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Action brief · USC-24

Supply technical samples and equipment and sell laboratory or range access

Objective
Develop a technology
Family / instrument
Intellectual property and technology transfer · Technical information and test access
Statute
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department
Executor · routing lead
Authorized contracting, grants, agreements, property, or finance office; implementation not verified

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Make the required national-defense-interest determination under Secretary of Defense regulations.
Protect third-party information rights and confidential test results.
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Authorized fees may be credited to the providing activity’s appropriations or other funds; fee schedules must conform to statutory limits.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

General facility access under (a)(4) must not directly compete with the domestic private sector; testing/access fees may not exceed direct and indirect costs.

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

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