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USC-60 / International business, logistics and investment

Waive specified NATO AWACS costs and assume limited program liabilities

For defined NATO AWACS memoranda and follow-on support agreements, waive listed support costs or administrative surcharges and assume specifically enumerated contingent liabilities.

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Authority / instrument · USC-60

NATO cooperative-program finance

International business, logistics and investment

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of Defense

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Contingent liabilities are limited to listed contracting-officer gross-negligence losses, U.S. taxes/charges and U.S. unfunded termination share—not general indemnification.

Recorded executor

Authorized AWACS contracting and finance offices (illustrative; delegation not verified)

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedAvailable AWACS program appropriations and the agreement’s financial terms. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedAdded in the October 5 statutory review; no current implementing program, intake or individual delegation verified.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolUSC-60 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense

Other statutory tools

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

Availability and verification

Statutory-review addition. Current program implementation, intake, available funds, and individual signing authority have not been verified.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Use must implement one of the defined AWACS arrangements; identify the eligible support service and liability category.

Limits & exclusions

  • Contract authority is effective only to the extent or amount provided in appropriation Acts.
  • Contingent liabilities are limited to listed contracting-officer gross-negligence losses, U.S. taxes/charges and U.S. unfunded termination share—not general indemnification.
  • The listed-function reimbursement waiver in § 2350e(a)(1) excludes work performed by Air Force AWACS program-office personnel.

Funding conditions

  • Available AWACS program appropriations and the agreement’s financial terms.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • NATO AWACS program sponsor (illustrative routing lead)

Resources

  • Cognizant component comptroller; account and available balance unverified
    Office profile

Approval

Execution

  • Authorized AWACS contracting and finance offices (illustrative; delegation not verified)

Partners & review

  • NATO program partners

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

Coordination pathway

Mission sponsor → component counsel and comptroller → required statutory findings and approvals → authorized execution office. Routing is illustrative; verify delegation and available funds.

Actor and execution-role sources

October 5 statutory review

Added in the October 5 statutory coverage review. The cited legal mechanism and its conditions were examined; a current implementing program, intake, funding balance and individual delegation were not verified.

Section coverage and review findings

Legal basis

  • 10 U.S.C. § 2350eOfficial 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedAvailable AWACS program appropriations and the agreement’s financial terms. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedAdded in the October 5 statutory review; no current implementing program, intake or individual delegation verified.

Confidence: High on the cited statutory mechanism; no implementation or obligation-ready certification.

Currentness: Reviewed 2026-10-05 against full official GovInfo 2024 Code text and a targeted P.L. 119-60 reference sweep. Official OLRC indexed text used where accessible; direct OLRC pages returned maintenance or access errors. No comprehensive later-law certification or current funding/delegation verification.

Review scope: Record reviewed 2026-10-05. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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