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INT-16 / Security cooperation, assistance and education

Strengthen partner defense financial management and institutions

Assign advisors/trainers to build ministries’ governance, internal controls, resource-management and core defense competencies.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-16 · Other statutory tools
Legal basis10 U.S.C. § 332

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense with Secretary of State concurrence.

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

  • Eligible foreign ministry/security oversight institution or regional security organization.
  • State concurrence; 15-day notice before regional-organization advisor assignments.
  • Annual activity/reporting requirements.

Limits & exclusions

  • Defense institution remit, not general economic administration of foreign countries.
  • Advice authority does not authorize moving partner money or replacing their sovereign decision-making.

Funding conditions

  • Available program funds; assignment/training support costs within authorized program.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Geographic or functional CCMD security-cooperation planners
    Office profile
  • Embassy SCO and Chief of Mission country team

Resources

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense or documented authorized delegate
    Office profile
  • Secretary of State where required

Execution

  • DSCA and Defense Security Cooperation University institutional-capacity-building implementers
  • Assigned DoD civilian/military advisors and approved support contractors

Partners & review

  • Foreign partner government
  • Department of State
  • Export-control/foreign-disclosure officials

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

Coordination pathway

SCO/CCMD institutional diagnosis → DSCA institutional-capacity-building team → State concurrence and work plan → advisor/training support.

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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