10 USC § 405 - Use of Department of Defense funds for United States share of costs of United Nations peacekeeping activities: limitation

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title: "10 USC § 405 - Use of Department of Defense funds for United States share of costs of United Nations peacekeeping activities: limitation"
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section_name: "Use of Department of Defense funds for United States share of costs of United Nations peacekeeping activities: limitation"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "HUMANITARIAN AND OTHER ASSISTANCE"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XIII, § 1301(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 473.)"
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# § 405. Use of Department of Defense funds for United States share of costs of United Nations peacekeeping activities: limitation

**(a)** **Prohibition on Use of Funds.—** Funds available to the Department of Defense may not be used to make a financial contribution (directly or through another department or agency of the United States) to the United Nations—

**(1)** for the costs of a United Nations peacekeeping activity; or

**(2)** for any United States arrearage to the United Nations.

**(b)** **Application of Prohibition.—** The prohibition in subsection (a) applies to voluntary contributions, as well as to contributions pursuant to assessment by the United Nations for the United States share of the costs of a peacekeeping activity.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XIII, § 1301(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 473.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 405 was renumbered .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Use of Department of Defense Funds for United Nations Forces

> **“(1)** for a monetary contribution to the United Nations for the establishment of a standing international force under the United Nations; or
> 
> **“(2)** to assign or detail any member of the Armed Forces to duty with a United Nations Stand By Force.”

, , , provided that: