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Action brief · IND-51

Sell, transfer or donate excess/surplus defense property through disposal pathways

Objective
Improve facilities and energy
Family / instrument
Property, construction and housing · Surplus disposal
Statute
Authority holder
GSA Administrator for general surplus regime; Service Secretary for specific defense conveyances
Executor · routing lead
USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Excess/surplus screening and applicable disposal delegation
Advertising or valid negotiated/public-benefit exception
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Receipts handled under controlling disposal/appropriation law; no general self-financing authority.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

DoD does not freely sell any needed asset or retain any proceeds

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 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.