---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2409"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2409"
heading: "Use of United States Armed Forces"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2409"
units:
  - "Chapter 32 — Foreign Assistance"
  - "Subchapter III — General and Administrative Provisions"
  - "Part III — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §2409. Use of United States Armed Forces


The furnishing of economic, military, or other assistance under this chapter shall not be construed as creating a new commitment or as affecting any existing commitment to use Armed Forces of the United States for the defense of any [foreign country](/usc/22/2321c.md?p=2).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 650, as added Pub. L. 90–137, pt. III, § 303(b), Nov. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 462.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.