EconDefense
INT-06 / International business, logistics and investment

Accept host-nation property, services and supplies for U.S. forces

Accept and use real property or its use, supplies and services under mutual-defense/occupation arrangements, plus customary reciprocal courtesies.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-06 · Property & leases

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense.

Property & leases

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

  • Support an armed-forces element in the contributing country.
  • Qualifying mutual-defense/occupation arrangement or customary no-charge courtesy.

Limits & exclusions

  • May not use contributions to evade a prohibition or limitation on the supported program.
  • Separate real-property, construction and agreement issues must be reconciled; not free authority to accept every private donation.

Funding conditions

  • In-kind support; GAO periodic audits of accepted money/property.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • CCMD posture planners
    Office profile
  • Service installation/logistics sponsor

Resources

  • Host nation in-kind contribution
  • Supported Service resource owner

Approval

Execution

  • Service installation, logistics and real-property offices

Partners & review

  • Department of State and host government
  • GAO audit oversight

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

Coordination pathway

Posture/installation need → Service and embassy agreement staff → authority and restriction review → documented acceptance and inventory control.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal powerSource and conditions recorded
EligibilityProject-specific check needed
Available fundsBalances not verified
DelegationValid signature authority must be checked
ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked

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.

Research target: October 2, 2026. A record-specific last-review date is not supplied. Publication date is not legal-currentness certification.

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