Bilateral or regional cooperation programs: awards and mementos to recognize superior noncombat achievements or performance

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Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART I—ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS > CHAPTER 16—SECURITY COOPERATION > SUBCHAPTER II—MILITARY-TO-MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS

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The Secretary of Defense may present awards and mementos purchased with funds appropriated for operation and maintenance of the armed forces to recognize superior noncombat achievements or performance by members of friendly foreign forces and other foreign nationals that significantly enhance or support the National Security Strategy of the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title XII, § 1222(a) , Nov. 24, 2003 , 117 Stat. 1652 , § 1051b; renumbered § 313, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(b) , Dec. 23, 2016 , 130 Stat. 2500 .)

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