TITLE 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE

SUBTITLE A - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

CHAPTER I - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

SUBCHAPTER M - MISCELLANEOUS

PART 238 - ARMED FORCES COMMUNITY RELATIONS

238.7 - Funding.

  (a) The cost of DoD support of community relations programs authorized in 238.7(b) shall be the responsibility of the DoD Component(s) involved. Funding requirements for these purposes shall be kept to the minimum necessary to accomplish DoD objectives.

  (b) DoD Components shall absorb the costs of supporting those community relations programs that are specifically authorized by public law, executive order, or the Secretary of Defense, and the following types of programs when they are in the primary interest of the Department of Defense: (1) Official Federal Government functions.

  (2) DoD or civic-sponsored observances of United States or host country national holidays.

  (3) Official civil ceremonies and functions.

  (4) Speaking engagements.

  (5) Events considered to be in the national interest or in the professional, scientific, or technical interests of a DoD Component or element, when approved by the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) or the Commander of an overseas Unified or Specified Command, as appropriate.

  (6) Direct support of recruiting and personnel procurement activity, when the cost of such support is charged to recruiting or personnel procurement programs funds.

  (c) DoD support of community relations programs that are not authorized in paragraph (b) of this section shall be at no additional cost to the Government.

  (d) To adhere to congressional funding limitations, due care must be exercised in the identification of costs of community relations programs. Programming, budgeting, and financing policies are set forth in part 237 of this title. In general, for purposes of the limitations, the incremental cost of any resource incurred solely for community relations purposes must be identified as a public affairs cost; and costs incurred by a DoD Component in connection with its support of a community relations program, which would not be incurred but for their public affairs aspects, must be identified as public affairs costs.

Effective management of a community relations program may require full costing (total direct and indirect costs) of the use of resources when their use benefits or is caused by the program. This information shall be provided to management officials and the OASD(PA) on an as required basis.

  (e) When routine training flights are used as opportune airlift to transport military personnel, no reimbursement to the providing Component is required. When Military Airlift Command industrially funded transportation facilities are used, the industrial fund must be reimbursed, in accordance with DoD Directive 7410.4, 1 Regulations Governing Industrial Fund Operations, September 25, 1972.

1 See footnote 1 to 238.4(d).