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Action brief · USC-48

Transport eligible civilian cargo and passengers and arrange cargo insurance

Objective
Expand production
Family / instrument
Logistics, depots and industrial partnerships · Commercial cargo and passenger support
Statute
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense
Executor · routing lead
Authorized contracting, grants, agreements, property, or finance office; implementation not verified

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Apply available-space and commercial-unavailability conditions to ordinary paid transport.
Apply the contingency/disaster facilitation determination for no-charge transport; commercial insurers must collect premiums, handle claims, and provide the specified waivers and hold-harmless terms.
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Eligible appropriations or other funds lawfully available for the stated purpose; this section does not certify a presently available award balance.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

Ordinary rates may not be below comparable commercial rates; emergency, disaster, and humanitarian charges instead may not exceed DoD cost.

Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded

Implementation caution: Statutory-source review only. A current implementing program, open intake, available funds and individual delegation were not verified.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Statutory pathway identified; current implementation, intake, funding availability, and executing delegation unverified.

Actor sources

Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Record reviewed 2026-10-05. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.