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Authority / instrument

Loans & guarantees

Find a reciprocal, jointly funded or cooperative route for allied research, procurement, logistics, infrastructure or investment.

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What this group is not: A loan or guarantee is not equity, and a loan tag may describe lending materials or equipment rather than cash.

Basis: IND-03, IND-09, IND-21, INT-22

INT-04 · International logistics

Acquire, sell, loan or exchange reciprocal logistics support through ACSAs

Acquire foreign logistics support and enter cross-servicing agreements to exchange eligible supplies/services by reimbursement, replacement-in-kind or equal-value exchange.

What this is not / limit: Not general major-weapons sales authority, a grant program, or authorization for hostilities.

Executing role: CCMD/Service authorized ACSA order officials; DLA and supporting logistics organizations

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense; commanders act within an authorized agreement/delegation, not by mission statement alone.

Eligibility gate

  • Eligible counterparty and statutory country designation; non-NATO designation/agreement notifications and 30-day waits.
  • Item fits §2350 logistics definition; pricing, accounting and liquidation requirements.

Funding condition

  • Available appropriations for acquisitions; reimbursements or authorized in-kind/equal-value settlement.
  • Statutory credit ceilings are not cash appropriations.

All recorded limits

  • Cannot buy from foreign government what is reasonably available from U.S. commercial sources.
  • Cannot use an ACSA to route support to a country/organization lacking the required agreement.
  • Not general major-weapons sales authority, a grant program, or authorization for hostilities.
  • Inventory increases and accrued credit/liability ceilings governed by §§2347-2348, subject to statutory operational exceptions.
Loans & guaranteesCooperation & exchanges
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingParent context
Assigned rolesRemit sourced
EngagementRoutes published
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Actor sources & routing basis

Institutional routing from the recorded executing role. See the office profile for its published responsibilities and engagement routes.

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