What is FMS funding?

Foreign Military Sales (FMS) is the U.S. Government’s program for transferring defense articles, services, and training to our international partners and international organizations. The FMS program is funded by administrative charges to foreign purchasers and is operated at no cost to taxpayers.

What is BPC funding?

1.1. General. Building Partner Capacity (BPC) programs encompass security cooperation and security assistance activities that are funded with U.S. Government (USG) appropriations and administered as cases within the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) infrastructure.

What are 333 funds?

Purpose: To conduct or support programs providing training and equipment to national security forces of foreign countries for the purpose of building capacity of Partner Nations to conduct one or more of the following activities: Counterterrorism operations.

What is the goal of the Golden Sentry End Use Monitoring EUM program?

The Golden Sentry End-Use Monitoring (EUM) program is designed to verify defense articles or services transferred by the United States Government (USG) to foreign recipients are being used in accordance with the terms and conditions of the transfer agreement or other applicable agreement.

How does the FMS process work?

FMS programs are conducted through binding contractual agreements between the U.S. government (USG) and an authorized foreign purchaser. These government-to-government agreements to transfer defense articles and services are called Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOAs).

Which program is funded by US Government Title 10 appropriations and used by DoD and other?

DOD security cooperation programs
Department of Defense Security Cooperation Funding Levels DOD security cooperation programs are authorized by Title 10 of the U.S. Code and provisions in NDAAs. Not all Title 10 and NDAA authorities have funding levels specified by authorization and/or appropriations legislation.

Which program is funded by US Government Title 10?

DOD security cooperation programs are authorized by Title 10 of the U.S. Code and provisions in NDAAs.

What is the Blue Lantern program?

Under the Blue Lantern program, PM Bureau and U.S. Embassy personnel worldwide conduct pre-license, post-license/pre-shipment, and post-shipment checks to verify the bona fides of foreign consignees and end-users, and confirm the legitimacy of proposed transactions.

What are SCO requirements for routine or enhanced EUM program?

3.1. Routine EUM (REUM) is required for all defense articles and services provided via government-to-government programs. SCO personnel are required to observe and report to the CCMD, DSCA, and DoS any potential misuse or unapproved transfer of U.S.-origin defense articles.