{
  "id": "INT-04",
  "category": "International logistics",
  "capability": "Acquire, sell, loan or exchange reciprocal logistics support through ACSAs",
  "summary": "Acquire foreign logistics support and enter cross-servicing agreements to exchange eligible supplies/services by reimbursement, replacement-in-kind or equal-value exchange.",
  "legal_basis": [
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2341",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2341&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2342",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2342&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2344",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2344&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2347",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2347&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2350",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2350&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    }
  ],
  "authority_holder": "Secretary of Defense; commanders act within an authorized agreement/delegation, not by mission statement alone.",
  "actor_chain": {
    "planner": [
      "CCMD J4 and Service logistics planners"
    ],
    "resource_owner": [
      "Supported Service/Defense Agency logistics account and comptroller"
    ],
    "approver": [
      "Secretary of Defense/authorized ACSA officials",
      "Secretary of State consultation"
    ],
    "executor": [
      "CCMD/Service authorized ACSA order officials",
      "DLA and supporting logistics organizations"
    ],
    "partners": [
      "Eligible foreign government/NATO/UN/regional organization",
      "Joint Staff and USD(A&S)/USD(P) oversight"
    ]
  },
  "actor_sources": [
    {
      "title": "DSCA Security Assistance Management Manual, chapter 1: roles and implementing agencies",
      "url": "https://samm.dsca.mil/chapter/chapter-1"
    }
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Eligible counterparty and statutory country designation; non-NATO designation/agreement notifications and 30-day waits.",
    "Item fits §2350 logistics definition; pricing, accounting and liquidation requirements."
  ],
  "limits": [
    "Cannot buy from foreign government what is reasonably available from U.S. commercial sources.",
    "Cannot use an ACSA to route support to a country/organization lacking the required agreement.",
    "Not general major-weapons sales authority, a grant program, or authorization for hostilities.",
    "Inventory increases and accrued credit/liability ceilings governed by §§2347-2348, subject to statutory operational exceptions."
  ],
  "funding": [
    "Available appropriations for acquisitions; reimbursements or authorized in-kind/equal-value settlement.",
    "Statutory credit ceilings are not cash appropriations."
  ],
  "coordination_path": "Logistics requirement → J4/Service ACSA manager → eligibility/agreement/order authorization → price and fiscal approval → delivery, invoice and reconciliation.",
  "availability": "Existing statutory pathway; conditional on the listed findings, approvals, eligible purpose and actual available funds. Not an obligation-ready certification.",
  "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.",
  "family": "International business, logistics and investment",
  "mechanisms": [
    "Loans & guarantees",
    "Cooperation & exchanges"
  ],
  "goal_ids": [
    "allies-partners"
  ],
  "office_links": [
    {
      "office_id": "combatant-commands",
      "role": "planner",
      "label": "CCMD J4 and Service logistics planners"
    },
    {
      "office_id": "defense-agencies",
      "role": "resource_owner",
      "label": "Supported Service/Defense Agency logistics account and comptroller"
    },
    {
      "office_id": "secretary-deputy-secretary",
      "role": "approver",
      "label": "Secretary of Defense/authorized ACSA officials"
    },
    {
      "office_id": "combatant-commands",
      "role": "executor",
      "label": "CCMD/Service authorized ACSA order officials"
    },
    {
      "office_id": "usd-policy",
      "role": "partners",
      "label": "Joint Staff and USD(A&S)/USD(P) oversight"
    },
    {
      "office_id": "usd-acquisition-sustainment",
      "role": "partners",
      "label": "Joint Staff and USD(A&S)/USD(P) oversight"
    },
    {
      "office_id": "joint-staff",
      "role": "partners",
      "label": "Joint Staff and USD(A&S)/USD(P) oversight"
    }
  ]
}