---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2242"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2242"
heading: "Authority to use appropriated funds for certain investigations and security services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2242"
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"
---

# §2242. Authority to use appropriated funds for certain investigations and security services


The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense and the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of each [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) may—

- (1) [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15) in advance for the expenses of conducting investigations in foreign countries incident to matters relating to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense, to the extent such expenses are determined by the investigating [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) to be necessary and in accord with local custom;
- (2) [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15) expenses incurred in connection with the administration of occupied areas;
- (3) [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15) expenses of [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) courts, boards, and commissions; and
- (4) reimburse the [Administrator](/usc/10/2700.md?p=3) of General Services for security guard services furnished by the [Administrator](/usc/10/2700.md?p=3) to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense for the protection of confidential files.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(e)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 844.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Paragraphs (1) and (4) of this section and sections 2241(b) and 2253(a)(1) of this title are based on Pub. L. 98–212, title VII, § 705, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1437.

Paragraphs (2) and (3) are based on Pub. L. 99–190, § 101(b) [title VIII, §§ 8005(a), 8006(a)], Dec. 19, 1985, 99 Stat. 1185, 1202, 1203.