text: Fund the Force
  the number of personnel that may be detailed under this authority. This authority has been interpreted
  broadly and has been used as authority to detail U.S. military to peace enforcement operations.
  2-164. Reimbursements. Reimbursements for Section 628 details are governed by Section 630 of the
  FAA. U.S. policy is that the DOD will be reimbursed the incremental costs associated with the participation
  of the U.S. military in a UN operation.
  2-165. Examples. This authority was used to provide U.S. logisticians to Somalia as part of peace
  enforcement operations.
  The Economy Act, 31 USC 1535, et seq.
  2-166. Purpose. The Economy Act ( Title 31, United States Code (U.S.C.) Sections 1535 and 1536
  provides authority for federal agencies to order goods and services from major organizations within the
  same agency or other federal agencies and to pay the actual costs of those goods and services. Congress
  passed the Act in 1932 to obtain economies of scale and eliminate overlapping activities of the Federal
  Government. Within the Department, an activity within a DOD Component may place an order for goods
  or services with (1) another activity within the same DOD Component, (2) another DOD Component, or (3)
  with another federal agency.
  2-167. Procedures. Transactions include interagency and intra-agency support, where an activity needing
  supplies or services (requesting or ordering agency) obtains them from another activity (servicing or
  performing agency). Within the Department of Defense (DOD), Economy Act orders typically are executed
  by issuance of a DD Form 448, “Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request”. Project orders are outside
  the scope of the Economy Act, defined under 41 U.S.C. §6307, and discussed in Chapter 2 of the DOD
  FMR. Chapter 1 shall be referenced for overall guidance and discussion of General Reimbursement
  Procedures and Supporting Documentation.
  2-168. Examples. This authority is used routinely when a requesting agency (customer authority) places
  an order for goods or services to another federal agency or DOD component.
  Project Order Act
  2-169. Purpose: The Project Order Act gives DOD activities the authority to place orders with other
  DOD activities IAW published guidance. A “project order” is a specific, definite, and certain order issued
  under the authority contained in 41 U.S.C. 23. When placed with, and accepted by, a separately managed
  DOD establishment, the project order serves to obligate appropriations in the same manner as orders or
  contracts placed with commercial enterprises.
  2-170. Procedures: Guidance regarding project orders is contained in DODFMR Vol. 11A. Chapter 2. A
  “DOD-owned establishment” for the purpose of this chapter is any DOD-owned and operated activity (that
  is, not contractor owned or operated). Such activities include working capital fund activities; other
  revolving fund activities; and those appropriated fund activities engaged in reimbursable operations that
  reasonably are not severable into fiscal year segments and where such operations can be forecasted with
  reasonable accuracy.
  2-171. Examples: Examples of such activities include: equipment overhaul or maintenance shops,
  manufacturing or processing plants or shops, research-and-development laboratories, computer software
  design activities, testing facilities, proving grounds owned and operated by the Department, and
  engineering and construction activities.
  Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 USC 5121, et seq.
  2-172. Purpose. The Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 USC 5121) provides for
  an orderly and continuing means of assistance by the Federal government to state and local governments in
  carrying out their responsibilities to alleviate disaster-related suffering and damage.
  2-173. Procedures. Upon the request of the affected state’s governor, the President may declare an
  emergency or major disaster, thereby permitting mobilization of Federal assistance under the Act. The
  Stafford Act requires reimbursement to the DOD for the incremental costs of providing support. Approval