text: Legal Considerations
  border and maritime security, internal defense, and counterterrorism operations. Funds provided may also
  be used for the justice sector, including law enforcement and prisons, rule of law programs, and
  stabilization efforts in a country in those cases in which the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
  Secretary of Defense, determines that the conflict or instability in a country or region challenges the
  existing capability of civilian providers to deliver such assistance. Funds come from both DOD operation
  and maintenance appropriations and Department of State funds.
  HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
  13-57. Congress typically limits when it funds training or equipment for foreign security forces under
  provisions commonly known as the Leahy Amendment or Leahy vetting procedures. If the Department of
  State has credible information that the foreign security force unit identified to receive the training or
  equipment has engaged in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human
  rights, Congress prohibits funding. Such prohibitions impose a requirement upon Department of State and
  DOD. These departments must vet the proposed recipient units against a database of credible reports of
  human rights violations.
  CLAIMS AND SOLATIA
  13-58. Under certain conditions, the U.S. government makes payments to host-nation civilians. The
  Foreign Claims Act permits certain claims to be filed against the U.S. government. In some countries,
  solatia payments are available.
  FOREIGN CLAIMS ACT
  13-59. Under the Foreign Claims Act, claims by host-nation civilians for property losses, injury, or death
  caused by service members or the civilian component of the U.S. forces may be paid to promote and
  maintain friendly relations with a host nation. Claims that result from noncombat activities or negligent or
  wrongful acts or omissions are payable. Claims that are not payable under the Foreign Claims Act include
  losses from combat, contractual matters, domestic obligations, and claims that are either not in the best
  interest of the U.S. to pay or that are contrary to public policy. Because payment of claims requires
  adjudication of the claim and because many claims prove, upon investigation, to be not payable, U.S. forces
  must be careful not to raise expectations by promising payment.
  SOLATIA
  13-60. If U.S. forces are conducting counterinsurgency in a country where payments in sympathy or
  recognition of loss are common, solatia payments to accident victims may be legally payable. Solatia
  payments are not claims payments. They are payments in money or in kind to a victim or to a victim’s
  family as an expression of sympathy or condolence. The payments are customarily made immediately and
  generally are nominal. The individual or unit involved in the damage has no legal obligation to pay;
  compensation is simply offered as an expression of remorse according to local custom. Solatia payments
  should not be made without prior coordination with the combatant command.
  ESTABLISHING THE RULE OF LAW
  13-61. Establishing the rule of law is a key goal and end state in counterinsurgency. Defining that end
  state requires extensive coordination between the instruments of U.S. power, a host nation, and
  multinational partners. Attaining that end state is usually the mission of host-nation authorities,
  international and intergovernmental organizations, the Department of State, and other U.S. government
  agencies, with, in some cases, support from U.S. forces. Some key aspects of the rule of law include—