---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2558"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2558"
heading: "National military associations: assistance at national conventions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2558"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 152 — Issue of Supplies, Services, and Facilities"
---

# §2558. National military associations: assistance at national conventions

- (a) **Authority To Provide Services.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) may provide services described in [subsection (c)](#c) in connection with an annual conference or convention of a national [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) association.
- (b) **Conditions for Providing Services.—** Services may be provided under this section only if—
  - (1) the provision of the services in any case is approved in advance by the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5);
  - (2) the services can be provided in conjunction with [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) in appropriate [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) skills; and
  - (3) the services can be provided within existing funds otherwise available to the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5).
- (c) **Covered Services.—** Services that may be provided under this section are—
  - (1) limited air and ground transportation;
  - (2) communications;
  - (3) medical assistance;
  - (4) administrative support; and
  - (5) security support.
- (d) **National Military Associations.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall designate those organizations which are national [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) associations for purposes of this section.
- (e) **Regulations.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title III, § 329(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1417, § 2548; renumbered § 2558, Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1033(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–260.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–398 renumbered section 2548 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title III, § 329(b), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1417, provided that: “Section 2548 [now 2558] of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1989].”