US Code
CHAPTER 3— GENERAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
§ 127c. Purchase of weapons overseas: force protection

(a) Authority.—When elements of the armed forces are engaged in ongoing military operations in a country, the Secretary of Defense may, for the purpose of protecting United States forces in that country, purchase weapons from any foreign person, foreign government, international organization, or other entity located in that country.
(b) Limitation.—The total amount expended during any fiscal year for purchases under this section may not exceed $15,000,000.
(c) Semiannual Congressional Report.—In any case in which the authority provided in subsection (a) is used during the period of the first six months of a fiscal year, or during the period of the second six months of a fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the use of that authority during that six-month period. Each such report shall be submitted not later than 30 days after the end of the six-month period during which the authority is used. Each such report shall include the following:(1) The number and type of weapons purchased under subsection (a) during that six-month period covered by the report, together with the amount spent for those weapons and the Secretary’s estimate of the fair market value of those weapons.
(2) A description of the dispositions (if any) during that six-month period of weapons purchased under subsection (a).

Structure US Code

US Code

Title 10— ARMED FORCES

Subtitle A— General Military Law

PART I— ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS

CHAPTER 3— GENERAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS

§ 121. Regulations

§ 122. Official registers

§ 122a. Public availability of Department of Defense reports required by law

§ 123. Authority to suspend officer personnel laws during war or national emergency

§ 123a. Suspension of end-strength and other strength limitations in time of war or national emergency

§ 123b. Forces stationed abroad: limitation on number

§ 124. Detection and monitoring of aerial and maritime transit of illegal drugs: Department of Defense to be lead agency

§ 125. Functions, powers, and duties: transfer, reassignment, consolidation, or abolition

§ 125a. Reform: improvement of efficacy and efficiency

§ 126. Transfer of funds and employees

§ 127. Emergency and extraordinary expenses

§ 127a. Operations for which funds are not provided in advance: funding mechanisms

§ 127b. Department of Defense rewards program

§ 127c. Purchase of weapons overseas: force protection

[§ 127d. Renumbered § 331]

§ 127e. Support of special operations to combat terrorism

§ 127f. Expenditure of funds for clandestine activities that support operational preparation of the environment

§ 128. Control and physical protection of special nuclear material: limitation on dissemination of unclassified information

§ 129. Civilian personnel management

§ 129a. General policy for total force management

§ 129b. Authority to procure personal services

§ 129c. Medical personnel: limitations on reductions

§ 129d. Disclosure to litigation support contractors

§ 130. Authority to withhold from public disclosure certain technical data

§ 130a. Department of Defense support for funerals and memorial events for Members and former Members of Congress

§ 130b. Personnel in overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units: nondisclosure of personally identifying information

§ 130c. Nondisclosure of information: certain sensitive information of foreign governments and international organizations

§ 130d. Treatment under Freedom of Information Act of certain confidential information shared with State and local personnel

§ 130e. Treatment under Freedom of Information Act of certain critical infrastructure security information

§ 130f. Notification requirements for sensitive military operations

[§ 130g. Renumbered § 394]

§ 130h. Prohibitions relating to missile defense information and systems

§ 130i. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft

[§§ 130j, 130k. Renumbered §§ 395, 396]