EconDefense
FIN-07 / Enterprise resources and shared execution

Accept defense contributions through the Defense Cooperation Account

Accept contributions of money/property, and specified foreign-government/international-organization services, for DoD use.

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At a glance

Possible toolFIN-07 · Cooperation & exchanges

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense

Cooperation & exchanges

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Existing statutory pathway; transaction-specific funds, approval, and delegation verification required.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Required donor-condition notifications, reporting, and accounting.
  • Subsequent appropriations required before account money is obligated or spent.

Limits & exclusions

  • Acceptance is not equivalent to spending authority.
  • Property use cannot defeat an otherwise applicable prohibition.
  • Permitted account investment is in U.S. or U.S.-guaranteed securities through Treasury—not unrestricted corporate equities.

Funding conditions

  • Contributed money and sale proceeds enter the Defense Cooperation Account.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Supported DoD mission owner

Resources

  • Defense Cooperation Account
  • Treasury

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense; Congress for subsequent appropriations from the account
    Office profile

Execution

  • DoD contribution-management and property offices

Partners & review

  • Treasury
  • Donor or contributing government

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Need owner → responsible component counsel and comptroller → statutory official or verified delegate → authorized execution office. Office labels describe functional roles; individual delegations and funds are not certified.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal powerSource and conditions recorded
EligibilityProject-specific check needed
Available fundsBalances not verified
DelegationValid signature authority must be checked
ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked

Confidence: High for statutory mechanism; individual execution readiness not verified.

Currentness: 2024 official Code baseline compared with available current text; targeted FY2026 NDAA and FY2027 continuing-resolution review. See coverage audit; not a complete legal citator.

Research target: October 2, 2026. A record-specific last-review date is not supplied. Publication date is not legal-currentness certification.

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