EconDefense
B-05 / Strategic assessment

Shift resources quickly as technology and threats change

Specific flexibility limit; not a universal mission-authority gap

Existing pathway

Annual transfer authorities, lawful reprogramming and selected flexible instruments permit some shifts.

What remains unresolved

A standing power to move any DoD appropriation to any new purpose is not provided by §2214 or interoffice coordination; current CR funds also carry new-start limits.

Coordination or legislative question

If the defined operational need cannot fit a lawful existing account/transfer/anomaly, specify the narrow additional fiscal authority or appropriation needed. Do not seek a redundant acquisition authority.

Analytical mapping from the cited demand to statutory mechanisms; not a claim that the strategy expressly requests every possible mechanism.

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