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INT-10 / International business, logistics and investment

Contribute to a multinational dual-use venture capital fund

Make a specifically authorized contribution to the NATO Innovation Fund, rather than infer a general authority to invest equity.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-10 · Investment & capital

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense.

Investment & capital

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

Availability and verification

Express time-limited statutory route; current U.S. participation, delegated administrator and funded amount were not established in this public-source review.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Amounts must be authorized by law for this purpose.
  • Five-year period following FY2025 NDAA enactment (2024-12-23); aggregate statutory ceiling $200 million.

Limits & exclusions

  • This is fund-contribution authority, not a general permission for every DoD office to buy company shares.
  • No conclusion that an appropriation, participation agreement or investment commitment currently exists.

Funding conditions

  • Needs purpose-available authorized and appropriated funding; statutory ceiling does not supply cash.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Service acquisition program/laboratory international-cooperation staff
  • CCMD capability sponsor
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Resources

  • Military Department or Defense Agency program manager and comptroller
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Approval

  • Secretary of Defense or validly delegated official
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  • Department of State where statute or agreement process requires

Execution

  • Designated DoD contribution administrator; current implementation owner not verified
  • NATO Innovation Fund as external fund manager

Partners & review

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

Coordination pathway

Investment policy/resource sponsor → SecDef counsel/comptroller → verify specific authorization/funding and fund terms → contribution.

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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