US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 9512

Civil Reserve Air Fleet contracts: payment rate

(a)

Authority .—

The Secretary shall determine a fair and reasonable rate of payment for airlift services provided to the Department of Defense by air carriers who are participants in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program.
(b)

Regulations .—

The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for purposes of subsection (a). The Secretary may exclude from the applicability of those regulations any airlift services contract made through the use of competitive procedures.
(c)

Commitment of Aircraft as a Business Factor .—

The Secretary may, in determining the quantity of business to be received under an airlift services contract for which the rate of payment is determined in accordance with subsection (a), use as a factor the relative amount of airlift capability committed by each air carrier to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
(d)

Inapplicable Provisions of Law .—

section 1502 of title 41An airlift services contract for which the rate of payment is determined in accordance with subsection (a) shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 271 of this title or to the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of .

Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, § 366(a)125 Stat. 1380Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1831(j)(6)134 Stat. 4217Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1083(a)(2)(A)135 Stat. 1922(Added , , , § 9511a; amended , , ; renumbered § 9512 and amended , (c)(1)(A), , , 1923.)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

section 9513 of this titleA prior section 9512 was renumbered .

Amendments

Pub. L. 117–81section 9511a of this title2021— renumbered as this section and substituted “Secretary” for “Secretary of Defense” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

Pub. L. 116–283Subsec. (d). substituted “chapter 271” for “section 2306a”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Pub. L. 116–283section 1801(d)(1) of Pub. L. 116–283section 3001 of this titleAmendment by effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as a note preceding .

Initial Regulations

Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, § 366(c)125 Stat. 1381

section 9511a(b) of title 1010 U.S.C. 9512(b)“Regulations shall be prescribed under , United States Code [now ], as added by subsection (a), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
, , , provided that: