EconDefense
INT-28 / Security cooperation, assistance and education

Fund a partner agency to do complementary work DoD cannot do itself

Support other U.S. agencies’ foreign-assistance activities necessary to effectiveness of DoD Chapter16 programs and beyond DoD’s own authority.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-28 · Other statutory tools
Legal basis10 U.S.C. § 385

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense, with receiving agency head for transfer notification.

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

  • Activity necessary to a Chapter16 DoD program and cannot be carried out by DoD.
  • For transfers, joint notice describing need, cost, theater plan, other funds and why DoD cannot act; 30-day wait.

Limits & exclusions

  • Does not transfer another agency’s legal powers to DoD.
  • Aggregate $75m annual support ceiling; recipient must have its own authority.

Funding conditions

  • Proper transfer and purpose-available funds; not unrestricted funding augmentation.

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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

  • DoD funds legally available for §385 support

Approval

Execution

  • Receiving U.S. agency with its own substantive authority
  • DoD/DSCA transfer and program-monitoring 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

Identify complementary non-DoD need → legal mismatch → empowered partner → joint notice/funding transfer → partner execution plus DoD outcome tracking.

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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