the action taken and request appropriate guidance.

(d) DOD components have been directed to develop, as appropriate, contingency plans for major disaster operations and insure that these are coordinated with appropriate civil authorities at State and local level.

(e) DOD components overseas will participate in foreign disaster relief operations as directed by unified commanders.

(f) The Department of the Army has been directed to assume responsibility for military support in disasters within the continental United States (48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia). This includes responsibility for effective utilization, coordination, and control of resources made available by the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and other DOD components as appropriate.

(g) The Department of the Navy has been directed to coordinate with the Department of the Army in planning and supporting civil authorities in disaster relief operations.

(h) The Department of the Air Force has been directed to coordinate with the Department of the Army in planning and supporting civil authorities in disaster relief operations including activities of the Civil Air Patrol.

(i) The Joint Chiefs of Staff have been directed to issue instructions to appropriate unified commanders to insure proper planning and use of military resources for disaster relief operations in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

§ 502.5 Department of the Army policies and designation of responsibilities. (a) Military commanders will conduct relief operations in the event of emergency as described in § 502.4(c), or when directed by higher military authority or by direction of OEP under Pub. L. 875.

(b) Use of military resources and other military participation in disaster relief will be on a minimum essential basis and terminated at the earliest practicable time. Military assistance in rehabilitation following a disaster is

not authorized, except as directed by the OEP, or in support of emergency operations conducted by the Corps of Engineers as authorized by law.

(c) Federal troops used in disaster relief activities will be under command of, and directly responsible to, their military superiors.

(d) National Guard forces, if not in active Federal service, will remain under control of the State governor and will be considered part of the local resources available to civil authorities. Federally owned National Guard equipment may accompany a unit when ordered into disaster relief operations by a governor.

(e) The Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG USCONARC) is delegated responsibility for the conduct of Army support activities. Specifically he

(1) Is, under the provisions of §§ 502.1-502.5, assigned responsibility for the conduct of military disaster relief in the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia.

(2) Will be prepared to conduct disaster relief operations as appropriate in Mexico or Canada upon direction of the Department of the Army.

(3) Will coordinate and insure establishment of joint control of the disaster relief efforts of all DOD components. In local disasters not warranting a declaration of a major disaster, local civil authorities can be expected to make appeals for assistance direct to installations or activities other than those operated by the Department of the Army.

(4) Will report to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations by the fastest electrical means when resources of DOD components are committed to disaster relief or when disaster conditions prevail that make commitment of DOD resources imminent.

(5) Will, as appropriate, furnish available personnel and resources to District and Division Engineers of the Corps of Engineers prosecuting a flood fight under provisions of Pub. L. 99, or acting in response to a disaster relief directive from OEP under provisions of Pub. L. 875.

(6) Will establish and maintain liaison with the Directors of OEP and OCD, the American National Red

Cross, and such other Federal, State, and local governmental agencies as are necessary to discharge responsibilities under §§ 502.1-502.5.

(7) Has full authority to approve or disapprove personal requests for military assistance made by a State governor or a member of Congress. This authority will not be delegated lower than ZI army commanders. Information on such requests and action taken will be furnished to Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C., 20310.

(8) Will insure that ZI army commanders have an effective natural disaster information plan for use in the event of military operations. The plan should provide for early dispatch of information personnel to the scene.

(f) ZI army commanders are specifically charged, under the overall direction of CG USCONARC, with supporting disaster relief operations, and they

(1) Will establish and maintain, as appropriate, liaison with Regional Directors, OEP and OCD, area offices of the American National Red Cross and other Federal, State, and local governmental agencies.

(2) Will establish and maintain, as necessary, working relationships with appropriate DOD component headquarters, class II installations and Division/District Engineers to insure coordination of the overall military disaster relief effort within the Army area and will secure necessary information from such installations as required for reports.

(3) Will assume control of resources made available by class II installations and activities for disaster assistance. If class II installation or activity resources are required but have not been made available by the activity commander, the ZI army commander will forward a request with justification through command channels to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations, Department of the Army. In those cases where commanders are unable to communicate with Headquarters, Department of the Army, and where in the opinion of the ZI army commander concerned, the extreme emergency warrants the tempo

rary use of such resources, he will direct their use and report this action through command channels to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations.

(4) Will, upon request, make resources available to District and Division Engineers performing a flood fight under provisions of Pub. L. 99 and/or support the Corps of Engineers response to directive from OEP under provisions of Pub. L. 875.

(5) Will coordinate the military relief effort with assistance provided by the Corps of Engineers under statutory authorities of the Chief of Engineers or as directed by the OEP under Pub. L. 875.

