10 U.S.C. § 2601a
Direct acceptance of gifts by members of the armed forces and Department of Defense and Coast Guard employees and their families
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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The Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy) shall prescribe regulations to provide that, subject to such limitations as may be specified in such regulations, the following individuals may accept gifts from nonprofit organizations, private parties, and other sources outside the Department of Defense or the Department of Homeland Security:
The regulations required by this subsection shall—
This section applies to a member of the armed forces who, while performing active duty, full-time National Guard duty, or inactive-duty training on or after September 11, 2001, incurred an injury or illness—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011House: 341–48Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
- Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
- James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023