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Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-15

Laboratory/test organization and supporting fiscal/contracting staff

This preserves the record’s role labels; it is not an additional verified institutional directory node.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Secretary of Defense establishes mechanisms; directors exercise discretion in consultation with Service S&T executive

Executing office · routing lead

Laboratory/test organization and supporting fiscal/contracting staff

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

Intake

Use the responsible program or contracting office for this instrument.

The recorded role is not itself a general application endpoint.

What this role does not control

A routing lead does not establish funds, an individual delegation or approval of the proposed action.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram-specificRecorded executing role: Laboratory/test organization and supporting fiscal/contracting staff. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-15 · Laboratory investment

Reinvest laboratory and test-organization funds in innovation, transition, people and minor infrastructure

Directors may use statutory 2–4% mechanisms for research, transition, workforce development and qualifying infrastructure; fixed customer surcharge up to 4% may support these purposes.

What this is not / limit: A flexible internal investment mechanism, not unlimited new MILCON authority or off-budget money.

Executing role: Laboratory/test organization and supporting fiscal/contracting staff

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense establishes mechanisms; directors exercise discretion in consultation with Service S&T executive

Eligibility gate

  • 2–4% of available funds under established mechanisms.
  • Infrastructure must meet §2805(d)/ §2811 applicable cost rules and pre-use congressional notification.

Funding condition

  • Funds already available to lab/test organization; fees limited to 4% of performance costs.

All recorded limits

  • A flexible internal investment mechanism, not unlimited new MILCON authority or off-budget money.
Other statutory tools
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram-specific
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Actor sources & routing basis

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