Contract for and provide counterdrug or counter-transnational-crime support
- Objective
- Protect technology and industry
- Family / instrument
- Domestic and interagency support · Domestic and foreign interagency support
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense upon proper requesting official’s request.
- Executor · routing lead
- Military support elements and ordinary contracting offices; Joint interagency support organizations
- Eligibility & funds
- Match your project to the applicable program. Read the recorded gates and funding conditions.
- What this does not authorize / limits
- 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.
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. § 284
- 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.