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INT-11 / International business, logistics and investment

Pool allied transport, patient-movement and communications services

Enter tailored reciprocal transportation and patient-movement arrangements, including SEOS and ATARES participation. Separately exchange allied communications support and related supplies/services for equivalent value.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-11 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense, with Secretary of State concurrence where prescribed.

Other statutory tools

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

  • Select correct tailored agreement; equitable costs, exchange balances and notifications.
  • Patient movement requires comparable-or-better credentials/standards, 15-day certification notice and annual recertification.
  • §2350c allied airlift normally uses spare peacetime capacity, equal reimbursement rates and liquidation at least every 12 months; defense-sale delivery charged full transportation cost.
  • §2350f communications arrangement needs State approval, term at most five years, annual reconciliations and final cash liquidation within 30 days after term.

Limits & exclusions

  • Different statutes are not interchangeable.
  • SEOS does not waive U.S. sealift cargo preference; ATARES has statutory executed-flight-hour limits.
  • Suspend patient-movement use if required recertification cannot be made.

Funding conditions

  • Transport recurring/nonrecurring operating costs from authorized accounts; reciprocal exchanges and properly credited reimbursements.
  • §2350f liabilities charged to applicable communications appropriation at reconciliation; receipts credited to providing appropriation.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • USTRANSCOM and geographic CCMD logistics/medical planners
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Resources

  • Participating Service/transportation O&M or applicable account

Approval

Execution

  • USTRANSCOM/Service transport and medical organizations under approved arrangements
  • DISA/Service communications support offices for §2350f arrangements

Partners & review

  • Movement Coordination Centre Europe
  • Eligible partner governments

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

Coordination pathway

Transport/medical requirement → USTRANSCOM/Service → international and clinical credential review → approved agreement and funded exchange accounting.

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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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