Transfer excess or sell surplus equipment to eligible public-safety agencies
- Objective
- Protect technology and industry
- Family / instrument
- Domestic and interagency support · Public-safety equipment transfers
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense
- Executor · routing lead
- Authorized DoD property-disposal official (illustrative; delegation not verified)
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Excess-transfer routes use existing stocks, as-is/where-is acceptance and recipient payment of post-transfer costs; no procurement funds to effect the transfer.
§2576a controlled property requires annual local-authority-backed protocols/training certification and accountability.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Recipient reimbursement of applicable costs; distinct consideration requirements by route.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
§2576 fair-market-value surplus sales differ from potentially no-charge excess transfers; neither is §281 new-equipment procurement.
- §2576a bars listed items including weaponized drones and weaponized tracked combat vehicles; statutory recipient and use restrictions remain.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram unverified
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-review addition. Current program implementation, intake, available funds, and individual signing authority have not been verified.
Actor sources
- 10 U.S.C. § 2576 statutory holder and conditions
- 10 U.S.C. § 2576a statutory holder and conditions
- 10 U.S.C. § 2576b statutory holder and conditions
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