---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 276"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "276"
heading: "Support not to affect adversely military preparedness"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/276"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part I — Organization and General Military Powers"
  - "Chapter 15 — Military Support for Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies"
---

# §276. Support not to affect adversely military preparedness


Support (including the provision of any equipment or [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) or the assignment or detail of any personnel) may not be provided to any civilian law enforcement official under this chapter if the provision of such support will adversely affect the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) preparedness of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1). The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to ensure that the provision of any such support does not adversely affect the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) preparedness of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 97–86, title, IX, § 905(a)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1116, § 376; amended Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XI, § 1104(a), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2045; renumbered § 276, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 276, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 13; Apr. 21, 1987, Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(4), 101 Stat. 284, related to maintenance of mobilization forces, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1661(a)(2)(A), 1691, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2979, 3026, effective Dec. 1, 1994. See section 10207 of this title.

### Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 376 of this title as this section.

1988—Pub. L. 100–456 substituted “Support” for “Assistance” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Assistance (including the provision of any equipment or facility or the assignment of any personnel) may not be provided to any civilian law enforcement official under this chapter if the provision of such assistance will adversely affect the military preparedness of the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to insure that the provision of any such assistance does not adversely affect the military preparedness of the United States.”