EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-33

Contracting office and contractor

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

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Secretary of the military department concerned

Executing office · routing lead

Contracting office and contractor

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: Contracting office and contractor. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-33 · Test infrastructure

Finance, furnish, lend, lease or sell specialized contractor research/test facilities

An R&D contract may acquire or construct necessary specialized research/development/test facilities and equipment at U.S. expense and make them available to the contractor.

What this is not / limit: Explicitly does not authorize new construction or improvements with general utility.

Executing role: Contracting office and contractor

Authority holder

Secretary of the military department concerned

Eligibility gate

  • Facilities/equipment necessary for contract; allowable-cost rules.
  • Nonremovable installations on nonfederal land need reimbursement, land-acquisition option or other adequate U.S. protection.

Funding condition

  • R&D contract funds; loans/leases may be with or without reimbursement; sales at fair value.

All recorded limits

  • Explicitly does not authorize new construction or improvements with general utility.
  • Sale/reimbursement receipts normally go to Treasury unless another law applies.
Loans & guaranteesProperty & leases
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
Actor sources & routing basis

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