§382 Execution and Administration of Programs and Activities

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must put one office and one official in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (at the Under Secretary of Defense level or below) in charge of strategic policy and overall resource decisions for security cooperation programs. The Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency runs and manages all Department of Defense security cooperation work that gives defense items, military training, or other defense services by grant, loan, cash sale, or lease. The Director can assign parts of the military or other DoD organizations to carry out those programs if that will make them more effective, efficient, and economical. Money available to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and other DoD funds for security cooperation may be used to carry out these programs. The funds needed for each fiscal year must be listed and justified in the consolidated budget required by section 381.