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OEC-01 / Industrial capacity, capital and credit

Assess adversarial capital flows into defense-relevant businesses

Assess investments from governments of adversary countries, or entities organized under their laws or otherwise subject to their jurisdiction, in industries or businesses of interest to DoD, in consultation with other DoD and Federal components.

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Authority / instrument · OEC-01

Adversarial-capital assessment

Industrial capacity, capital and credit

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Office of Expanded Competition within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; headed by the OEC Director

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Assessment is not a standalone power to block investments, compel disclosures, or exercise CFIUS authority.

Recorded executor

Office of Expanded Competition Director

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Institutional routing from the recorded executing role. See the office profile for its published responsibilities and engagement routes.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingScope documented§9025 does not specify a dedicated appropriation or available balance. Identify legally available funds and the fiscal conditions of the proposed action. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedOEC’s adversarial-capital assessment duty is enacted, but an official operating procedure, contact or public program for this duty was not verified. 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 toolOEC-01 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: Office of Expanded Competition within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; headed by the OEC Director

Other statutory tools

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

Availability and verification

Statutory duty recorded; operating procedures, current funding, individual delegation and public intake have not been verified.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · implementation not verified. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

OEC’s adversarial-capital assessment duty is enacted, but an official operating procedure, contact or public program for this duty was not verified.

Office of Expanded Competition — adversarial-capital assessment

Who this route serves
Internal government coordination function; no verified external application program.
Administering office / routing lead
Statutory office within Office of Secretary of the Air Force; current operational contact/designation not independently verified.
Unverified

Direct statutory basis for the duty only; no additional implemented-program linkage asserted.

What this evidence label means
Statutory duty; implementation not verified

The enacted office/duty is verified; public evidence of the specific operational workflow, named program or award was not found.

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

10 USC9025 Office of Expanded Competition · 2024 edition (GovInfo) · Subsections(a)–(d); P.L.118-159§ 924(b) implementation briefing notestatute · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

10 USC9025 Office of Expanded Competition · 2024 edition (GovInfo) · § 9025(c)(1)statute · Evidence record

OEC statutory duties → · 2024 edition (GovInfo)

legal reference: Not a program portal, award announcement or verified contact route.

Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked

Exact-name searches acrossaf.mil/mil and broaderweb for Office of Expanded Competition + director/capital/investment/2026; reviewed OLRC and conference explanation. Self-reported LinkedIn profile not used as delegation evidence.

What remains unverified

  • Searches returned statute/conference text and an unverified self-reported personnel profile, not an official implementation or award record.
  • Do not substitute OSC,AFWERX,CFIUS or EDU activity for proof of OEC implementation.

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

  • The investment must fall within the adversarial-capital-flow definition in §9025(d)(1).
  • Consult other DoD and Federal components.

Limits & exclusions

  • Assessment is not a standalone power to block investments, compel disclosures, or exercise CFIUS authority.

Funding conditions

  • §9025 does not specify a dedicated appropriation or available balance. Identify legally available funds and the fiscal conditions of the proposed action.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

Resources

  • Funding account and responsible resource owner not verified

Approval

    Execution

    Partners & review

    • Relevant DoD and Federal components

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

    Coordination pathway

    Office of Expanded Competition → relevant DoD or Federal partner → identify the applicable instrument, lawful funds and authorized approving/executing official. No transaction-specific signature authority is verified.

    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 fundingScope documented§9025 does not specify a dedicated appropriation or available balance. Identify legally available funds and the fiscal conditions of the proposed action. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
    Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
    EngagementProgram unverifiedOEC’s adversarial-capital assessment duty is enacted, but an official operating procedure, contact or public program for this duty was not verified. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

    Confidence: High on the cited statutory duty. Family placement is editorial; executor is an organizational routing lead, not a verified individual delegation.

    Currentness: Added October 4, 2026. Enacted §9025 text in P.L. 118-159 §924 retrieved; official OLRC search-index text through September 2026 corroborated it while the direct page was under maintenance. Targeted P.L. 119-60 text search found no §9025 or Office of Expanded Competition reference. This is not exhaustive later-law certification.

    Review scope: Record reviewed 2026-10-04. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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