(g) Class II installation and activity commanders are responsible for supporting disaster relief efforts under the provisions of §§ 502.1-502.5, and they

(1) Will take action in local disasters of imminent seriousness as appropriate. Such action will be reported concurrently to his headquarters and to the respective ZI army commander.

(2) Will, upon the request of the ZI army commander, designate those resources under their control which can be made immediately available for disaster relief operations. Only such resources will be placed under the operational control of the ZI army commander or Division/District Engineer conducting relief operations.

(h) The Chief of Engineers is responsible for the provision of disaster assistance by applicable Division and District Engineers when required by disaster of imminent seriousness and as authorized by statutory authorities or as directed by the OEP under Pub. L. 875. He will

(1) Insure that Division and District Engineers establish and maintain appropriate liaison with ZI army commanders, regional Directors of OCD and OEP, the American National Red Cross, and other Federal, State and local governmental agencies as necessary to discharge assigned responsibilities.

(2) Furnish the ZI army commanders concerned all pertinent information on floods or other natural disasters including activities undertaken by the Corps of Engineers. Information

§ 502.11 Commercial freight shipments of supplies by voluntary non-profit relief agencies.

(a) Scope of section. Provided in this section are the rules under which the Department of the Army, in order to further the efficient use of United States voluntary contributions for relief in the foreign country hereinafter named, will pay ocean freight charges from United States ports to designated foreign ports of entry on supplies donated to or purchased by United States voluntary nonprofit relief agencies registered with and recommended by the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (called "the Committee" in this section), for distribution in the Ryukyu Islands.

(b) Agencies within scope of this section. Any United States voluntary nonprofit relief agency may make application to the Chief of Civil Affairs, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. 20310, for reimbursement of ocean freight charges on shipments of supplies donated to or purchased by it for distribution within the foreign country listed in paragraph (a) of this section, Provided:

(1) The agency is registered with and recommended by the Committee to the Department of the Army;

(2) The supplies are within the general program and projects of the agency as previously submitted to and approved by the Committee, and are essential in support of such programs and projects;

(3) The agency's representatives to whom the supplies are consigned for distribution abroad are acceptable to the Committee;

(4) The Committee has notified the Department of the Army that:

(i) The agency is not engaged in commercial or political activities;

(ii) Contributions to the agency are eligible for tax exemption under income tax laws;

(iii) The agency is directed by an active and responsible board of American citizens who serve without compensation;

(iv) The accounts of the agency are regularly audited by a certified public accountant;

(v) The agency currently reports its activities and operations to the Committee including its budget and reports of income and expenditures, its transfer of funds, and its exports of commodities and such other information as the Committee may deem necessary, and such reports are open for public inspection;

(vi) The general program and projects by countries of operation of the agency have been approved by the Committee to permit the coordination of private agency programs with each other and with the programs of the Department of the Army in the Ryukyu Islands;

(vii) The Government of the country in which the supplies are distributed affords appropriate facilities for the necessary and economic operation of the agency's general program and projects;

(viii) The supplies are free of customs duties, other duties, tolls, and taxes;

(ix) The agency has assumed responsibility for noncommercial distribution of the supplies free of cost to the person or persons ultimately receiving them and distribution of the supplies is supervised by United States citizens, and such operations are appropriately identified as to their American character.

(c) Manner of payment of ocean freight charges. (1) The Department of the Army will reimburse agencies qualified under this section, to the extent of ocean freight charges paid by them for shipments made in conformity with this section: Provided, That application for such reimbursement on shipments must be submitted to the Department within thirty days of date of shipment, together with receipted invoices for such charges, sup

ported by ocean bills of lading, showing that such charges are limited to the actual cost of transportation of the supplies from end of ship's tackle at the United States port of loading to end of ship's tackle at port of discharge, correctly assessed at the time of loading by the carrier for freight on a weight, measurement or unit basis, and free of any other charges.

(2) The voluntary non-profit relief agencies which qualify under this section may apply to the Office of the Chief of Civil Affairs, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. 20310, for authorization to make shipments via Military Sea Transportation Service vessels, in conformity with this section. Upon approval of the request, the Chief of Civil Affairs will issue a Department of Army Approved Part Program authorizing shipment from a designated Port of Embarkation to end of ship's tackle at port of discharge, and including fund citation for reimbursement of Chief of Transportation. All costs of inland transportation are to be borne by the voluntary agencies.

(d) Refund by agencies. Any agency reimbursed under this section will refund promptly to the Department of the Army upon demand the entire amount reimbursed (or such lessor amount as the Department may demand) whenever it is determined that the reimbursement was improper as being in violation of any of the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948, any acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, any relevant appropriation acts, or any rules, regulations or procedures of the Department of the Army.

(e) Saving clause. The Secretary of the Army may waive, withdraw, or amend at any time or from time to time any or all of the provisions of this section.

