{
  "id": "USC-61",
  "category": "Foreign military construction sales",
  "capability": "Sell military design and construction services to foreign customers",
  "summary": "Sell design and construction services to eligible foreign countries or international organizations, or contract for them against a dependable foreign undertaking to fund all contract and cancellation costs.",
  "legal_basis": [
    {
      "citation": "22 U.S.C. § 2769",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title22/html/USCODE-2024-title22-chap39-subchapII-A-sec2769.htm",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": "Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks."
    },
    {
      "citation": "22 U.S.C. § 2752",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title22/html/USCODE-2024-title22-chap39-subchapI-sec2752.htm",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": "Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks."
    },
    {
      "citation": "22 U.S.C. § 2753",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title22/html/USCODE-2024-title22-chap39-subchapI-sec2753.htm",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": "Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks."
    }
  ],
  "authority_holder": "President under the AECA; authorized DoD execution under State supervision",
  "actor_chain": {
    "planner": [
      "Foreign partner and implementing-agency construction sponsor (illustrative routing lead)"
    ],
    "resource_owner": [
      "Cognizant component comptroller; account and available balance unverified"
    ],
    "approver": [
      "President under the AECA; authorized DoD execution under State supervision"
    ],
    "executor": [
      "Authorized DoD construction contracting office (illustrative; delegation not verified)"
    ],
    "partners": [
      "Department of State",
      "DSCA"
    ]
  },
  "actor_sources": [
    {
      "title": "22 U.S.C. § 2769 statutory holder and conditions",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title22/html/USCODE-2024-title22-chap39-subchapII-A-sec2769.htm"
    },
    {
      "title": "22 U.S.C. § 2752 statutory holder and conditions",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title22/html/USCODE-2024-title22-chap39-subchapI-sec2752.htm"
    },
    {
      "title": "22 U.S.C. § 2753 statutory holder and conditions",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title22/html/USCODE-2024-title22-chap39-subchapI-sec2753.htm"
    }
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Eligible customer; full-cost U.S.-dollar payment in advance for government-performed services.",
    "Contracted services require dependable undertaking and timely funds before payments or termination costs come due."
  ],
  "limits": [
    "No U.S. loss or underfunded foreign construction subsidy authorized; AECA eligibility and oversight apply."
  ],
  "funding": [
    "Foreign customer advance payments or dependable undertaking under §2769."
  ],
  "coordination_path": "Mission sponsor → component counsel and comptroller → required statutory findings and approvals → authorized execution office. Routing is illustrative; verify delegation and available funds.",
  "availability": "Statutory-review addition. Current program implementation, intake, available funds, and individual signing authority have not been 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.",
  "family": "International business, logistics and investment",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-10-05",
  "supplement": "usc-review-2026-10-05",
  "implementation_caution": "Statutory-source review only. A current implementing program, open intake, available funds and individual delegation were not verified.",
  "usc_review_notes": [
    "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."
  ],
  "mechanisms": [
    "Other statutory tools"
  ],
  "goal_ids": [
    "allies-partners"
  ],
  "office_links": [
    {
      "office_id": "comptrollers",
      "role": "resource_owner",
      "label": "Cognizant component comptroller; account and available balance unverified"
    }
  ],
  "family_slug": "international-business-logistics-and-investment",
  "instrument_groups": [
    "Other statutory tools"
  ],
  "executor_route": {
    "id": "execution-usc-61",
    "name": "Authorized DoD construction contracting office (illustrative; delegation not verified)",
    "label": "Authorized DoD construction contracting office (illustrative; delegation not verified)",
    "url": "/offices/execution/usc-61/",
    "basis": "Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office."
  },
  "program_context": [],
  "program_research": null,
  "checks": [
    {
      "key": "legal",
      "label": "Legal basis",
      "state": "Sources linked",
      "detail": "Legal sources and instrument limits are recorded."
    },
    {
      "key": "eligibility",
      "label": "Requirements",
      "state": "Gates recorded",
      "detail": "Read the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action."
    },
    {
      "key": "funds",
      "label": "Public funding",
      "state": "Rules recorded",
      "detail": "Foreign customer advance payments or dependable undertaking under §2769. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.",
      "url": "/capabilities/usc-61/#funding"
    },
    {
      "key": "delegation",
      "label": "Assigned roles",
      "state": "Roles recorded",
      "detail": "Public sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.",
      "url": "/capabilities/usc-61/#roles"
    },
    {
      "key": "execution",
      "label": "Engagement",
      "state": "Program unverified",
      "detail": "Added in the October 5 statutory review; no current implementing program, intake or individual delegation verified.",
      "url": "/sources/usc/"
    }
  ],
  "hard_limit": "No U.S. loss or underfunded foreign construction subsidy authorized; AECA eligibility and oversight apply."
}