EconDefense
INT-07 / International business, logistics and investment

Use foreign burden-sharing cash for infrastructure and deployed support

Accept designated-country/regional-organization cash for local labor, construction, supplies/services and specified NATO deployed/rotational support, including costs in another country.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-07 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense after consultation with Secretary of State; Service Secretary may construct with SecDef approval.

Other statutory tools

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

  • Designate contributor with State consultation; separate accounts and purpose alignment.
  • Construction not otherwise authorized requires report and normally 14-day wait; emergency exception has its own notice.

Limits & exclusions

  • NATO deployed-support category excludes U.S. military pay, allowances and normal benefits.
  • Contributed amounts cannot simply be repurposed to unrestricted departmental use.

Funding conditions

  • Contributions remain available until expended for specified statutory purposes.
  • No assumption a host nation has offered or funded a contribution.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • CCMD posture planners
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  • Service installation/logistics sponsors

Resources

  • Country/organization-specific contribution account

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense and State consultation
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  • Secretary of a military department with SecDef approval for construction
    Office profile

Execution

  • Service construction agents such as USACE/NAVFAC and supporting logistics offices

Partners & review

  • Contributing government or regional organization
  • Congressional defense committees

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

Coordination pathway

CCMD posture need → host-nation negotiation/State → SecDef acceptance → Service project/fiscal office → congressional process → execute.

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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. FY26 §1246 amendment read directly; OLRC §2350j index dated 2026-09-18 corroborates current section.

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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