EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on USC-56

Designated Defense Agency agreements, grants and recovery 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; Secretary of State concurrence or approval where specified

Executing office · routing lead

Designated Defense Agency agreements, grants and recovery 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 recordedAvailable mission funds; gifts of money go to the DoD General Gift Fund under §1501a. 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-56 · Missing-personnel recovery partnerships

Partner, grant and procure to account for missing personnel

Use recovery-focused public-private partnerships, grants, cooperative agreements, property support and gifts; separately assist and procure goods/services from foreign nations for missing-U.S.-personnel accounting.

What this is not / limit: §408 annual assistance ceiling is $15 million, subject to notified waiver—not the obsolete $5 million baseline.

Executing role: Designated Defense Agency agreements, grants and recovery offices (illustrative; delegation not verified)

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense; Secretary of State concurrence or approval where specified

Eligibility gate

  • Private assistance must support the designated missing-personnel Defense Agency; foreign partnerships need State concurrence.
  • §408 foreign assistance needs specific State approval; annual reporting and terrorism-related recipient prohibitions apply.

Funding condition

  • Available mission funds; gifts of money go to the DoD General Gift Fund under §1501a.

All recorded limits

  • §408 annual assistance ceiling is $15 million, subject to notified waiver—not the obsolete $5 million baseline.
  • §1501a gifts cannot compromise integrity or its appearance; sole-source grants/agreements and no-cost property support remain mission-limited.
Contracts & purchasesGrants & cooperative agreements
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.