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ACQ-34 / Research, innovation and experimentation

Sell commercial access to designated DoD test ranges and facilities

Contract with commercial entities for commercial test/evaluation activity at a designated Major Range and Test Facility Installation, recovering costs.

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At a glance

Possible toolACQ-34 · Other statutory tools
Legal basis10 U.S.C. §4175

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense; installation commander may receive specified indirect-cost delegation

Other statutory tools

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

  • Designated installation and compatible commercial test activity.
  • Recover all direct costs; indirect costs as Secretary determines appropriate.

Limits & exclusions

  • Contract must allow immediate termination/prohibition/suspension for public health/safety, property, national-security or foreign-policy detriment.

Funding conditions

  • Collected reimbursements credited to accounts that incurred cost.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Commercial user and range commander

Resources

  • Range/test installation operating accounts

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense/authorized contracting official; commander for delegated indirect-cost judgment
    Office profile

Execution

  • Range contracting office and test workforce

Partners & review

  • Commercial customer; safety/security/range scheduling officials

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

Coordination pathway

Customer → range planning/safety/security → cost and availability determination → contract → test and reimbursement.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

  • 10 U.S.C. §4175Primary 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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