EconDefense
Authority / instrument

Contracts & purchases

Find what military information, equipment, expertise or procurement support may be provided to civilian authorities and eligible governments.

1 records in this family–mechanism intersection. These editorial groups do not expand legal scope.

What this group is not: A contract or purchase tag is not general lending or equity authority; priorities, purchase commitments and financing-cost treatment remain distinct routes.

Basis: ACQ-35, ACQ-41, IND-01, IND-55

INT-39 · Domestic and foreign interagency support

Contract for and provide counterdrug or counter-transnational-crime support

Supply specified transport, training, equipment maintenance, communications, analysis, reconnaissance and limited construction support to qualifying agencies.

What this is not / limit: Support is not freestanding criminal enforcement authority; §275 direct-participation bar remains.

Executing role: Military support elements and ordinary contracting offices; Joint interagency support organizations

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense upon proper requesting official’s request.

Eligibility gate

  • Correct domestic/foreign statutory menu and request channel.
  • 15-day notice and applicable quarterly/foreign-program reporting.
  • Contracts allowed where DoD normally would acquire equivalent own-mission services/equipment by contract.

Funding condition

  • Available eligible funds, not agency-wide authority to transfer unrestricted cash.

All recorded limits

  • Support is not freestanding criminal enforcement authority; §275 direct-participation bar remains.
  • Foreign-support purposes narrower than domestic menu; small-scale construction definition applies.
  • Short-term preparedness waiver requires specific balancing determination.
Contracts & purchases
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram-specific
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Actor sources & routing basis

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

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