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ACQ-33 / Research, innovation and experimentation

Finance, furnish, lend, lease or sell specialized contractor research/test facilities

An R&D contract may acquire or construct necessary specialized research/development/test facilities and equipment at U.S. expense and make them available to the contractor.

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At a glance

Possible toolACQ-33 · Loans & guarantees
Legal basis10 U.S.C. §4174

Authority holder: Secretary of the military department concerned

Loans & guaranteesProperty & leases

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Facilities/equipment necessary for contract; allowable-cost rules.
  • Nonremovable installations on nonfederal land need reimbursement, land-acquisition option or other adequate U.S. protection.

Limits & exclusions

  • Explicitly does not authorize new construction or improvements with general utility.
  • Sale/reimbursement receipts normally go to Treasury unless another law applies.

Funding conditions

  • R&D contract funds; loans/leases may be with or without reimbursement; sales at fair value.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • R&D program and test engineers

Resources

  • Military-department research program funds

Approval

  • Military-department Secretary determination/authorized delegate

Execution

  • Contracting office and contractor

Partners & review

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Program establishes necessity → facilities/fiscal review → Secretary/delegate determination → contract sets property/disposition protections.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

  • 10 U.S.C. §4174Primary statutory text; primary GovInfo baseline and amendment audit identified in research narrative.

What this research establishes

Legal powerSource and conditions recorded
EligibilityProject-specific check needed
Available fundsBalances not verified
DelegationValid signature authority must be checked
ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked

Confidence: High on express authority and cited conditions; execution assignment is illustrative unless statute expressly names it.

Currentness: GovInfo 2024 Code (includes FY2025 NDAA, P.L. 118-159) read in full for cited provision; targeted FY2026 NDAA P.L. 119-60 amendment/repeal sweep. No claim of complete legislative currency through 2026-10-02; remaining 2026 delta needs counsel validation.

Research target: October 2, 2026. A record-specific last-review date is not supplied. Publication date is not legal-currentness certification.

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