EconDefense
INT-25 / Security cooperation, assistance and education

Transport donated relief and furnish foreign disaster assistance

Carry nongovernmental relief supplies on a space-available basis or, when directed by the President, provide transport, supplies, services and equipment for foreign disasters.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-25 · Other statutory tools
Legal basis10 U.S.C. § 402

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense for donated transport; President directing SecDef for foreign disaster assistance.

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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

  • Donated supplies must be suitable, needed, usable and have distribution arrangements; space available.
  • §404 manmade/natural disaster necessity to prevent loss of lives or serious environmental harm; 48-hour congressional report.

Limits & exclusions

  • §402 aid not for military/paramilitary recipients.
  • Environmental-only transport needs unavailability of other sources.
  • Capacity and operational availability are not guaranteed.

Funding conditions

  • §402 normally without charge; environmental transport reimbursement permitted.
  • Disaster authority and appropriation availability remain distinct.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Geographic or functional CCMD security-cooperation planners
    Office profile
  • Embassy SCO and Chief of Mission country team

Resources

  • Existing eligible transportation capacity
  • OHDACA or other available purpose-appropriate funds

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense for §402 eligibility
    Office profile
  • President for §404 direction

Execution

  • USTRANSCOM/Service transportation and disaster-response elements

Partners & review

  • Foreign partner government
  • Department of State
  • Export-control/foreign-disclosure officials

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

Coordination pathway

Relief requirement/State coordination → capacity and eligibility review → correct approval branch → transportation/disaster execution.

Actor and execution-role sources

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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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