§ 2396. Advances for payments for compliance with foreign laws, rent in foreign countries, tuition, public utility services, and pay and supplies of armed forces of friendly foreign countries

• (a) An advance under an appropriation to the Department of Defense may be made to pay for—
  • (1) compliance with laws and ministerial regulations of a foreign country;
  • (2) rent in a foreign country for periods of time determined by local custom;
  • (3) tuition; and
  • (4) public service utilities.
• (b)
  • (1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service of the Navy, an officer of an armed force of the United States accountable for public money may advance amounts to a disbursing official of a friendly foreign country or members of an armed force of a friendly foreign country for—
    • (A) pay and allowances to members of the armed force of that country; and
    • (B) necessary supplies and services.
  • (2) An advance may be made under this subsection only if the President has made an agreement with the foreign country—
    • (A) requiring reimbursement to the United States for amounts advanced;
    • (B) requiring the appropriate authority of the country to advance amounts reciprocally to members of the armed forces of the United States; and
    • (C) containing any other provision the President considers necessary to carry out this subsection and to safeguard the interests of the United States.