EconDefense
INT-30 / Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Finance foreign cryptologic-support arrangements

Pay expenses of foreign-country cryptologic arrangements with available intelligence/communications appropriations or qualifying other funds.

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Authority / instrument · INT-30

Intelligence partnership finance

Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of Defense.

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Other funds cannot support a purpose Congress denied or principally benefit the United States.

Recorded executor

NSA/CSS and authorized cryptologic support resource/agreement offices

Continue to actor →

Institutional routing from the recorded executing role. See the office profile for its published responsibilities and engagement routes.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingPartial disclosureDistinct appropriated and nonappropriated branches; account/receipt source must be validated. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedPublic records establish historical cryptologic cooperation, but they do not disclose current § 421 payment arrangements or connect a named modern partnership to a particular funding branch. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolINT-30 · Security & information
Legal basis10 U.S.C. § 421

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense.

Security & information

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.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · implementation not verified. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

Public records establish historical cryptologic cooperation, but they do not disclose current § 421 payment arrangements or connect a named modern partnership to a particular funding branch.

Foreign cryptologic arrangements — public legal framework

Who this route serves
Government cryptologic partners and authorized resource officials
Administering office / routing lead
Secretary of Defense; authorized cryptologic agreement and finance officials, transaction assignment unverified
Unverified

Section 421 is the express legal basis. A general account of international cooperation cannot establish use of it.

What this evidence label means
Current payment implementation unverified

The statutory mechanism is documented; no current payment agreement, account or delegation was found in the public material reviewed.

Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04

10 U.S.C. § 421 · 2024 edition (GovInfo) · 10 U.S.C. § 421statute · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

  • Appropriated or qualifying other funds · Statutory conditions; no available balance established

    Appropriated and qualifying other-fund branches are distinct; the actual source must be identified.

    10 U.S.C. § 421 · 2024 edition (GovInfo) · 10 U.S.C. § 421statute · Evidence record

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

10 U.S.C. § 421 · 2024 edition (GovInfo) · 10 U.S.C. § 421statute · Evidence record

Read the governing source → · 2024 edition (GovInfo)

reference, not an application portal: This source does not accept funding applications.

UKUSA historical agreement release

Who this route serves
Researchers of international cryptologic cooperation
Administering office / routing lead
NSA historical transparency/FOIA program
Context only

The release demonstrates cooperation but does not establish that a particular payment used § 421.

What this evidence label means
Historical cooperation evidence

NSA publishes the 1946 agreement and later appendices. These are historical relationship records, not a current finance channel.

Status reference date: 1946-03-05 · research checked 2026-10-04

NSA historical UKUSA release · 1946 BRUSA agreement and subsequent historical appendiceshistorical official release · Evidence record
Funding, limits and authority relationship

Authority relationship source

NSA historical UKUSA release · 1946 BRUSA agreement and subsequent historical appendiceshistorical official release · Evidence record

Read the governing source →

reference, not an application portal: This source does not accept funding applications.

Research scope and sources checked

Searched NSA public partnership and historical-release material and the § 421 record; no current instrument-specific payment implementation was located.

What remains unverified

  • Current partner/payment terms, fiscal branch, account availability and authorized signature remain undisclosed or unverified. Historical partner relationships must not be converted into present funding connections.

A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Qualifying foreign cryptologic-support arrangement; intelligence-committee reporting.

Limits & exclusions

  • Other funds cannot support a purpose Congress denied or principally benefit the United States.
  • Sale proceeds restricted to similar replacement cryptologic items.
  • Spending flexibility does not independently authorize intelligence collection methods.

Funding conditions

  • Distinct appropriated and nonappropriated branches; account/receipt source must be validated.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

Resources

  • Available intelligence/communications appropriations
  • Qualifying nonappropriated foreign-support funds

Approval

Execution

  • NSA/CSS and authorized cryptologic support resource/agreement offices
    Office profile

Partners & review

  • DNI for NIP matters
  • Relevant CCMD J2 and Service intelligence staff
    Office profile
  • FBI/CIA or State only where required by the activity

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

Coordination pathway

Cryptologic requirement → NSA mission/legal/finance → SecDef authorization → partner arrangement and congressional reporting.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingPartial disclosureDistinct appropriated and nonappropriated branches; account/receipt source must be validated. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedPublic records establish historical cryptologic cooperation, but they do not disclose current § 421 payment arrangements or connect a named modern partnership to a particular funding branch. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

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.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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