EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on USC-76

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

This is a record-specific route, not an additional institutional directory node. Current assignment must be verified.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Secretary of Defense

Executing office · routing lead

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

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Intake

Use the responsible program or contracting office for this instrument.

The recorded role is not itself a general application endpoint.

What this role does not control

A routing lead does not establish funds, an individual delegation or approval of the proposed action.

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.

Selected instrument

USC-76 · Commercial space and airlift

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.

What this is not / limit: Not a general revenue guarantee for any airline; CRAF participation, allocation rules and reductions for unavailable services apply.

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

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense

Eligibility gate

  • 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.

Funding condition

  • 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.

All recorded limits

  • Not a general revenue guarantee for any airline; CRAF participation, allocation rules and reductions for unavailable services apply.
Contracts & purchases
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
Actor sources & routing basis

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.