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 12 2 STA T .4590PUBLIC LA W 110 – 41 7—O CT. 14 , 200 8‘ ‘ (1)providet ot h e S e c ret a r y o fD efe ns e services , inc lu din g personnel support, to support the operations of the C enter and ‘‘( 2 ) transfer funds to the Secretary of Defense to support the operations of the Center . ‘‘(e) AC C EPTAN CE OFGI FT S AN D DONATIONS. — (1) Su bj ect to paragraph ( 3 ), the Secretary of Defense m ay accept from any source specified in paragraph (2) any gift or donation for purposes of defraying the costs or enhancing the operations of the Center. ‘‘(2) T he sources specified in this paragraph are the follo w ing

‘‘(A) The government of a State or a political subdivision of a State. ‘‘( B ) The government of a foreign country. ‘‘(C) A foundation or other charitable organi z ation, including a foundation or charitable organization that is orga - nized or operates under the laws of a foreign country. ‘‘(D) Any source in the private sector of the U nited States or a foreign country. ‘‘(3) The Secretary may not accept a gift or donation under this subsection if acceptance of the gift or donation would com- promise or appear to compromise— ‘‘(A) the ability of the Department of Defense, any employee of the Department, or any member of the armed forces to carry out the responsibility or duty of the Department in a fair and objective manner; or ‘‘(B) the integrity of any program of the Department or of any person involved in such a program. ‘‘( 4 ) The Secretary shall provide written guidance setting forth the criteria to be used in determining the applicability of paragraph (3) to any proposed gift or donation under this subsection. ‘‘(f) C R EDITIN G OF FU NDS TRANSFERRED OR ACCEPTED.—Funds transferred to or accepted by the Secretary of Defense under this section shall be credited to appropriations available to the Depart- ment of Defense for the Center, and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as the appropriations with which merged. Any funds so transferred or accepted shall remain available until e x pended. ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.— I n this section: ‘‘(1) The term ‘complex operation ’ means an operation as follows: ‘‘(A) A stability operation. ‘‘(B) A security operation. ‘‘(C) A transition and reconstruction operation. ‘‘(D) A counterinsurgency operation. ‘‘( E ) An operation consisting of irregular warfare. ‘‘(2) The term ‘gift or donation’ means any gift or donation of funds, materials (including research materials), real or per- sonal property, or services (including lecture services and fac- ulty services).’’. (b) C L ERICAL A M ENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin- ning of chapter 2 0 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ‘ ‘ 409.Cent e rfo rCo mpl e xO per a t i on s . ’ ’.

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