Fund a partner agency to do complementary work DoD cannot do itself
- Objective
- Work with allies and partners
- Family / instrument
- Security cooperation, assistance and education · Interagency security cooperation
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense, with receiving agency head for transfer notification.
- Executor · routing lead
- Receiving U.S. agency with its own substantive authority; DoD/DSCA transfer and program-monitoring offices
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Activity necessary to a Chapter16 DoD program and cannot be carried out by DoD.
For transfers, joint notice describing need, cost, theater plan, other funds and why DoD cannot act; 30-day wait.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Proper transfer and purpose-available funds; not unrestricted funding augmentation.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Does not transfer another agency’s legal powers to DoD.
- Aggregate $75m annual support ceiling; recipient must have its own authority.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Existing statutory pathway; conditional on the listed findings, approvals, eligible purpose and actual available funds. Not an obligation-ready certification.
Actor sources
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.