10 USC § 273 - Training and advising civilian law enforcement officials

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title: "10 USC § 273 - Training and advising civilian law enforcement officials"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "273"
section_name: "Training and advising civilian law enforcement officials"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "MILITARY SUPPORT FOR CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 905(a)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1115, § 373; amended Pub. L. 99–145, title XIV, § 1423(a), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 752; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XI, § 1104(a), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2043; renumbered § 273, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497.)"
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# § 273. Training and advising civilian law enforcement officials

The Secretary of Defense may, in accordance with other applicable law, make Department of Defense personnel available—

**1** to train Federal, State, and local civilian law enforcement officials in the operation and maintenance of equipment, including equipment made available under section 372 [^1] of this title; and

See References in Text note below.

**(2)** to provide such law enforcement officials with expert advice relevant to the purposes of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 905(a)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1115, § 373; amended Pub. L. 99–145, title XIV, § 1423(a), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 752; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XI, § 1104(a), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2043; renumbered § 273, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in par. (1), was renumbered  by , , .

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 273, , , related to composition of Standby Reserve and maintenance of inactive status list in Standby Reserve, prior to repeal by , §§ 1661(a)(2)(A), 1691, , , 3026, effective . See sections 10151 to 10153 of this title.

### Amendments

2016— renumbered  as this section.

1988— amended section generally, substituting provisions authorizing Secretary of Defense, in accordance with applicable law, to make Defense Department personnel available for training, etc., for former subsecs. (a) to (c) authorizing Secretary of Defense to assign members of Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, etc., for training, etc., briefing sessions by Attorney General, and other functions of Attorney General and Administrator of General Services.

1985— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

> “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on
> 
> .”

, , , provided that: