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(2) The Center shall be used to make available high-quality disaster management and humanitarian assistance in response to disasters.
(3) The Center shall be used to provide and facilitate education, training, interagency coordination, and research on the following additional matters:
(A) Management of the consequences of nuclear, biological, and chemical events.
(B) Management of the consequences of terrorism.
(C) Appropriate roles for the reserve components in the management of such consequences and in disaster management and humanitarian assistance in response to natural disasters.
(D) Meeting requirements for information in connection with regional and global disasters, including the use of advanced communications technology as a virtual library.
(E) Tropical medicine, particularly in relation to the medical readiness requirements of the Department of Defense.
(4) The Center shall develop a repository of disaster risk indicators for the Asia-Pacific region.
(5) The Center shall perform such other missions as the Secretary of Defense may specify.
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(2) The Secretary may not accept a donation under paragraph (1) if the acceptance of the donation would compromise or appear to compromise—
(A) the ability of the Department of Defense, any employee of the Department, or members of the armed forces, to carry out any responsibility or duty of the Department in a fair and objective manner; or
(B) the integrity of any program of the Department of Defense or of any person involved in such a program.
(3) The Secretary shall prescribe written guidance setting forth the criteria to be used in determining whether or not the acceptance of a foreign donation would have a result described in paragraph (2).
(4) Funds accepted by the Secretary under paragraph (1) as a donation on behalf of the Center shall be credited to appropriations available to the Department of Defense for the Center. Funds so credited shall be merged with the appropriations to which credited and shall be available for the Center for the same purposes and the same period as the appropriations with which merged.
Payments for Education and Training of Personnel of Foreign Countries
Pub. L. 107–248, title VIII, §8093, Oct. 23, 2002, 116 Stat. 1558, provided that: "During the current fiscal year and hereafter, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Center of Excellence for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance [probably should be Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance] may also pay, or authorize payment for, the expenses of providing or facilitating education and training for appropriate military and civilian personnel of foreign countries in disaster management, peace operations, and humanitarian assistance."
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 107–117, div. A, title VIII, §8109, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2272.
Pub. L. 106–259, title VIII, §8109, Aug. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 698.
Pub. L. 106–79, title VIII, §8139, Oct. 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 1269.