EconDefense
INT-04 / International business, logistics and investment

Acquire, sell, loan or exchange reciprocal logistics support through ACSAs

Acquire foreign logistics support and enter cross-servicing agreements to exchange eligible supplies/services by reimbursement, replacement-in-kind or equal-value exchange.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-04 · Loans & guarantees

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense; commanders act within an authorized agreement/delegation, not by mission statement alone.

Loans & guaranteesCooperation & exchanges

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

Availability and verification

Existing statutory pathway; conditional on the listed findings, approvals, eligible purpose and actual available funds. Not an obligation-ready certification.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Eligible counterparty and statutory country designation; non-NATO designation/agreement notifications and 30-day waits.
  • Item fits §2350 logistics definition; pricing, accounting and liquidation requirements.

Limits & exclusions

  • Cannot buy from foreign government what is reasonably available from U.S. commercial sources.
  • Cannot use an ACSA to route support to a country/organization lacking the required agreement.
  • Not general major-weapons sales authority, a grant program, or authorization for hostilities.
  • Inventory increases and accrued credit/liability ceilings governed by §§2347-2348, subject to statutory operational exceptions.

Funding conditions

  • Available appropriations for acquisitions; reimbursements or authorized in-kind/equal-value settlement.
  • Statutory credit ceilings are not cash appropriations.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

Resources

  • Supported Service/Defense Agency logistics account and comptroller
    Office profile

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense/authorized ACSA officials
    Office profile
  • Secretary of State consultation

Execution

  • CCMD/Service authorized ACSA order officials
    Office profile
  • DLA and supporting logistics organizations

Partners & review

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

Coordination pathway

Logistics requirement → J4/Service ACSA manager → eligibility/agreement/order authorization → price and fiscal approval → delivery, invoice and reconciliation.

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 on express statutory capability; execution/delegation and currently available resources require program-specific confirmation.

Currentness: GovInfo 2024 U.S. Code baseline read; relevant FY2026 NDAA (Pub. L. 119-60, enacted 2025-12-18) amendments reviewed. Target 2026-10-02; source-specific OLRC checks and remaining delta are documented in international.md. No certification of current funds or executed delegations.

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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