EconDefense
IND-53 / Energy, environment and communities

Support defense-dependent communities, industrial diversification and workforce infrastructure

Grant and cooperate with affected communities for reuse, adjustment, diversification, encroachment/resilience, public infrastructure and defense-industrial workforce support.

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Authority / instrument · IND-53

Community economic adjustment

Energy, environment and communities

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of Defense

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Not a general nationwide economic development program

Recorded executor

OLDCC grants officials and State/local grantees

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedOLDCC appropriations; diversification implementation generally10% nonfederal share; selected funds may count toward other federal grant matching as statute permits. 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.
EngagementProcess sourcedOLDCC has concrete nomination and mission-adjustment processes, historical awards and a current unmanned-systems pause; it is not interchangeable with DCIP. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolIND-53 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense

Other statutory tools

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

Availability and verification

Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · program documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

OLDCC has concrete nomination and mission-adjustment processes, historical awards and a current unmanned-systems pause; it is not interchangeable with DCIP.

OLDCC Installation Readiness

Who this route serves
States, local governmental entities and tribes meeting mission-threat criteria
Administering office / routing lead
OLDCC program director/project manager with Military Department headquarters and installation commander
Direct implementation

OLDCC expressly identifies the Installation Readiness program as 10 USC 2391.

What this evidence label means
Rolling nomination route; unmanned-systems support paused

The current program page permits nominations but pauses all unmanned-vehicle-related support until further notice.

Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04

OLDCC Installation Readiness · Eligibility, nomination process, unmanned-systems pause and recent examplesofficial program/current status page · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

Exclusions and limits

  • Program funds must not replace military-funded activities the Services should perform.

    OLDCC Installation Readiness · Eligibility, nomination process, unmanned-systems pause and recent examplesofficial program/current status page · Evidence record

Authority relationship source

OLDCC Installation Readiness · Eligibility, nomination process, unmanned-systems pause and recent examplesofficial program/current status page · Evidence record

Installation Readiness nomination process →

published expression-of-interest route: Eligible communities may request assistance; OLDCC first determines whether a project basis exists.

OLDCC Mission Realignment and adjustment

Who this route serves
Communities facing qualifying closures, realignments or significant force reductions
Administering office / routing lead
OLDCC project manager with the affected community/local redevelopment authority
Related process

OLDCC’s office statement identifies § 2391 and EO 12788 coordination; the mission page describes the adjustment process without assigning every activity to one subsection.

What this evidence label means
Historical grant and ongoing assistance documented

The 2024 register reports a Mission Realignment award to Oregon’s Port of Morrow.

Status reference date: 2024-07-26 · research checked 2026-10-04

OLDCC FY 2024 grant awards as of July 26, 2024 · Mission Realignment:Port of Morrow award rowofficial grant-award register · published 2024-07-26 · Evidence record

Program eligibility

  • The action must have a direct, significantly adverse community consequence; an officially recognized redevelopment authority leads BRAC planning.

    OLDCC Mission Realignment · Eligibility, redevelopment-authority recognition, technical assistance and other realignment actionsofficial program guidance · Evidence record

Steps and preparation

  • Organize one community response, assess worker/business impacts and develop redevelopment or adjustment strategies with OLDCC.

    OLDCC Mission Realignment · Eligibility, redevelopment-authority recognition, technical assistance and other realignment actionsofficial program guidance · Evidence record
Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

OLDCC mission and authorities · Our Authorities:10 USC2391; EO12788 coordination roleofficial office/authority statement · Evidence record

Mission Realignment assistance →

needs-based program information: Coordinate the community response through OLDCC; assistance is tailored, not a general company expansion grant.

Source access and verification notes
  • 10 U.S.C. § 2391(a)-(c) · 2024 edition (GovInfo) · 10 U.S.C. § 2391(a)-(c)statute · Evidence record

    Legal record read from current corpus; historical fallback and currentness qualifications retained.

  • OLDCC Installation Readiness · Eligibility, nomination process, unmanned-systems pause and recent examplesofficial program/current status page · Evidence record

    Official indexed full page inspected; direct fetch timed out. Automated direct retrieval did not complete on October 4, 2026. This access check does not establish current legal effect or invalidate independently reviewed indexed evidence; see the cited location and this dossier’s access qualifications.

  • OLDCC Community Military Installation Readiness Nomination Process · Steps1–5; assistance listing12.003, service support and10%cost shareofficial application-process guidance · Evidence record

    Automated direct retrieval did not complete on October 4, 2026. This access check does not establish current legal effect or invalidate independently reviewed indexed evidence; see the cited location and this dossier’s access qualifications.

  • OLDCC Mission Realignment · Eligibility, redevelopment-authority recognition, technical assistance and other realignment actionsofficial program guidance · Evidence record

    Automated direct retrieval did not complete on October 4, 2026. This access check does not establish current legal effect or invalidate independently reviewed indexed evidence; see the cited location and this dossier’s access qualifications.

  • OLDCC mission and authorities · Our Authorities:10 USC2391; EO12788 coordination roleofficial office/authority statement · Evidence record

    Automated direct retrieval did not complete on October 4, 2026. This access check does not establish current legal effect or invalidate independently reviewed indexed evidence; see the cited location and this dossier’s access qualifications.

  • OLDCC Grant Management and Administration · Portal restriction; grant manuals; federal lawsofficial grants process guidance · Evidence record

    Automated direct retrieval did not complete on October 4, 2026. This access check does not establish current legal effect or invalidate independently reviewed indexed evidence; see the cited location and this dossier’s access qualifications.

  • OLDCC FY 2024 grant awards as of July 26, 2024 · Mission Realignment:Port of Morrow award rowofficial grant-award register · published 2024-07-26 · Evidence record

    Automated direct retrieval did not complete on October 4, 2026. This access check does not establish current legal effect or invalidate independently reviewed indexed evidence; see the cited location and this dossier’s access qualifications.

Research scope and sources checked

Read OLDCC current program/nomination/portal rules and award register; searched defense-industry adjustment terms and distinguished specific operating programs from statutory expansion.

What remains unverified

  • No current general industrial-diversification funding call or FY 2026 allocation for a proposed project verified; FY 2026 newly expanded healthcare/housing powers are not assumed fully implemented by existing webpages.

A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Applicable impact/dependency or mission-risk finding
  • Program criteria and nonfederal share where required
  • FY26 expressly includes health care, housing and defense-critical infrastructure/services in §2391(b)(5)(B)(iv)

Limits & exclusions

  • Not a general nationwide economic development program
  • Expansion thresholds and program-specific eligibility apply

Funding conditions

  • OLDCC appropriations; diversification implementation generally10% nonfederal share; selected funds may count toward other federal grant matching as statute permits.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Installation and affected community
  • Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

Resources

  • OLDCC program appropriations and authorized nonfederal share

Approval

Execution

  • OLDCC grants officials and State/local grantees

Partners & review

  • State and local governments
  • Eligible nonprofit member-owned utilities
  • Commerce / other grant agencies where relevant

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

Coordination pathway

Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedOLDCC appropriations; diversification implementation generally10% nonfederal share; selected funds may count toward other federal grant matching as statute permits. 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.
EngagementProcess sourcedOLDCC has concrete nomination and mission-adjustment processes, historical awards and a current unmanned-systems pause; it is not interchangeable with DCIP. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.

Currentness: 2024 official U.S. Code operative text read; relevant amendments in Pub. L. 119-60 (Dec. 18, 2025), 119-21 and 119-103 examined. Rolling OLRC source consulted where retrievable; transaction-specific later-law and delegation confirmation remains necessary.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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