---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2241a"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2241a"
heading: "Prohibition on use of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2241a"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 134 — Miscellaneous Administrative Provisions"
  - "Subchapter I — Miscellaneous Authorities, Prohibitions, and Limitations on the Use of Appropriated Funds"
---

# §2241a. Prohibition on use of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States


Funds available to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense may not be obligated or expended for publicity or propaganda purposes within the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) not otherwise specifically authorized by law.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, § 1031(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2448.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, § 1031(b), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2448, provided that: “Section 2241a of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on October 1, 2009, or the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 2009], whichever is later.”