--- kind: "section" citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2350q" title: "10" title_heading: "Armed Forces" number: "2350q" heading: "Execution of projects under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2350q" units: - "Subtitle A — General Military Law" - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property" - "Chapter 138 — Cooperative Agreements with Nato Allies and Other Countries" - "Subchapter II — Other Cooperative Agreements" --- # §2350q. Execution of projects under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - (a) **Authority To Execute Projects.—** When the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) is designated as the Host Nation for purposes of executing a project under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) (in this section referred to as the “[Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1)”), the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may accept such designation and carry out such project consistent with the requirements of this section. - (b) **Project Funding.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may fund authorized expenditures of projects accepted under [subsection (a)](#a) with— - (1) contributions under [subsection (c)](#c); - (2) appropriations of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense for the [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) when directed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to apply amounts of such appropriations as part of the share of contributions of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) for the [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1); or - (3) any combination of amounts described in paragraphs [(1)](#b-1) and [(2)](#b-2). - (c) **Authority To Accept Contributions.—** - (1) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may accept contributions from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for the purpose of carrying out a project under [subsection (a)](#a). - (2) Contributions accepted under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall be placed in an account established for the purpose of carrying out the project for which the funds were provided and shall remain available until expended. - (3) - (A) If contributions are made under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) as reimbursement for a project or portion of a project previously completed by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense, such contributions shall be credited to— - (i) the appropriations used for the project or portion thereof, if such appropriations have not yet expired; or - (ii) the appropriations for the [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1), if the appropriations described in [clause (i)](#c-3-A-i) have expired. - (B) Funding credited under [subparagraph (A)](#c-3-A) shall merge with and remain available for the same purposes and duration as the appropriations to which credited. - (d) **Obligation Authority.—** The construction agent of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense designated by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense to execute a project under [subsection (a)](#a) may recognize the North Atlantic Treaty Organization project authorization amounts as budgetary resources to incur obligations against for the purposes of executing the project. - (e) **Insufficient Contributions.—** - (1) In the event that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization does not agree to contribute funding for all costs necessary for the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense to carry out a project under [subsection (a)](#a), including necessary personnel costs of the construction agent designated by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense, contract claims, and any conjunctive funding requirements that exceed the project authorization or [standards](/usc/10/3011.md?p=3) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense, upon determination that completion of the project is in the national interest of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1), may fund such costs, and undertake such conjunctively funded requirements not otherwise authorized by law, using any unobligated funds available among funds appropriated for the [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) for [military construction](/usc/10/2801.md?p=a). - (2) The use of funds under [paragraph (1)](#e-1) from appropriations for the [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) may be in addition to or in place of any other funding sources otherwise available for the purposes for which those funds are used. - (f) **Authorized Expenditures Defined.—** In this section, the term “authorized expenditures” means project expenses for which the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has agreed to contribute funding. ## Source credit (Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. B, title XXV, § 2503(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4309; amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(29), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1921.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### Amendments 2021—Pub. L. 117–81 renumbered a second section 2350m of this title as this section. ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Effective Date Pub. L. 116–283, div. B, § 2003, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4295, provided that: “Titles XXI through XXVII and title XXIX [see Tables for classification] shall take effect on the later of— October 1, 2020; or the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 1, 2021].”