EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on USC-51

Authorized rewards-program and financial officials (illustrative; delegation 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 or narrowly authorized delegate

Executing office · routing lead

Authorized rewards-program and financial officials (illustrative; delegation 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 recordedIdentify lawfully available program funds; section does not create unlimited reward funding. 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-51 · Defense rewards

Pay rewards for qualifying counterterrorism information or force-protection assistance

Pay money or provide payment-in-kind for information or nonlethal assistance benefiting covered overseas counterterrorism operations or U.S./allied force protection.

What this is not / limit: Maximum $5 million per reward; combatant-command delegation normally limited to $1 million, with narrower redelegation rules.

Executing role: Authorized rewards-program and financial officials (illustrative; delegation not verified)

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense or narrowly authorized delegate

Eligibility gate

  • Consult State and Justice through required policies; State consultation for rewards above $2 million.
  • Follow statutory delegation ceilings and country-designation/annual reporting.

Funding condition

  • Identify lawfully available program funds; section does not create unlimited reward funding.

All recorded limits

  • Maximum $5 million per reward; combatant-command delegation normally limited to $1 million, with narrower redelegation rules.
  • U.S. citizens, U.S. officers/employees and employees of U.S. contractors are ineligible.
Security & information
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.