AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE ITEMS OF NOMINAL VALUE FOR RECRUITMENT PURPOSES.

SEC. 501. AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE ITEMS OF NOMINAL VALUE FOR RECRUITMENT PURPOSES. (a) Authority.—Section 422 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(b) Promotional Items for Recruitment Purposes.—The Secretary of Defense may use funds available for an intelligence element of the Department of Defense to purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in the recruitment of individuals for employment by that element.”. (b) Clerical Amendments.—(1) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “§ 422. Use of funds for certain incidental purposes”. (2) Such section is further amended by inserting at the beginning of the text of the section the following: “(a) Counterintelligence Official Reception and Representation Expenses.—”. (3) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 21 of such title is amended to read as follows: “422. Use of funds for certain incidental purposes.”