Purchase weapons overseas to protect deployed U.S. forces
- Objective
- Work with allies and partners
- Family / instrument
- Security cooperation, assistance and education · Overseas force-protection purchases
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense
- Executor · routing lead
- Authorized contracting and force-protection offices (illustrative; delegation not verified)
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Ongoing U.S. military operations in the country and a force-protection purpose; semiannual congressional reporting when used.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Lawfully available defense funds; annual ceiling is not an appropriation.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not a general weapons-buyback or procurement authority outside the statutory location and purpose.
- Aggregate annual spending ceiling $15 million.
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.