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INT-26 / Security cooperation, assistance and education

Train partners to clear explosive hazards and secure/dispose munitions

Provide humanitarian demining and stockpiled conventional-munitions technical assistance, training, equipment and support.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-26 · Other statutory tools
Legal basis10 U.S.C. § 407

Authority holder: Military Department Secretary under SecDef regulations; specific Secretary of State 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

  • Promote shared security interests or U.S. operational-readiness skills.
  • Complement other assistance; State approval; annual activity/cost and unfulfilled-demand report.

Limits & exclusions

  • U.S. members generally cannot physically detect, lift or destroy mines under this authority unless concurrently supporting a U.S. military operation.
  • Not permission to join another country’s military operation without U.S. armed-forces participation.

Funding conditions

  • Direct expenses from specifically appropriated overseas humanitarian-assistance funds.

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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

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense or documented authorized delegate
    Office profile
  • Secretary of State where required

Execution

  • Service humanitarian mine-action teams
  • Designated training/technical assistance and contracting offices

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

Partner explosive-hazard need → CCMD/State/DSCA → Service training proposal → funds/approval → technical assistance within statutory limits.

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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