Finance foreign cryptologic-support arrangements
Pay expenses of foreign-country cryptologic arrangements with available intelligence/communications appropriations or qualifying other funds.
Security & information
INT-35 / Intelligence, counterintelligence and security
Accept foreign funding for joint military intelligence collection and analysis
DIA may accept and spend partner contributions to share expenses of joint/combined military intelligence collection and analysis.
At a glance
Mission goalProtect technology and industry
Possible toolINT-35 · Security & information
Legal basisPub. L. 118-31, § 1621
Responsible rolesPlanning · funds · approval · execution
Authority holder: Director of DIA in coordination with DNI.
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
- Joint/combined military intelligence activity and partner expense sharing.
- Annual reports identifying partners and purposes.
Limits & exclusions
- Cannot spend for a purpose Congress previously denied or acquire items/services solely for U.S. benefit.
- Public law does not create blanket operational intelligence powers or unrestricted donations authority.
Funding conditions
- Specific foreign-partner receipts; statutory acceptance/expenditure authority ends2028-12-31.
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
- Accepted foreign-partner funds for shared activities
Approval
- Director DIA
Office profile - Director of National Intelligence coordination
Execution
- DIA authorized partnership and finance 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
DIA partner requirement → DNI coordination and legal/fiscal review → contribution arrangement → joint-expense accounting/reporting.
Legal basis
- Pub. L. 118-31, § 162110 USC chapter21 note; authority expires2028-12-31.
What this research establishes
Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingPartial disclosure$12.6 billion SITE III shared ceiling; DIA's full budget is not publicly released.. Institutional/program context, not a funding allocation to this specific action.
Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRoutes publishedThe office profile lists public routes and their scope. Not every route accepts applications for this instrument.
Confidence: High on express statutory capability; execution/delegation and currently available resources require program-specific confirmation.
Currentness: Enacted PL118-31§1621 reproduced in GovInfo2024 chapter21 note read; corroborated OLRC current indexed chapter21 front matter. Sunset2028-12-31; later amendment delta not certified.
Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.