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Action brief · USC-19

Establish cost-shared laboratory–industry dual-use partnerships

Objective
Develop a technology
Family / instrument
Research, innovation and experimentation · Laboratory diversification partnerships
Statute
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense
Executor · routing lead
Authorized contracting, grants, agreements, property, or finance office; implementation not verified

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Require substantial non-Federal contributions commensurate with risk and benefit; apply in-kind contribution rules.
Use statutory competition and selection criteria; eligible DoD-sponsored FFRDCs count as laboratories for §4833.
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Eligible appropriations or other funds lawfully available for the stated purpose; this section does not certify a presently available award balance.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

The §4832 encouragement and planning duties do not independently authorize unrestricted awards; §4833 and the underlying instruments provide the operative paths.

Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded

Implementation caution: Statutory-source review only. A current implementing program, open intake, available funds and individual delegation were not verified.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Statutory pathway identified; current implementation, intake, funding availability, and executing delegation unverified.

Actor sources

Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Record reviewed 2026-10-05. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.