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INT-29 / Security cooperation, assistance and education

Support partners facilitating ongoing authorized U.S. counterterrorism operations

Provide eligible material or financial support to foreign forces, irregular forces, groups or individuals supporting authorized U.S. SOF operations.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-29 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense personally; funding-availability decision is nondelegable; relevant Chief of Mission 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

  • Existing authorized ongoing U.S. SOF counterterrorism operation.
  • Legal review, recipient human-rights checks, Chief of Mission concurrence and statutory notices.

Limits & exclusions

  • Not authorization for covert action or for introduction into hostilities; no support inconsistent with law of armed conflict.
  • Statutory annual support ceiling $100m; distinct from actual resource allocation.

Funding conditions

  • O&M amounts legally available for that fiscal year.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • USSOCOM/theater special operations planners
    Office profile
  • ASD(SO/LIC) policy oversight

Resources

  • Purpose-available DoD O&M

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense personally
    Office profile
  • Relevant Chief of Mission

Execution

  • Authorized special operations program execution and support offices

Partners & review

  • State country team
  • Other Federal agencies as procedures require

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

Coordination pathway

Operational sponsor → SO/LIC/State/legal/resource review → SecDef nondelegable approval → notice and controlled 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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