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USC-57 / Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Provide foreign partners with imagery and geospatial support

NGA may use appropriated or eligible nonappropriated funds to provide foreign imagery/geospatial support and conduct accommodation procurements for foreign countries.

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Authority / instrument · USC-57

Geospatial partner support

Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Nonappropriated funds cannot support a purpose Congress denied or acquire items/services principally benefiting the United States.

Recorded executor

NGA acquisition and financial offices (illustrative; delegation not verified)

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 recordedAvailable NGA appropriations; eligible nonappropriated funds subject to §443(b). Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedAdded in the October 5 statutory review; no current implementing program, intake or individual delegation verified.

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

At a glance

Possible toolUSC-57 · Security & information
Legal basis10 U.S.C. § 443

Authority holder: Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Security & information

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Statutory-review addition. Current program implementation, intake, available funds, and individual signing authority have not been verified.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • DNI coordination for imagery intelligence, intelligence products, or support to a foreign intelligence/security service.

Limits & exclusions

  • Nonappropriated funds cannot support a purpose Congress denied or acquire items/services principally benefiting the United States.
  • Sale proceeds under this provision purchase similar replacement items; this is distinct from §453 foreign-licensing receipt authority.
  • All security, disclosure and partner-release restrictions still apply.

Funding conditions

  • Available NGA appropriations; eligible nonappropriated funds subject to §443(b).

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • NGA foreign-partner requirement sponsor (illustrative routing lead)
    Office profile

Resources

  • Cognizant component comptroller; account and available balance unverified
    Office profile

Approval

Execution

  • NGA acquisition and financial offices (illustrative; delegation not verified)
    Office profile

Partners & review

  • Director of National Intelligence

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

Coordination pathway

Mission sponsor → component counsel and comptroller → required statutory findings and approvals → authorized execution office. Routing is illustrative; verify delegation and available funds.

Actor and execution-role sources

October 5 statutory review

Added in the October 5 statutory coverage review. The cited legal mechanism and its conditions were examined; a current implementing program, intake, funding balance and individual delegation were not verified.

Section coverage and review findings

Legal basis

  • 10 U.S.C. § 443Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.

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 recordedAvailable NGA appropriations; eligible nonappropriated funds subject to §443(b). Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedAdded in the October 5 statutory review; no current implementing program, intake or individual delegation verified.

Confidence: High on the cited statutory mechanism; no implementation or obligation-ready certification.

Currentness: Reviewed 2026-10-05 against full official GovInfo 2024 Code text and a targeted P.L. 119-60 reference sweep. Official OLRC indexed text used where accessible; direct OLRC pages returned maintenance or access errors. No comprehensive later-law certification or current funding/delegation verification.

Review scope: Record reviewed 2026-10-05. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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