22 U.S. Code § 287d–1 - Noncombatant assistance to United Nations
(a) Armed forces details; supplies and equipment; obligation of funds; procurement and replacement of requested items
Notwithstanding the provisions of any
other law, the President, upon the request by the United Nations for
cooperative action, and to the extent that he finds that it is
consistent with the national interest to comply with such request, may
authorize, in support of such activities of the United Nations as are
specifically directed to the peaceful settlement of disputes and not
involving the employment of armed forces contemplated by chapter VII of
the United Nations Charter—
(1) the detail to the United Nations, under
such terms and conditions as the President shall determine, of
personnel of the armed forces of the United States to serve as
observers, guards, or in any non-combatant capacity, but in no event
shall more than a total of one thousand of such personnel be so detailed
at any one time: Provided, That while so detailed, such personnel shall
be considered for all purposes as acting in the line of duty, including
the receipt of pay and allowances as personnel of the armed forces of
the United States, credit for longevity and retirement, and all other
perquisites appertaining to such duty: Provided further, That upon
authorization or approval by the President, such personnel may accept
directly from the United Nations (a) any or all of the allowances or
perquisites to which they are entitled under the first proviso hereof,
and (b) extraordinary expenses and perquisites incident to such detail;
(2) the furnishing of facilities, services,
or other assistance and the loan of the agreed fair share of the United
States of any supplies and equipment to the United Nations by the
Department of Defense, under such terms and conditions as the President
shall determine;
(3) the obligation, insofar as necessary to
carry out the purposes of clauses (1) and (2) of this subsection, of
any funds appropriated to the Department of Defense or any department
therein, the procurement of such personnel, supplies, equipment,
facilities, services, or other assistance as may be made available in
accordance with the request of the United Nations, and the replacement
of such items, when necessary, where they are furnished from stocks.
(b) Reimbursement from United Nations; waiver of reimbursement
Whenever personnel or assistance is made
available pursuant to the authority contained in subsection (a)(1) and
(2) of this section, the President shall require reimbursement from the
United Nations for the expense thereby incurred by the United States:
Provided, That in exceptional circumstances, or when the President finds
it to be in the national interest, he may waive, in whole or in part,
the requirement of such reimbursement: Provided further, That when any
such reimbursement is made, it shall be credited, at the option of the
appropriate department of the Department of Defense, either to the
appropriation, fund, or account utilized in incurring the obligation, or
to an appropriate appropriation, fund, or account currently available
for the purposes for which expenditures were made.
(c) Additional appropriation authorizations
In addition to the authorization of appropriations to the Department of State contained in section 287e of this title, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the
Department of Defense, or any department therein, such sums as may be
necessary to reimburse such departments in the event that reimbursement
from the United Nations is waived in whole or in part pursuant to
authority contained in subsection (b) of this section.
(d) Disclosure of information
Nothing in this subchapter shall authorize
the disclosure of any information or knowledge in any case in which
such disclosure is prohibited by any other law of the United States.