Grant extraordinary national-defense contractual relief
- Objective
- Bring a prototype into use
- Family / instrument
- Acquisition, transition and contract finance · Contract relief & risk allocation
- Statute
- Authority holder
- President authorizes; DoD/Service officials or Contract Adjustment Boards within lawful delegation
- Executor · routing lead
- Contracting officer and departmental relief process
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
National-defense facilitation; valid Presidential authorization and applicable national emergency.
Above $500k approval at specified senior level; above $150m congressional notice and 60 days continuous-session wait.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Available lawful funds and contingent-liability review; special inflation relief required specific appropriations even when active.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not permission to disregard all procurement/fiscal laws; §1432 express exclusions remain.
- Separate inflation-only §1431(c)-(d) authority ended 2025-12-31 in audited law and is not treated as currently available.
- Statute is substantive grant; Executive Order 10789 only supplies implementation/delegation, not a substitute grant.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Conditional statutory pathway; current emergency/delegation predicate and funds must be validated. Inflation-only temporary branch not represented as available.
Actor sources
- 50 U.S.C. chapter 29, including Executive Order 10789 implementation note
- FY26 §876 —90-dayhazardous-indemnification review and DCMA input
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.