EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on USC-78

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; Secretary of Transportation administers the insurance

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 recordedPayment may use any available DoD operation-and-maintenance funds; the specific additional transfer authority does not create funds beyond available appropriations. 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-78 · Commercial space and airlift

Indemnify Transportation for covered defense-related aviation losses

Pay and transfer available operation-and-maintenance funds to indemnify the Secretary of Transportation for qualifying defense-related aviation insurance losses.

What this is not / limit: Not standalone general commercial insurance authority or a guarantee that a particular loss is covered.

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

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense; Secretary of Transportation administers the insurance

Eligibility gate

  • 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.

Funding condition

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

All recorded limits

  • Not standalone general commercial insurance authority or a guarantee that a particular loss is covered.
  • This specific transfer power has its own exemptions from other transfer caps and prior-notification rules; do not generalize them to unrelated transfers.
Other statutory tools
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.