EconDefense
INT-39 / Domestic and interagency support

Contract for and provide counterdrug or counter-transnational-crime support

Supply specified transport, training, equipment maintenance, communications, analysis, reconnaissance and limited construction support to qualifying agencies.

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Authority / instrument · INT-39

Domestic and foreign interagency support

Domestic and interagency support

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of Defense upon proper requesting official’s request.

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Support is not freestanding criminal enforcement authority; §275 direct-participation bar remains.

Recorded executor

Military support elements and ordinary contracting offices; Joint interagency support organizations

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram-specificRecorded executing role: Military support elements and ordinary contracting offices; Joint interagency support organizations. Use the responsible program’s process.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolINT-39 · Contracts & purchases
Legal basis10 U.S.C. § 284

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense upon proper requesting official’s request.

Contracts & purchases

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

  • Correct domestic/foreign statutory menu and request channel.
  • 15-day notice and applicable quarterly/foreign-program reporting.
  • Contracts allowed where DoD normally would acquire equivalent own-mission services/equipment by contract.

Limits & exclusions

  • Support is not freestanding criminal enforcement authority; §275 direct-participation bar remains.
  • Foreign-support purposes narrower than domestic menu; small-scale construction definition applies.
  • Short-term preparedness waiver requires specific balancing determination.

Funding conditions

  • Available eligible funds, not agency-wide authority to transfer unrestricted cash.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Requesting counterdrug/transnational-organized-crime agency
  • Geographic CCMD and Joint Interagency Task Force planners
    Office profile

Resources

  • DoD counterdrug or other purpose-available program funds

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense/authorized official
    Office profile
  • State coordination for foreign support

Execution

  • Military support elements and ordinary contracting offices
  • Joint interagency support organizations

Partners & review

  • Federal, State, local, tribal or foreign law-enforcement agencies

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

Coordination pathway

Agency request → CCMD/interagency planner → legal category and cost → State/notice/approval → support contract or force execution.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

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 fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram-specificRecorded executing role: Military support elements and ordinary contracting offices; Joint interagency support organizations. Use the responsible program’s process.

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.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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