Pay rewards for qualifying counterterrorism information or force-protection assistance
- Objective
- Work with allies and partners
- Family / instrument
- Security cooperation, assistance and education · Defense rewards
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense or narrowly authorized delegate
- Executor · routing lead
- Authorized rewards-program and financial officials (illustrative; delegation not verified)
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Consult State and Justice through required policies; State consultation for rewards above $2 million.
Follow statutory delegation ceilings and country-designation/annual reporting.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Identify lawfully available program funds; section does not create unlimited reward funding.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Maximum $5 million per reward; combatant-command delegation normally limited to $1 million, with narrower redelegation rules.
- U.S. citizens, U.S. officers/employees and employees of U.S. contractors are ineligible.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram unverified
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
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Record reviewed 2026-10-05. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.