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USC-64 / Security cooperation, assistance and education

Provide military education and reciprocal training for foreign personnel

Furnish eligible foreign military/civilian education under IMET, or exchange comparable training and support under distinct reciprocal education and AECA arrangements.

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Authority / instrument · USC-64

Foreign military education and exchanges

Security cooperation, assistance and education

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

President; military-department Secretary for AECA training delivery

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Failure to furnish comparable §2770a support requires full-cost reimbursement.

Recorded executor

Authorized military education and training 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 recordedAppropriated IMET amounts or the specific reciprocal mechanism’s accounts; verify annual restrictions and any required waivers. 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-64 · Cooperation & exchanges

Authority holder: President; military-department Secretary for AECA training delivery

Cooperation & exchanges

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

  • IMET participants and education must fit statutory purposes; State-Defense consultation and applicable country prohibitions apply.
  • §2347c exchanges are one-for-one annually; §2770a requires comparable reciprocal support within a reasonable period no longer than one year.

Limits & exclusions

  • Failure to furnish comparable §2770a support requires full-cost reimbursement.
  • Neither mechanism converts §321 U.S.-force exercise training into unrestricted partner capacity grants.

Funding conditions

  • Appropriated IMET amounts or the specific reciprocal mechanism’s accounts; verify annual restrictions and any required waivers.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • State/DoD education and exchange sponsor (illustrative routing lead)

Resources

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

Approval

  • President; military-department Secretary for AECA training delivery

Execution

  • Authorized military education and training office (illustrative; delegation not verified)

Partners & review

  • Department of State
  • DSCA

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. § 2347Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 2347cOfficial 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 2347eOfficial 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 2347fOfficial 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 2770aOfficial 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • 22 U.S.C. § 2383Official 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 recordedAppropriated IMET amounts or the specific reciprocal mechanism’s accounts; verify annual restrictions and any required waivers. 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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