[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 190]
[Revised as of July 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR185.2]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 185--MILITARY SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES (MSCA)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 185.2  Applicability and scope.

    This part:
    (a) Applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military 
Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint 
Staff, the Unified and Specified Commands, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field 
Activities (hereafter referred to collectively as ``the DoD 
Components''). The term ``Military Services,'' as used herein, refers to 
the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard 
(when it is operating, or planning for operations, as a Service in the 
Navy).
    (b) Shall govern MSCA activities of all DoD Components in the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 
U.S. territories and possessions.
    (c) Does not apply to foreign disasters covered by DoD Directive 
5100.46.
    (d) Focuses on the assignment and allocation of DoD resources to 
support civilian authorities during civil emergencies arising during 
peace, war, or transition to war.
    (e) Does not integrate contingency war planning as a subelement of 
MSCA,

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and does not relieve the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of his 
authority to supervise contingency planning.
    (f) Does not include military support to civil law enforcement. (See 
Sec. 185.4(b).)