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USC-62 / International business, logistics and investment

Sell government-only components to U.S. firms for eligible exports

Sell, procure or manufacture defense articles for U.S. companies to incorporate into end items for friendly foreign armed forces, and provide associated U.S.-performed defense services.

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Authority / instrument · USC-62

Support for direct commercial defense exports

International business, logistics and investment

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

President under the AECA; authorized implementing official

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Not an unrestricted sale to domestic businesses or a substitute for export approval.

Recorded executor

Authorized Service sales and contracting office (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 recordedCustomer reimbursement credits the selling agency’s current applicable account. 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-62 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: President under the AECA; authorized implementing official

Other statutory tools

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

  • Cash negotiated contract; export license/approval; end item for friendly-country or international-organization armed forces.
  • Articles would be government-furnished for a comparable U.S. procurement and are government-only or commercially unavailable in time.

Limits & exclusions

  • Minimum replacement/contract/manufacturing cost as applicable; services at actual cost and performed only in the United States.
  • Not an unrestricted sale to domestic businesses or a substitute for export approval.

Funding conditions

  • Customer reimbursement credits the selling agency’s current applicable account.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • DoD implementing agency with requesting U.S. company (illustrative routing lead)

Resources

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

Approval

  • President under the AECA; authorized implementing official

Execution

  • Authorized Service sales and contracting office (illustrative; delegation not verified)

Partners & review

  • Department of State
  • Export-control officials

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

  • 22 U.S.C. § 2770Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 2778Official 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 recordedCustomer reimbursement credits the selling agency’s current applicable account. 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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