EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on USC-72

Responsible commercial-space or airlift contracting/agreement office; current assignment must be 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

Responsible commercial-space or airlift contracting/agreement office; current assignment must be 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 recordedPermitted receipts may be credited to the original or appropriate currently available account and merge with its period of availability; no independent appropriation is created. 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-72 · Commercial space and airlift

Exchange space-awareness information and recover permitted service costs

Provide space situational-awareness information to, and obtain data from, eligible nonfederal entities under agreements with security, redistribution and reimbursement conditions.

What this is not / limit: Not an unrestricted commercial data-sharing authority; the necessity finding and disclosure terms control.

Executing role: Responsible commercial-space or airlift contracting/agreement office; current assignment must be verified

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense

Eligibility gate

  • Since January 1, 2024, the Secretary must determine that the exchange or service is necessary to meet U.S. national-security interests.
  • An agreement must restrict onward transfer and state any permitted charge and other required conditions.

Funding condition

  • Permitted receipts may be credited to the original or appropriate currently available account and merge with its period of availability; no independent appropriation is created.

All recorded limits

  • Not an unrestricted commercial data-sharing authority; the necessity finding and disclosure terms control.
  • State and local governments may not be charged under subsection (d).
Cooperation & exchangesSecurity & 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.