{
  "id": "ACQ-15",
  "category": "Laboratory investment",
  "capability": "Reinvest laboratory and test-organization funds in innovation, transition, people and minor infrastructure",
  "summary": "Directors may use statutory 2–4% mechanisms for research, transition, workforce development and qualifying infrastructure; fixed customer surcharge up to 4% may support these purposes.",
  "legal_basis": [
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. §4123",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4123&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": "Primary statutory text; primary GovInfo baseline and amendment audit identified in research narrative."
    },
    {
      "citation": "P.L. 119-60, §212",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ60/html/PLAW-119publ60.htm",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": "Extends laboratory mechanism to Major Range and Test Facility Base test organizations."
    }
  ],
  "authority_holder": "Secretary of Defense establishes mechanisms; directors exercise discretion in consultation with Service S&T executive",
  "actor_chain": {
    "planner": [
      "Laboratory/test director and Service S&T executive"
    ],
    "resource_owner": [
      "Laboratory/test-organization available funds and authorized customer fees"
    ],
    "approver": [
      "Director with Service S&T consultation; Secretary of Defense infrastructure notification"
    ],
    "executor": [
      "Laboratory/test organization and supporting fiscal/contracting staff"
    ],
    "partners": [
      "Customer activities; other laboratories; congressional committees for infrastructure notice"
    ]
  },
  "actor_sources": [
    {
      "title": "TRMC — test infrastructure coordination and investment programs",
      "url": "https://ac.cto.mil/trmc/"
    },
    {
      "title": "10 U.S.C. 4123 as amended by FY26 NDAA §212",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ60/html/PLAW-119publ60.htm"
    }
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "2–4% of available funds under established mechanisms.",
    "Infrastructure must meet §2805(d)/ §2811 applicable cost rules and pre-use congressional notification."
  ],
  "limits": [
    "A flexible internal investment mechanism, not unlimited new MILCON authority or off-budget money."
  ],
  "funding": [
    "Funds already available to lab/test organization; fees limited to 4% of performance costs."
  ],
  "coordination_path": "Director sets portfolio → consults Service S&T executive → fiscal calculation and facilities review → required notice → execution.",
  "availability": "Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.",
  "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.",
  "family": "Research, innovation and experimentation",
  "mechanisms": [
    "Other statutory tools"
  ],
  "goal_ids": [
    "develop-technology"
  ],
  "office_links": [
    {
      "office_id": "secretary-deputy-secretary",
      "role": "approver",
      "label": "Director with Service S&T consultation; Secretary of Defense infrastructure notification"
    }
  ]
}