10 USC § 2242 - Authority to use appropriated funds for certain investigations and security services

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s2242"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 2242 - Authority to use appropriated funds for certain investigations and security services"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2242"
section_name: "Authority to use appropriated funds for certain investigations and security services"
chapter_number: 134
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES, PROHIBITIONS, AND LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(e)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 844.)"
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# § 2242. Authority to use appropriated funds for certain investigations and security services

The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of each military department may—

**(1)** pay in advance for the expenses of conducting investigations in foreign countries incident to matters relating to the Department of Defense, to the extent such expenses are determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord with local custom;

**(2)** pay expenses incurred in connection with the administration of occupied areas;

**(3)** pay expenses of military courts, boards, and commissions; and

**(4)** reimburse the Administrator of General Services for security guard services furnished by the Administrator to the Department of Defense for the protection of confidential files.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(e)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 844.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Paragraphs (1) and (4) of this section and sections 2241(b) and 2253(a)(1) of this title are based on , , .

Paragraphs (2) and (3) are based on , , , 1202, 1203.