - (2) The Center shall be used to make available high-quality disaster management and humanitarian assistance in [response](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) to disasters. - (3) The Center shall be used to provide and facilitate education, [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9), interagency coordination, and research on the following additional matters: - (A) Management of the consequences of nuclear, biological, and chemical events. - (B) Management of the consequences of terrorism. - (C) Appropriate roles for the [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [components](/usc/10/3011.md?p=13) in the management of such consequences and in disaster management and humanitarian assistance in [response](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) to natural disasters. - (D) Meeting requirements for information in connection with regional and global disasters, including the use of advanced communications technology as a virtual library. - (E) Tropical medicine, particularly in relation to the medical readiness requirements of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense. - (4) The Center shall develop a repository of disaster risk indicators for the Asia-Pacific region. - (5) The Center shall perform such other missions as the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may specify. - (c) **Joint Operation With Educational Institution Authorized.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may enter into an agreement with appropriate officials of an [institution of higher education](/usc/10/2199.md?p=2) to provide for joint operation of the Center. Any such agreement shall provide for the institution to furnish necessary administrative services for the Center, including administration and allocation of funds. - (d) **Acceptance of Donations.—** - (1) Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#d-2), the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may accept, on behalf of the Center, donations to be used to defray the costs of the Center or to enhance the operation of the Center. Such donations may be accepted from any [agency](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) of the Federal Government, any [State](/usc/10/4951.md?p=4) or [local government](/usc/10/4951.md?p=4), any foreign government, any foundation or other charitable organization (including any that is organized or operates under the laws of a foreign country), or any other private source in the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) or a foreign country. - (2) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) may not accept a donation under [paragraph (1)](#d-1) if the acceptance of the donation would compromise or appear to compromise— - (A) the ability of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense, any employee of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6), or members of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4), to carry out any responsibility or duty of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) in a fair and objective manner; or - (B) the integrity of any [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense or of any [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) involved in such a [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1). - (3) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall prescribe written guidance setting forth the criteria to be used in determining whether or not the acceptance of a foreign donation would have a result described in [paragraph (2)](#d-2). - (4) Funds accepted by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) under [paragraph (1)](#d-1) as a donation on behalf of the Center shall be credited to appropriations available to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense for the Center. Funds so credited shall be merged with the appropriations to which credited and shall be available for the Center for the same purposes and the same period as the appropriations with which merged. ## Source credit (Added Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, § 382(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1709.) ## Notes ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Payments for Education and Training of Personnel of Foreign Countries Pub. L. 107–248, title VIII, § 8093, Oct. 23, 2002, 116 Stat. 1558, provided that: “During the current fiscal year and hereafter, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Center of Excellence for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance [probably should be Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance] may also pay, or authorize payment for, the expenses of providing or facilitating education and training for appropriate military and civilian personnel of foreign countries in disaster management, peace operations, and humanitarian assistance.” Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 107–117, div. A, title VIII, § 8109, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2272. Pub. L. 106–259, title VIII, § 8109, Aug. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 698. Pub. L. 106–79, title VIII, § 8139, Oct. 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 1269.