EconDefense
INT-23 / Security cooperation, assistance and education

Transfer excess articles or draw down existing resources for authorized partner needs

Use excess-defense-article grants/sales or Presidential drawdowns under distinct statutory triggers.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-23 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: President; State supervision and DoD implementing agencies.

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

  • EDA drawn from existing stocks; readiness/industrial-base findings and recipient justification.
  • Drawdown emergency/national-interest or Taiwan-specific statutory branch must fit; applicable notices and ceilings.

Limits & exclusions

  • EDA is not authority to buy new equipment for transfer from DoD procurement funds.
  • EDA crating/transport costs have restrictions and limited exception.
  • Drawdown authorization does not automatically fund replacement of U.S. stocks.

Funding conditions

  • Value ceilings and replacement/transport appropriations separate; country-specific supplemental law may modify general ceilings.

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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

  • President/authorized delegate
  • State and applicable congressional notification

Execution

  • DSCA and Service/DLA property owners
  • Supporting transportation and training organizations

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

Strategic requirement → State/President pathway choice → Service inventory/readiness → DSCA transfer case → transport/end-use/accountability.

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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