US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

22 U.S.C. § 2796d

Loan of materials, supplies, and equipment for research and development purposes

(a)

Loan or gift transactions; written agreement; covered programs

(1)
Except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may loan to a country that is a NATO or major non-NATO ally materials, supplies, or equipment for the purpose of carrying out a program of cooperative research, development, testing, or evaluation. The Secretary may accept as a loan or a gift from a country that is a NATO or major non-NATO ally materials, supplies, or equipment for such purpose.
(2)
Each loan or gift transaction entered into by the Secretary under this section shall be provided for under the terms of a written agreement between the Secretary and the country concerned.
(3)
A program of testing or evaluation for which the Secretary may loan materials, supplies, or equipment under this section includes a program of testing or evaluation conducted solely for the purpose of standardization, interchangeability, or technical evaluation if the country to which the materials, supplies, or equipment are loaned agrees to provide the results of the testing or evaluation to the United States without charge.
(b)

Reimbursement of consumed materials, etc.

The materials, supplies, or equipment loaned to a country under this section may be expended or otherwise consumed in connection with any testing or evaluation program without a requirement for reimbursement of the United States if the Secretary—
(1)
determines that the success of the research, development, test, or evaluation depends upon expending or otherwise consuming the materials, supplies, or equipment loaned to the country; and
(2)
approves of the expenditure or consumption of such materials, supplies, or equipment.
(c)

Prohibitions

section 98b of title 50section 98b(a) of title 50The Secretary of Defense may not loan to a country under this section any material if the material is a strategic and critical material and if, at the time the loan is to be made, the quantity of the material in the National Defense Stockpile (provided for under ) is less than the quantity of such material to be stockpiled, as determined by the President under .

(d)

“NATO ally” defined

For purposes of this section, the term “NATO ally” means a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (other than the United States).

Pub. L. 90–629Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title X, § 1003(a)102 Stat. 2038Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 705(d)(2)105 Stat. 120Pub. L. 104–164, title I, § 147(a)(3)(B)110 Stat. 1435(, ch. 6, § 65, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 104–164section 2350a(i)(3) of title 101996—Subsec. (d). struck out “or major non-NATO” after “NATO” and “or a foreign country other than a member nation of NATO designated as a major non-NATO ally under ” after “(other than the United States)”.

Pub. L. 102–25section 2350a(i)(3) of title 10section 2767a of this title1991—Subsec. (d). substituted “” for “”.