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Action brief · USC-63

Furnish grant or loan military assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act

Objective
Work with allies and partners
Family / instrument
Security cooperation, assistance and education · Foreign Assistance Act military assistance
Statute
Authority holder
President; State foreign-policy supervision; Secretary of Defense for assigned military-assistance execution
Executor · routing lead
Authorized DoD implementing agency (illustrative; delegation not verified)

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Eligible friendly country/organization; presidential security/world-peace finding and applicable end-use, security and retransfers assurances.
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Applicable military-assistance funds and statutory reimbursements; no present appropriation certified.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

Article loans require a bona fide reason beyond funding shortage, expected return, fixed term no more than five years and damage/loss reimbursement terms.

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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