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INT-35 / Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Accept foreign funding for joint military intelligence collection and analysis

DIA may accept and spend partner contributions to share expenses of joint/combined military intelligence collection and analysis.

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Authority / instrument · INT-35

Intelligence partnership finance

Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Director of DIA in coordination with DNI.

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Cannot spend for a purpose Congress previously denied or acquire items/services solely for U.S. benefit.

Recorded executor

DIA authorized partnership and finance 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 disclosureSpecific foreign-partner receipts; statutory acceptance/expenditure authority ends2028-12-31. 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 unverifiedCongress authorized a bounded DIA foreign-contribution mechanism with a December 31, 2028 sunset. Public mission descriptions do not establish that a particular partner has contributed under it. 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-35 · Security & information

Authority holder: Director of DIA in coordination with DNI.

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.

Congress authorized a bounded DIA foreign-contribution mechanism with a December 31, 2028 sunset. Public mission descriptions do not establish that a particular partner has contributed under it.

DIA joint-intelligence foreign contributions

Who this route serves
Eligible government partners in joint or combined military intelligence activity
Administering office / routing lead
DIA Director in coordination with DNI; actual agreement/fiscal officials unverified
Unverified

P.L. 118-31 § 1621 establishes the mechanism; the agency’s general partnership role does not identify its use.

What this evidence label means
Implementation agreement not located

The enacted authority is public; no named contribution arrangement, current receipt or implementing intake was verified.

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

Pub. L. 118-31, § 1621 · Pub. L. 118-31, § 1621statute · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

  • Partner contributions · Enacted sunset: 2028-12-31

    The enacted authority to accept and expend these contributions expires December 31, 2028; the sunset is not evidence of money available now.

    Pub. L. 118-31, § 1621 · Pub. L. 118-31, § 1621statute · Evidence record

Exclusions and limits

  • Funds cannot support a purpose Congress denied or goods/services solely benefiting the United States.

    Pub. L. 118-31, § 1621 · Pub. L. 118-31, § 1621statute · Evidence record

  • The January 2023 DIA charter predates this December 2023 provision and cannot establish implementation of the later contribution power.

    DoDD 5105.21 — Defense Intelligence Agency · January 25, 2023; responsibilities and GDIP definitionofficial organizational directive · published 2023-01-25 · Evidence record

Authority relationship source

Pub. L. 118-31, § 1621 · Pub. L. 118-31, § 1621statute · Evidence record

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

Source access and verification notes
  • DoDD 5105.21 — Defense Intelligence Agency · January 25, 2023; responsibilities and GDIP definitionofficial organizational directive · published 2023-01-25 · Evidence record

    Official indexed text and directives register read; direct PDF retrieval failed. General mission language is not transaction-specific delegation.

Research scope and sources checked

Searched DIA foreign-partner/contribution material and the enacted provision; the accessible charter predates the statute and was retained only as institutional context.

What remains unverified

  • No public receipt balance, named contribution arrangement or implementing delegation was located. Later amendments and each agreement’s terms require a fresh transaction check.

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

  • Joint/combined military intelligence activity and partner expense sharing.
  • Annual reports identifying partners and purposes.

Limits & exclusions

  • Cannot spend for a purpose Congress previously denied or acquire items/services solely for U.S. benefit.
  • Public law does not create blanket operational intelligence powers or unrestricted donations authority.

Funding conditions

  • Specific foreign-partner receipts; statutory acceptance/expenditure authority ends2028-12-31.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

Resources

  • Accepted foreign-partner funds for shared activities

Approval

  • Director DIA
    Office profile
  • Director of National Intelligence coordination

Execution

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

DIA partner requirement → DNI coordination and legal/fiscal review → contribution arrangement → joint-expense accounting/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 disclosureSpecific foreign-partner receipts; statutory acceptance/expenditure authority ends2028-12-31. 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 unverifiedCongress authorized a bounded DIA foreign-contribution mechanism with a December 31, 2028 sunset. Public mission descriptions do not establish that a particular partner has contributed under it. 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: Enacted PL118-31§1621 reproduced in GovInfo2024 chapter21 note read; corroborated OLRC current indexed chapter21 front matter. Sunset2028-12-31; later amendment delta not certified.

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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