{
  "id": "INT-11",
  "category": "International logistics",
  "capability": "Pool allied transport, patient-movement and communications services",
  "summary": "Enter tailored reciprocal transportation and patient-movement arrangements, including SEOS and ATARES participation. Separately exchange allied communications support and related supplies/services for equivalent value.",
  "legal_basis": [
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2350c",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2350c&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2350m",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2350m&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2350o",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2350o&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2350p",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2350p&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2350f",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2350f&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    }
  ],
  "authority_holder": "Secretary of Defense, with Secretary of State concurrence where prescribed.",
  "actor_chain": {
    "planner": [
      "USTRANSCOM and geographic CCMD logistics/medical planners"
    ],
    "resource_owner": [
      "Participating Service/transportation O&M or applicable account"
    ],
    "approver": [
      "Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State",
      "Patient-movement credential certification by SecDef"
    ],
    "executor": [
      "USTRANSCOM/Service transport and medical organizations under approved arrangements",
      "DISA/Service communications support offices for §2350f arrangements"
    ],
    "partners": [
      "Movement Coordination Centre Europe",
      "Eligible partner governments"
    ]
  },
  "actor_sources": [
    {
      "title": "DSCA Security Assistance Management Manual, chapter 1: roles and implementing agencies",
      "url": "https://samm.dsca.mil/chapter/chapter-1"
    }
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Select correct tailored agreement; equitable costs, exchange balances and notifications.",
    "Patient movement requires comparable-or-better credentials/standards, 15-day certification notice and annual recertification.",
    "§2350c allied airlift normally uses spare peacetime capacity, equal reimbursement rates and liquidation at least every 12 months; defense-sale delivery charged full transportation cost.",
    "§2350f communications arrangement needs State approval, term at most five years, annual reconciliations and final cash liquidation within 30 days after term."
  ],
  "limits": [
    "Different statutes are not interchangeable.",
    "SEOS does not waive U.S. sealift cargo preference; ATARES has statutory executed-flight-hour limits.",
    "Suspend patient-movement use if required recertification cannot be made."
  ],
  "funding": [
    "Transport recurring/nonrecurring operating costs from authorized accounts; reciprocal exchanges and properly credited reimbursements.",
    "§2350f liabilities charged to applicable communications appropriation at reconciliation; receipts credited to providing appropriation."
  ],
  "coordination_path": "Transport/medical requirement → USTRANSCOM/Service → international and clinical credential review → approved agreement and funded exchange accounting.",
  "availability": "Existing statutory pathway; conditional on the listed findings, approvals, eligible purpose and actual available funds. Not an obligation-ready certification.",
  "confidence": "High on express statutory capability; execution/delegation and currently available resources require program-specific confirmation.",
  "currentness": "GovInfo 2024 U.S. Code baseline read; relevant FY2026 NDAA (Pub. L. 119-60, enacted 2025-12-18) amendments reviewed. Target 2026-10-02; source-specific OLRC checks and remaining delta are documented in international.md. No certification of current funds or executed delegations.",
  "family": "International business, logistics and investment",
  "mechanisms": [
    "Other statutory tools"
  ],
  "goal_ids": [
    "allies-partners"
  ],
  "office_links": [
    {
      "office_id": "combatant-commands",
      "role": "planner",
      "label": "USTRANSCOM and geographic CCMD logistics/medical planners"
    },
    {
      "office_id": "secretary-deputy-secretary",
      "role": "approver",
      "label": "Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State"
    },
    {
      "office_id": "secretary-deputy-secretary",
      "role": "approver",
      "label": "Patient-movement credential certification by SecDef"
    }
  ]
}