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+title: "10 U.S.C. § 980"
+description: "Limitation on use of humans as experimental subjects"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 10
+title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
+chapter_number: "49"
+chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES"
+section: "980"
+citation: "10 U.S.C. § 980"
+status: "current"
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+release_date: "2026-06-26"
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+---
+
+# 10 U.S.C. § 980 - Limitation on use of humans as experimental subjects
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used for research involving a human being as an experimental subject unless—
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+(1) the informed consent of the subject is obtained in advance; or
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+(2) in the case of research intended to be beneficial to the subject, the informed consent of the subject or a legal representative of the subject is obtained in advance.
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+(b) (1) The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition in this section with respect to a specific research project to advance the development of a medical product necessary to the armed forces if the research project may directly benefit the subject and is carried out in accordance with all other applicable laws.
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+(2) The Secretary may delegate the authority provided by paragraph (1) to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1401(c)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2615; amended Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VII, § 733, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1170; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title II, § 212, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 183.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following appropriation acts: Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 101(h) [title VIII, § 8029], Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1904, 1929. Pub. L. 98–212, title VII, § 734, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1444. Pub. L. 97–377, title I, § 101(c) [title VII, § 737], Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1833, 1857. Pub. L. 97–114, title VII, § 738, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1585. Pub. L. 96–527, title VII, § 739, Dec. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 3088. Pub. L. 96–154, title VII, § 741, Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1159. Pub. L. 95–457, title VIII, § 841, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1251. Pub. L. 95–111, title VIII, § 840, Sept. 21, 1977, 91 Stat. 906. Pub. L. 94–419, title VII, § 739, Sept. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1297. Pub. L. 94–212, title VII, § 740, Feb. 9, 1976, 90 Stat. 175. Pub. L. 93–437, title VIII, § 841, Oct. 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 1231. Pub. L. 93–238, title VII, § 743, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 1045. Pub. L. 92–570, title VII, § 745, Oct. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 1203.
+
+Amendments2023—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–31 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2). 2001—Pub. L. 107–107 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
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+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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+Effective DateSection effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1404 of Pub. L. 98–525, set out as a note under section 520b of this title.