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IND-11 / Industrial capacity, capital and credit

Convene public/private capital and vet agency investment transactions

A National Security Capital Forum connects financiers, firms, partner nations and agencies and acts as a clearinghouse for potential loan/equity transactions by agencies with their own authorities.

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At a glance

Mission goalExpand production
Possible toolIND-11 · Investment & capital

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense; OSC Director chairs

Investment & capital

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Participant vetting, conflicts procedures and required operating guidance
  • Include Industrial Base Policy, DLA Director and DoD General Counsel

Limits & exclusions

  • Forum coordination is not itself authority to buy equity or obligate another agency’s money
  • Expanded clearinghouse provisions sunset Dec.31,2035

Funding conditions

  • Administrative appropriations; each transaction must carry its own substantive authority and funds.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • OSC investment and credit teams
    Office profile
  • Technology and acquisition requirement sponsors

Resources

Approval

Execution

Partners & review

  • Domestic and international financiers
  • Partner-nation government/private entities
  • ASD(Industrial Base Policy), DLA Director, DoD General Counsel
    Office profile

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal powerSource and conditions recorded
EligibilityProject-specific check needed
Available fundsBalances not verified
DelegationValid signature authority must be checked
ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked

Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.

Currentness: 2024 official U.S. Code operative text read; relevant amendments in Pub. L. 119-60 (Dec. 18, 2025), 119-21 and 119-103 examined. Rolling OLRC source consulted where retrievable; transaction-specific later-law and delegation confirmation remains necessary.

Research target: October 2, 2026. A record-specific last-review date is not supplied. Publication date is not legal-currentness certification.

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