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Action brief · USC-50

Fund confidential operational preparation and nonconventional recovery support

Objective
Work with allies and partners
Family / instrument
Security cooperation, assistance and education · Confidential operational support
Statute
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense
Executor · routing lead
Authorized special-operations financial office (illustrative; delegation not verified)

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Secretary determination and prescribed legal-review, coordination and oversight procedures; Chief of Mission concurrence for nonconventional recovery spending.
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Operation and maintenance, Defense-wide; no new appropriation or authorization to conduct an otherwise unlawful operation.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

Up to $40 million annually; expenditures over $250,000 cannot be delegated.

Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded

Implementation caution: Statutory-source review only. A current implementing program, open intake, available funds and individual delegation were not verified.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Statutory-review addition. Current program implementation, intake, available funds, and individual signing authority have not been verified.

Actor sources

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