Support partners facilitating ongoing authorized U.S. counterterrorism operations
- Objective
- Work with allies and partners
- Family / instrument
- Security cooperation, assistance and education · Special operations support
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense personally; funding-availability decision is nondelegable; relevant Chief of Mission concurrence.
- Executor · routing lead
- Authorized special operations program execution and support offices
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Existing authorized ongoing U.S. SOF counterterrorism operation.
Legal review, recipient human-rights checks, Chief of Mission concurrence and statutory notices.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
O&M amounts legally available for that fiscal year.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
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.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram-specific
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
- 10 U.S.C. § 127e
- DSCA Security Assistance Management Manual, chapter 1: roles and implementing agencies
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.