EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-51

Contracting officer and departmental relief process

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

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

President authorizes; DoD/Service officials or Contract Adjustment Boards within lawful delegation

Executing office · routing lead

Contracting officer and departmental relief process

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.
EngagementRole recordedRecorded executing role: Contracting officer and departmental relief process. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-51 · Contract relief & risk allocation

Grant extraordinary national-defense contractual relief

Under Presidential authorization during qualifying emergency, enter/amend/modify contracts and make advances where necessary to facilitate national defense, subject to statutory safeguards.

What this is not / limit: Not permission to disregard all procurement/fiscal laws; §1432 express exclusions remain.

Executing role: Contracting officer and departmental relief process

Authority holder

President authorizes; DoD/Service officials or Contract Adjustment Boards within lawful delegation

Eligibility gate

  • National-defense facilitation; valid Presidential authorization and applicable national emergency.
  • Above $500k approval at specified senior level; above $150m congressional notice and 60 days continuous-session wait.

Funding condition

  • Available lawful funds and contingent-liability review; special inflation relief required specific appropriations even when active.

All recorded limits

  • Not permission to disregard all procurement/fiscal laws; §1432 express exclusions remain.
  • Separate inflation-only §1431(c)-(d) authority ended 2025-12-31 in audited law and is not treated as currently available.
  • Statute is substantive grant; Executive Order 10789 only supplies implementation/delegation, not a substitute grant.
Contracts & purchasesGrants & cooperative agreements
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Actor sources & routing basis

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