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U.S. Code/Title 10/§ 271

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10 U.S.C. § 271.Chapter 15

§ 271

Use of information collected during military operations

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((a)) The Secretary of Defense may, in accordance with other applicable law, provide to Federal, State, or local civilian law enforcement officials any information collected during the normal course of military training or operations that may be relevant to a violation of any Federal or State law within the jurisdiction of such officials.

((b)) The needs of civilian law enforcement officials for information shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be taken into account in the planning and execution of military training or operations.

((c)) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, to the extent consistent with national security, that intelligence information held by the Department of Defense and relevant to drug interdiction or other civilian law enforcement matters is provided promptly to appropriate civilian law enforcement officials.

Related Legislation

(3 bills)

Bills that would modify or reference this section of law.

HR-3838

Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Michael Dennis Rogers

Alabama representative

  1. house
  2. senate
  3. president
6/9/2025
HR-5176

Defense Industry Pricing Transparency Act

Chris Deluzio

Pennsylvania representative

  1. house
  2. senate
  3. president
9/8/2025
S-1071

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

John Cornyn

Texas senator

  1. senate
  2. house
  3. president
3/14/2025

Release: pl-119-84 (2026-04-18)

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