EconDefense
INT-04 / International business, logistics and investment

Acquire, sell, loan or exchange reciprocal logistics support through ACSAs

Acquire foreign logistics support and enter cross-servicing agreements to exchange eligible supplies/services by reimbursement, replacement-in-kind or equal-value exchange.

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Authority / instrument · INT-04

International logistics

International business, logistics and investment

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of Defense; commanders act within an authorized agreement/delegation, not by mission statement alone.

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Cannot buy from foreign government what is reasonably available from U.S. commercial sources.

Recorded executor

CCMD/Service authorized ACSA order officials; DLA and supporting logistics organizations

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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 fundingParent contextCommand funding is distributed across service support and defense-wide programs. Institutional/program context, not a funding allocation to this specific action.
Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRoutes publishedThe office profile lists public routes and their scope. Not every route accepts applications for this instrument.

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

At a glance

Possible toolINT-04 · Loans & guarantees

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense; commanders act within an authorized agreement/delegation, not by mission statement alone.

Loans & guaranteesCooperation & exchanges

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

  • 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 & exclusions

  • 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 conditions

  • Available appropriations for acquisitions; reimbursements or authorized in-kind/equal-value settlement.
  • Statutory credit ceilings are not cash appropriations.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

Resources

  • Supported Service/Defense Agency logistics account and comptroller
    Office profile

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense/authorized ACSA officials
    Office profile
  • Secretary of State consultation

Execution

  • CCMD/Service authorized ACSA order officials
    Office profile
  • DLA and supporting logistics organizations

Partners & review

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

Coordination pathway

Logistics requirement → J4/Service ACSA manager → eligibility/agreement/order authorization → price and fiscal approval → delivery, invoice and reconciliation.

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 fundingParent contextCommand funding is distributed across service support and defense-wide programs. Institutional/program context, not a funding allocation to this specific action.
Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRoutes publishedThe office profile lists public routes and their scope. Not every route accepts applications for this instrument.

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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