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Action brief · USC-72

Exchange space-awareness information and recover permitted service costs

Objective
Work with allies and partners
Family / instrument
International business, logistics and investment · Commercial space and airlift
Statute
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense
Executor · routing lead
Responsible commercial-space or airlift contracting/agreement office; current assignment must be verified

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Since January 1, 2024, the Secretary must determine that the exchange or service is necessary to meet U.S. national-security interests.
An agreement must restrict onward transfer and state any permitted charge and other required conditions.
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Permitted receipts may be credited to the original or appropriate currently available account and merge with its period of availability; no independent appropriation is created.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

Not an unrestricted commercial data-sharing authority; the necessity finding and disclosure terms control.

Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded

Implementation caution: Statutory coverage only: no current implementing program, application window, available balance or individual delegation verified.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory mechanism; current program implementation, open intake, funds and individual delegations were not verified in this statutory review.

Actor sources

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