10 U.S.C. § 2350d: Cooperative acquisition and logistics support agreements: NATO countries

shall be entered into pursuant to the terms of the charter of the NATO Support and Procurement Organization and its executive agencies; and shall provide for the common acquisition and logistics support of activities common to the participating countries. the transfer of logistics support, supplies, and services by the United States to the NATO Support and Procurement Organization and its executive agencies; and the acquisition of armaments and logistics support, supplies, and services by the United States from that Organization. may agree that the NATO Support and Procurement Organization and its executive agencies may enter into contracts for supply, services, support, and acquisition, including armaments for requirements of the United States, to the extent the Secretary determines that the procedures of such Organization governing such supply, services, support, and acquisition are appropriate; and may share the costs of set-up charges of facilities for use by the NATO Support and Procurement Organization and its executive agencies to provide cooperative acquisition and logistics support and in the costs of establishing a revolving fund for initial acquisition and replenishment of supply stocks to be used by the NATO Support and Procurement Organization and its executive agencies to provide cooperative acquisition and logistics support. Each Support or Procurement Partnership Agreement shall provide for joint management by the participating countries and for the equitable sharing of the administrative costs and costs of claims incident to the agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of chapter 137 1 of this title apply to a contract entered into by the Secretary of Defense for the acquisition of logistics support under a Support or Procurement Partnership Agreement. 1 See References in Text note below. Any transfer of defense articles or defense services to a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or to the NATO Support and Procurement Organization and its executive agencies for the purposes of a Support or Procurement Partnership Agreement shall be carried out in accordance with this chapter and the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). The authority of the Secretary of Defense under this section is in addition to the authority of the Secretary under subchapter I and any other provision of law.