At a glance
Possible toolINT-39 · Contracts & purchases
Authority holder: Secretary of Defense upon proper requesting official’s request.
Contracts & purchases
Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.
Availability and verificationExisting 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.
Counterdrug/transnational-crime support has a defined legal menu, but current border operations involve multiple authorities. The 2026 task-force announcement does not establish § 284 for every activity.
Section 284 request and category controls
- Who this route serves
- Government requesters, not companies applying for a grant
- Administering office / routing lead
- Secretary of Defense and designated support officials; requesting law-enforcement or other authorized agency
UnverifiedThe statutory request and support conditions define this instrument. Operational association alone is insufficient.
What this evidence label means Statutory request processA request must match the current support categories and required notices; the FY 2026 amendment is separately preserved in the record.
Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04
10 U.S.C. § 284 · 2024 edition (GovInfo) · 10 U.S.C. § 284statute · Evidence record Program eligibility
Funding, limits and authority relationship
Read the governing source → · 2024 edition (GovInfo)
reference, not an application portal: This source does not accept funding applications.
Current organizational context — JIATF Counter Cartel
- Who this route serves
- Government interagency partners
- Administering office / routing lead
- U.S. Northern Command and participating federal agencies
Context onlyThis announcement does not identify the legal basis of every task or prove that a vendor can submit under § 284.
What this evidence label means Organization announcedThe January 15, 2026 announcement establishes the task force and participating departments.
Status reference date: 2026-01-15 · research checked 2026-10-04
USNORTHCOM — JIATF Counter Cartel established · January 15, 2026 establishment announcementofficial news release · published 2026-01-15 · Evidence record Funding, limits and authority relationship
Read the governing source →
reference, not an application portal: This source does not accept funding applications.
Research scope and sources checked
Checked § 284/current-record amendment, current NORTHCOM organization reporting and GAO fiscal evidence; separated organizational affiliation from authority attribution.
What remains unverified
- The exact mission authority, support request, current approving official, notice and funding remain operation-specific. The task-force announcement is not an application portal.
A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →
Funding conditions
- Available eligible funds, not agency-wide authority to transfer unrestricted cash.
Read the funding and execution guide
Who contributes what
Need & planning
- Requesting counterdrug/transnational-organized-crime agency
- Geographic CCMD and Joint Interagency Task Force planners
Office profile
Resources
- DoD counterdrug or other purpose-available program funds
Approval
- Secretary of Defense/authorized official
Office profile - State coordination for foreign support
Execution
- Military support elements and ordinary contracting offices
- Joint interagency support organizations
Partners & review
- Federal, State, local, tribal or foreign law-enforcement agencies
Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.
Coordination pathwayAgency request → CCMD/interagency planner → legal category and cost → State/notice/approval → support contract or force execution.
Actor and execution-role sources
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 fundingRules recordedAvailable eligible funds, not agency-wide authority to transfer unrestricted cash. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument. Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent. EngagementProgram unverifiedCounterdrug/transnational-crime support has a defined legal menu, but current border operations involve multiple authorities. The 2026 task-force announcement does not establish § 284 for every activity. 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.