EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on USC-20

Authorized contracting, grants, agreements, property, or finance office; implementation not verified

This is a record-specific route, not an additional institutional directory node. Current assignment must be verified.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Secretary of Defense

Executing office · routing lead

Authorized contracting, grants, agreements, property, or finance office; implementation not verified

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 recordedEligible appropriations or other funds lawfully available for the stated purpose; this section does not certify a presently available award balance. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedAdded in the October 5 statutory review; no current implementing program, intake or individual delegation verified.

Selected instrument

USC-20 · Foreign critical-technology monitoring

Finance nonprofit offices monitoring foreign critical technologies

Provide financial assistance through cooperative arrangements with eligible nonprofit industrial or professional organizations to establish foreign critical-technology monitoring and assessment offices.

What this is not / limit: This is a specialized monitoring-assistance power, not a general foreign investment or intelligence collection authority.

Executing role: Authorized contracting, grants, agreements, property, or finance office; implementation not verified

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense

Eligibility gate

  • Recipient must have economic and scientific interests in dual-use critical-technology research, development, and application.
  • Offices may be established in Europe, Pacific Rim countries, or other countries the Secretary considers appropriate.

Funding condition

  • Eligible appropriations or other funds lawfully available for the stated purpose; this section does not certify a presently available award balance.

All recorded limits

  • This is a specialized monitoring-assistance power, not a general foreign investment or intelligence collection authority.
Other statutory tools
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram unverified
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Actor sources & routing basis

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