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USC-65 / Security cooperation, assistance and education

Operate specialized allied education programs and support their students

Operate named Western Hemisphere, aviation and naval-small-craft programs and service-academy foreign engagements, using each statute’s specific student support, reimbursement and facility-funding rules.

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Authority / instrument · USC-65

Institution-specific foreign education

Security cooperation, assistance and education

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of Defense and the specified military-department Secretaries

What this does not authorize / hard limit

§352 now requires school operation; tuition cannot include fixed operation/maintenance costs.

Recorded executor

Named academy or school financial and education 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 recordedAccount-specific O&M, procurement and military-construction authority; aviation student benefits only as allowed by §§348/350. 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-65 · Other statutory tools
Legal basis10 U.S.C. § 343

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense and the specified military-department Secretaries

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

  • Apply school-specific national eligibility, State consultation/concurrence, foreign-assistance prohibitions and human-rights training requirements.
  • §347 academy attendance normally requires reimbursement unless waived; foreign cadets capped at 80 per academy; exchanges have separate one-for-one limits.
  • §343 also permits foreign gifts for Institute costs/operations under its specific terms and crediting provisions.

Limits & exclusions

  • §352 now requires school operation; tuition cannot include fixed operation/maintenance costs.
  • This grouping maps distinct statutory routes, not a general foreign-scholarship authority.

Funding conditions

  • Account-specific O&M, procurement and military-construction authority; aviation student benefits only as allowed by §§348/350.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Service international education sponsor (illustrative routing lead)

Resources

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

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense and the specified military-department Secretaries
    Office profile

Execution

  • Named academy or school financial and education office (illustrative; delegation not verified)

Partners & review

  • Department of State

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. § 343Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • 10 U.S.C. § 347Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • 10 U.S.C. § 348Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • 10 U.S.C. § 349Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • 10 U.S.C. § 350Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • 10 U.S.C. § 352Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.
  • Pub. L. 119-60, § 1205Enacted December 18, 2025; operative amendment read.

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 recordedAccount-specific O&M, procurement and military-construction authority; aviation student benefits only as allowed by §§348/350. 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. P.L. 119-60 §1205 read: mandatory NAVSCIATTS operation and exclusion of fixed O&M costs from tuition.

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

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