EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on USC-52

Authorized contracting and force-protection offices (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

Executing office · routing lead

Authorized contracting and force-protection offices (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 recordedLawfully available defense funds; annual ceiling is not an appropriation. 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-52 · Overseas force-protection purchases

Purchase weapons overseas to protect deployed U.S. forces

Buy weapons from foreign persons, governments, international organizations or other entities in a country where U.S. armed forces are engaged in ongoing military operations, for force protection.

What this is not / limit: Not a general weapons-buyback or procurement authority outside the statutory location and purpose.

Executing role: Authorized contracting and force-protection offices (illustrative; delegation not verified)

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense

Eligibility gate

  • Ongoing U.S. military operations in the country and a force-protection purpose; semiannual congressional reporting when used.

Funding condition

  • Lawfully available defense funds; annual ceiling is not an appropriation.

All recorded limits

  • Aggregate annual spending ceiling $15 million.
  • Not a general weapons-buyback or procurement authority outside the statutory location and purpose.
Contracts & purchases
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.