50 USC § 3731 - Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3731"
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title: "50 USC § 3731 - Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3731"
section_name: "Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes"
chapter_number: 48
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XIII, § 1331, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3601.)"
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# § 3731. Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes

**(a)** **In general** Cooperative Threat Reduction funds may not be obligated or expended for any of the following purposes:

**(1)** Conducting any peacekeeping exercise or other peacekeeping-related activity.

**(2)** Provision of housing.

**(3)** Provision of assistance to promote environmental restoration.

**(4)** Provision of assistance to promote job retraining.

**(5)** Provision of assistance to promote defense conversion.

**(b)** **Limitation with respect to conventional weapons** Cooperative Threat Reduction funds may not be obligated or expended for the elimination of—

**(1)** conventional weapons; or

**(2)** delivery vehicles of conventional weapons, unless such delivery vehicles could reasonably be used or adapted to be used for the delivery of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XIII, § 1331, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3601.)