Authorization of appropriations

(a) International security cooperation program Funds made available under the International Security Cooperation Program account are authorized to be made available to the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of entering into compacts authorized under section 6. Funds made available under this paragraph for entering into a compact are authorized to remain available until the completion of the compact. (b) Security sector compact fund (1) Establishment There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, which shall be known as the Security Sector Compact Fund (in this paragraph referred to as the Fund), to be administered by the Department and the Department of Defense, as appropriate, to support security sector assistance programs that advance shared security goals through the establishment of a compact authorized under section 6. (2) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2031. (3) Purposes of fund Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Fund shall be used to provide training, technical assistance, capacity building assistance, defense equipment, or military-to-military exchanges for the purposes of addressing shared security challenges, enhancing the bilateral security partnership, and advancing shared security sector governance objectives to conduct one or more of the following: (A) Defense institutional capacity building. (B) Institutional capacity building of oversight institutions and capabilities, including relevant legislative committees, ombudspersons and audit institutions, and civil society stakeholders. (C) Counterterrorism operations. (D) Counter-weapons of mass destruction operations. (E) Counter-illicit drug trafficking operations. (F) Counter-transnational organized crime operations. (G) Maritime and border security operations. (H) Military intelligence operations. (I) Air domain awareness operations. (4) Congressional notification Funds may not be obligated under this paragraph unless the appropriate congressional committees are notified of the amount and nature of such proposed obligation at least 15 days in advance of such proposed obligation, including a description of the ongoing, completed, and planned institutional capacity building efforts with the recipient country. (5) Availability of funds Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assistance made available under the Fund shall be available to any recipient country that is a tier two partner country or a tier three partner country and is a recipient of a Compact. (c) Other funds Any assistance such partner country is eligible for pursuant to the relevant Tier as described in section 4 may also be provided as part of the Compact described in section 6.