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Action brief · USC-78

Indemnify Transportation for covered defense-related aviation losses

Objective
Choose a mission objective
Family / instrument
Enterprise resources and shared execution · Commercial space and airlift
Statute
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense; Secretary of Transportation administers the insurance
Executor · routing lead
Responsible commercial-space or airlift contracting/agreement office; current assignment must be verified

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

The insurance must be the specified no-premium defense-requested coverage under 49 U.S.C. chapter 443, supported by the interdepartmental indemnity agreement.
Statutory payment deadlines apply; incidents exceeding or expected to exceed $10 million trigger congressional notice within 30 days of the loss.
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Payment may use any available DoD operation-and-maintenance funds; the specific additional transfer authority does not create funds beyond available appropriations.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

Not standalone general commercial insurance authority or a guarantee that a particular loss is covered.

Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded

Implementation caution: Statutory coverage only: no current implementing program, application window, available balance or individual delegation verified.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory mechanism; current program implementation, open intake, funds and individual delegations were not verified in this statutory review.

Actor sources

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