---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2770a"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2770a"
heading: "Exchange of training and related support"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2770a"
units:
  - "Chapter 39 — Arms Export Control"
  - "Subchapter II–C — Exchange of Training and Related Support"
---

# §2770a. Exchange of training and related support

- (a) **Authorization; eligibility; scope—** Subject to [subsection (b)](#b), the President may provide [training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) to military and civilian defense personnel of a friendly [foreign country](/usc/22/2321c.md?p=2) or an international organization. Such [training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) shall be provided by a [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of a military department and may include the provision of transportation, food services, health services, and logistics and the use of facilities and equipment.
- (b) **Reciprocal arrangements; reimbursement—** [Training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) may be provided under this section only pursuant to an agreement or other arrangement providing for the provision by the recipient [foreign country](/usc/22/2321c.md?p=2) or international organization, on a reciprocal basis, of comparable [training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) to military and civilian personnel under the jurisdiction of the [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of the military department providing the [training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) under this section. Such reciprocal [training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) must be provided within a reasonable period of time (which may not be more than one year) of the provision of [training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) by the United States. To the extent that a [foreign country](/usc/22/2321c.md?p=2) or international organization to which [training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) is provided under this section does not provide such comparable [training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) to the United States within a reasonable period of time, that country or international organization shall be required to reimburse the United States for the full costs of the [training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) provided by the United States.
- (c) **Regulations—** [Training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) under this section shall be provided under regulations prescribed by the President.
- (d) **Report to Congress—** Not later than February 1 of each year, the President shall submit to the Congress a report on the activities conducted pursuant to this section during the preceding fiscal year, including the estimated full costs of the [training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) provided by the United States to each country and international organization and the estimated [value](/usc/22/2794.md?p=2) of the [training](/usc/22/2794.md?p=5) and related [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) provided to the United States by that country or international organization.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 2C, § 30A, as added Pub. L. 99–83, title I, § 116, Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 201.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 99–83, set out as an Effective Date of 1985 Amendment note under section 2151–1 of this title.

### Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

For delegation of functions of the President under this section, see section 1(d) of Ex. Ord. No. 13637, Mar. 8, 2013, 78 F.R. 16129, set out as a note under section 2751 of this title. Functions were previously delegated by Ex. Ord. No. 11958, which was formerly set out as a note under section 2751 of this title and was revoked, subject to a savings provision, by section 4 of Ex. Ord. No. 13637.