EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

SEC. 1636. EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (a) Definitions.—(1) Paragraph (2) of section 9511 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(2) The term ‘passenger-cargo combined aircraft’ means a civil aircraft equipped so that its main deck can be used to carry both passengers and property (including mail) simultaneously.”. (2) Paragraph (5) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(5) The term ‘cargo-convertible aircraft’ means a passenger aircraft equipped or designed so that all or substantially all of the main deck of the aircraft can be readily converted for the carriage of property or mail.”. (3) Paragraph (8) of such section is amended by striking out “a civil aircraft” in clause (A) and all that follows through “defense purposes” and inserting in lieu thereof “a new or existing aircraft and who contracts with the Secretary to modify that aircraft by including or incorporating specified defense features”. (4) Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(12) The term ‘defense feature’ means equipment or design features included or incorporated in a civil aircraft which ensures the interoperability of such aircraft with the Department of Defense airlift system. Such term includes any equipment or design feature which enables such aircraft to be readily modified for use as a cargo-convertible, cargo-capable, or passenger-cargo combined aircraft.”. (b) Contract Authority.—Section 9512 of such title is amended to read as follows: “§ 9512.Contracts for the inclusion or incorporation of defense features “(a) Subject to the provisions of chapter 137 of this title, and to the extent that funds are otherwise available for obligation, the Secretary— “(1) may contract with any citizen of the United States for the inclusion or incorporation of defense features in any new or existing aircraft to be owned or controlled by that citizen; and “(2) may contract with United States aircraft manufacturers for the inclusion or incorporation of defense features in new aircraft to be operated by a United States air carrier. “(b) Each contract entered into under subsection (a) shall include the terms required by section 9513 of this title and a provision that 103 STAT. 1610requires the contractor to repay to the United States a percentage (to be established in the contract) of any amount paid by the United States to the contractor under the contract with respect to any aircraft if— “(1) the aircraft is destroyed or becomes unusable, as defined in the contract; “(2) the defense features specified in the contract are rendered unusable or are removed from the aircraft; “(3) control over the aircraft is transferred to any person that is unable or unwilling to assume the contractor’s obligations under the contract; or “(4) the registration of the aircraft under section 501 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1401) is terminated for any reason not beyond the control of the contractor. “(c) (1) A contract under subsection (a) for the inclusion or incorporation of defense features in an aircraft may include a provision authorizing the Secretary— “(A) to contract, with the concurrence of the contractor, directly with another person for the performance of the work necessary for the Inclusion or incorporation of defense features in such aircraft; and “(B) to pay such other person directly for such work. “(2) A contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) may include such specifications for work and equipment as the Secretary considers necessary to meet the needs of the United States.”. (c) Clerical Amendments.—(1) The heading of section 9513 is amended to read as follows: “§9513. Commitment of aircraft to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet” (2) The items relating to sections 9512 and 9513 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 931 of title 10, United States Code, are amended to read as follows: “9512. Contracts for the inclusion or incorporation of defense features. “9513. Commitment of aircraft to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.”.