USC-76 / Logistics, depots and industrial partnerships

Incentivize reserve airlift commitments through rates and minimum-purchase contracts

Set fair and reasonable CRAF airlift payment rates and use qualifying one-year minimum-purchase charter contracts to encourage commercial aircraft commitments.

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Authority / instrument · USC-76

Commercial space and airlift

Logistics, depots and industrial partnerships

Statute & instrument

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Not a general revenue guarantee for any airline; CRAF participation, allocation rules and reductions for unavailable services apply.

Recorded executor

Responsible commercial-space or airlift contracting/agreement office; current assignment must be verified

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 recordedMilitary departments transfer required amounts to the transportation working-capital fund; unused minimum-purchase amounts are distributed under the fiscal-year rules. Available money and contract approval still require verification. 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.

EngagementProgram unverifiedAdded in the October 5 statutory review; no current implementing program, intake or individual delegation verified.

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

At a glance

Mission goalExpand production

Possible toolUSC-76 · Contracts & purchases

Legal basis10 U.S.C. §9511

Responsible rolesPlanning · funds · approval · execution

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense

Contracts & purchases

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

Availability and verification

Express statutory mechanism; current program implementation, open intake, funds and individual delegations were not verified in this statutory review.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

Minimum-purchase participants must satisfy §9515 performance, additional-capacity and host-support eligibility conditions.
The aggregate minimum purchase must be based on forecast needs and stay within the statutory 80-percent historical-expenditure ceiling, with the permitted high-demand-year adjustment.

Limits & exclusions

Not a general revenue guarantee for any airline; CRAF participation, allocation rules and reductions for unavailable services apply.

Funding conditions

Military departments transfer required amounts to the transportation working-capital fund; unused minimum-purchase amounts are distributed under the fiscal-year rules. Available money and contract approval still require verification.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

Sponsoring defense component and mission customer; current assignment must be verified

Resources

Sponsoring component budget owner and comptroller

Approval

Secretary of Defense; transaction-specific delegation must be verified
Office profile

Execution

Responsible commercial-space or airlift contracting/agreement office; current assignment must be verified

Partners & review

Participating eligible commercial entity; fiscal, security and legal reviewers

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

Coordination pathway

Mission customer → responsible component program office → eligibility, fiscal and security review → authorized contracting or agreement official. This is an illustrative routing chain, not a verified delegation.

Actor and execution-role sources

October 5 statutory review

Added in the October 5 statutory coverage review. The cited legal mechanism and its conditions were examined; a current implementing program, intake, funding balance and individual delegation were not verified.

Section coverage and review findings

Legal basis

10 U.S.C. §9511Official 2024 Code baseline; reviewed October 5, 2026 with targeted P.L. 119-60 amendment check. Not a complete current-law citator.
10 U.S.C. §9512Official 2024 Code baseline; reviewed October 5, 2026 with targeted P.L. 119-60 amendment check. Not a complete current-law citator.
10 U.S.C. §9515Official 2024 Code baseline; reviewed October 5, 2026 with targeted P.L. 119-60 amendment check. Not a complete current-law citator.

What this research establishes