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.
Cannot waive criminal/civil-penalty statutes, appropriations-expenditure laws or §3601 itself.
Baseline annual statutory pools:$200m each for combat, contingency and cyber categories; $50m for immediate rapid-pathway starts; sustainment use limited 2 years.
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: Service/component program and contracting office. Use the responsible program’s process.
Respond to documented combat, contingency or cyber deficiencies through accelerated acquisition/deployment; specified determinations unlock bounded use of available funds and selected legal waivers.
What this is not / limit: Cannot waive criminal/civil-penalty statutes, appropriations-expenditure laws or §3601 itself.
Executing role: Service/component program and contracting office
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense or Deputy Secretary of Defense for reserved determinations; designated senior official for permitted waivers
Eligibility gate
Documented qualifying deficiency or compelling national-security rapid-pathway need and written determination.
Acquisition, funding, evaluation, disposition and transition strategy; prescribed congressional notice.
Funding condition
Only permitted available funds and O&M accounts; findings/notices and fiscal review essential.
All recorded limits
Cannot waive criminal/civil-penalty statutes, appropriations-expenditure laws or §3601 itself.
Baseline annual statutory pools:$200m each for combat, contingency and cyber categories; $50m for immediate rapid-pathway starts; sustainment use limited 2 years.