Reuse proceeds of authorized counterintelligence operations
Offset necessary/reasonable operation costs and exceptional performance awards with proceeds when appropriated funding would be impracticable.
Security & information
INT-30 / Intelligence, counterintelligence and security
Finance foreign cryptologic-support arrangements
Pay expenses of foreign-country cryptologic arrangements with available intelligence/communications appropriations or qualifying other funds.
At a glance
Mission goalProtect technology and industry
Possible toolINT-30 · Security & information
Legal basis10 U.S.C. § 421
Responsible rolesPlanning · funds · approval · execution
Authority holder: Secretary of Defense.
Security & information
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
- Qualifying foreign cryptologic-support arrangement; intelligence-committee reporting.
Limits & exclusions
- Other funds cannot support a purpose Congress denied or principally benefit the United States.
- Sale proceeds restricted to similar replacement cryptologic items.
- Spending flexibility does not independently authorize intelligence collection methods.
Funding conditions
- Distinct appropriated and nonappropriated branches; account/receipt source must be validated.
Who contributes what
Need & planning
- USD(I&S) PREM and Warfighter Support: requirements/resource coordination
Office profile
Office profile
Office profile - Relevant Defense intelligence element mission sponsor
Resources
- Available intelligence/communications appropriations
- Qualifying nonappropriated foreign-support funds
Approval
- Secretary of Defense or verified authorized delegate
Office profile
Execution
- NSA/CSS and authorized cryptologic support resource/agreement offices
Office profile
Partners & review
- DNI for NIP matters
- Relevant CCMD J2 and Service intelligence staff
Office profile - FBI/CIA or State only where required by the activity
Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.
Coordination pathway
Cryptologic requirement → NSA mission/legal/finance → SecDef authorization → partner arrangement and congressional reporting.
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.