(Interpret or apply Title II, sec. 112, 75 Stat. 719, 22 U.S.C. 2366 note) [27 FR 177, Jan 6, 1962]

PART 503-APPREHENSION AND RESTRAINT

Sec. 503.1 Persons not subject to military law. 503.2 Delivery to civil authorities.

Persons not subject to military law may be apprehended or restrained by members of the Department of the Army, other than in foreign countries, as follows:

(a) General. All members of the Department of the Army having the ordinary right and duty of citizens to assist in the maintenance of the peace. Where, therefore, a felony or a misdemeanor amounting to a breach of the peace is being committed in his presence, it is the right and duty of every member of the military service, as of every civilian, to apprehend the perpetrator.

(b) Restraint. The restraint imposed under the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section will not exceed that reasonably necessary, nor extend beyond such time as may be required to dispose of the case by orderly transfer of custody to civil authority or otherwise, under the law.

(c) Ejection. Persons not subject to military law who are found within the limits of military reservations in the act of committing a breach of regulations, not amounting to a felony or a breach of the peace, may be removed therefrom upon orders from the commanding officer and ordered by him not to reenter. For penalty imposed upon reentrance after ejection, see title 18, United States Code, section 1382.

(Sec. 3012, 70A Stat. 157; 10 U.S.C. 3012) [28 FR 2732, Mar. 20, 1963]

§ 503.2 Delivery to civil authorities.

(a) Authority. Any commanding officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction or commanding officer designated by him may, in accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 14 (10 U.S.C. 814), authorize the delivery of a member of the Armed Forces under his command, when such member is accused of a crime or offense made punishable by the laws of the jurisdiction making the request, to the civil authorities of the United States, a State of the United States, or a political subdivision thereof under the conditions prescribed in this section.

(b) Policy. The policy of the Department of the Army is that commanding officers will cooperate with civil authorities and, unless the best interests of the service will be prejudiced thereby, will deliver a member of the Armed Forces to such authorities upon presentation of a proper request accompanied by reliable information showing that there is reasonable cause to believe that the person requested has committed a crime or offense made punishable by the laws of the jurisdiction making the request. A person will not be shielded from a just prosecution by the civil authorities solely because of his status as a member of the Armed Forces. In determining whether a member of the Armed Forces should be delivered to the civil authorities, the commanding officer will exercise his sound discretion in the light of the facts and circumstances of each particular case. Among other pertinent matters, he should consider the seriousness of the offense charged, whether court-martial charges are pending against the alleged offender, whether he is serving a sentence imposed by court-martial, and whether, under the existing military situation, the best interest of the service warrant his retention in the Armed Forces. With respect to extradition process, military personnel may be considered to be in the same status as persons not members of the Armed Forces. It is contrary to the general policy of the Department of the Army to transfer military personnel from a station within one State to a station within another State for the purpose of making such individuals amenable to civilian legal proceedings. Accordingly, if the delivery of a member of the Army is requested by a State other than the State in which he is located, the authorities of the requesting State will be required to complete extradition process according to the prescribed procedures to obtain custody of an individual from the State in which he is located and to make arrangements to take him into custody there.

(c) Requirements for delivery. There ordinarily will be required with each application by the civil authorities for the surrender of a member of the

Armed Forces a copy of an indictment, presentment, information, or warrant, together with sufficient information to identify the person sought as the person who allegedly committed the offense charged and a statement of the maximum sentence which may be imposed upon conviction. If the request for delivery is based upon an indictment, presentment, or information, it will be assumed that there is reasonable cause to believe that the offense charged was committed by the person named therein. If the request for delivery is based upon a warrant, the commanding officer may cause an inquiry to be made to satisfy himself that reasonable cause exists for the issuance of the warrant; however, if a warrant is accompanied by the statement of a United States attorney or the prosecuting officer of a State of the United States or political subdivision thereof that a preliminary official investigation of the offense charged shows that there is reasonable cause to believe that the offense charged was committed by the person named therein, no further inquiry need be made.

(d) Retaining custody pending request for delivery. If the commanding officer specified in paragraph (a) of this section is in receipt of a statement of a United States attorney or the prosecuting officer of a State of the United States or a political subdivision thereof that there is reasonable cause to believe that a member of the Armed Forces under his command has committed an offense punishable by the laws of the pertinent jurisdiction, the commanding officer may, upon the request of such civil official, agree to retain the alleged offender in his command for a reasonable period of time, not extending beyond the termination of his current enlistment or period of service, pending presentation of a request for delivery accompanied by the evidence indicated in paragraph (c) of this section.

(e) Action by commanding officers. Commanding officers, other than those specified in paragraph (a) of this section, will refer such requests with their recommendation for disposition to the appropriate commanding officer, who, after determining the propri