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Action brief · IND-02

Guarantee private loans for defense production capacity

Objective
Expand production
Family / instrument
Industrial capacity, capital and credit · Industrial credit
Statute
Authority holder
President; designated guaranteeing agency
Executor · routing lead
Assigned DPA Title III executing office and warranted contracting officer; current assignment must be verified

USD(A&S) and WIRE/IBAS program office; current assignment must be verified.

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Required findings on defense essentiality, private-credit availability, cost effectiveness, repayment/security and interest unless statutory emergency exception applies
Applicant security generally at least 20% of loan
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Advance credit-cost budget authority and statutory loan-principal limitation required; ordinary procurement money is not automatically credit subsidy authority.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

Not general banking authority; applies to identified defense shortfalls

Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingScale documented
Assigned rolesRemit sourced

Program process, audience and dated intake check (2026-10-04)

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Actor sources

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.