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  Reimbursable Authority, FAA Section 607, 22 USC 2357
  2-154. Purpose. 22 USC 2357 authorizes any federal agency to furnish commodities and services to
  friendly countries, the American Red Cross, voluntary non-profit relief agencies, and international
  organizations, when the President determines that such assistance furthers the purposes of Part 1 of the
  FAA. Support may be provided only on a reimbursable or advance-of-funds basis.
  2-155. Procedures. The DOS obtains requests for commodities and services from the UN as well as other
  nations. After review, these requests may be forwarded through DOD Assistant Secretary of Defense
  (Strategy and Requirements) to the DSCA for execution. Once DSCA approves shipment of the
  commodities, DFAS submits a billing statement to the UN or other organization, which then reimburses the
  Service. The determination required by the statute must be made each time a new operation is to be
  supported under this authority. The authority for making this determination has been delegated to the
  Secretary of State and to the Administrator of USAID.
  2-156. Support of each new operation requires the negotiation and conclusion of a separate FAA Section
  607 agreement. Section 607 agreements set the overall terms and conditions that govern the provision of
  assistance and have been used in UN operations in Somalia, the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Rwanda,
  and Haiti. The UN LOA procedure is the ordering mechanism specified in those agreements.
  2-157. Reimbursements. Under FAA Section 607, assistance may be furnished only on an advance-of-
  funds or reimbursable basis. Reimbursement cannot be waived. Reimbursements received may be
  deposited by the Service providing the assistance back into the appropriation originally used—or, if
  received within 180 days of the close of the fiscal year in which the assistance was furnished, into the
  current account concerned. These amounts then remain available for the purposes for which they were
  appropriated. Reimbursements received after this 180-day period cannot be retained by the DOD and must
  be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts account of the general treasury.
  2-158. Examples. This authority was used by the DOD to support UN operations, the Organization of
  African Unity, and friendly third world countries participating in peacekeeping and humanitarian
  operations in Rwanda. It was also cited for Operation SAFE BORDER when Peru and Ecuador agreed to
  reimburse the United States for its costs of providing the observer group to monitor their common border.
  Section 7 of the United Nations Participation Act, 22 USC 287d-1
  2-159. Purpose. Section 7 of the United Nations Participation Act (22 USC 287d-1) authorizes support to
  UN PKO. This authority permits the DOD to contribute no more than 1,000 personnel at a time to serve as
  observers, guards, or in any non-combatant capacity and to contribute nonlethal equipment, supplies, and
  services to UN operations.
  2-160. Procedures. The UN issues a LOA to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York. The
  U.S. Mission to the United Nations forwards the LOA to the DOD, where it is reviewed and transmitted to
  the DOD with a recommendation as to approval and funding. Within the DOD, the Under Secretary of
  Defense for Policy (USDP) coordinates the UN request. Upon approval, the DOD directs a Service to
  implement the LOA.
  2-161. Reimbursements. Reimbursement is ordinarily required from the UN. However, reimbursement
  may be waived when the President finds exceptional circumstances or that such waiver is in the national
  interest. The DOS also has the authority to waive reimbursement after consultation with the DOD.
  2-162. Examples. Examples include DOD support to UN operations in Cambodia, Angola, and Western
  Sahara.
  FAA Sections 628 and 630, 22 USC 2388 and 2390
  2-163. Purpose. Upon determination of the President that it is consistent with the purposes of the FAA,
  Section 628, 22 USC 2388 and 2390 authorizes the head of an agency to detail or assign any officer or
  employee of that agency to an international organization to serve on the agency international staff or “to
  render any technical, scientific, or professional advice or service” to such organization. There is no limit on