USE OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO TRANSPORT MAIL TO AND FROM OVERSEAS LOCATIONS.

SEC. 1071. USE OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO TRANSPORT MAIL TO AND FROM OVERSEAS LOCATIONS.(a) Authority for Use of Military Aircraft.—Section 3401 of title 39, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (b)—(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)(A), by striking “title 49,” and inserting “title 49, or on military aircraft at rates not to exceed those so fixed and determined for scheduled United States air carriers,”; and118 STAT. 2057(B) in the sentence following paragraph (3), by striking “carriers” each place it appears and inserting “carriers and military aircraft”; and(2) in subsection (c)—(A) in the first sentence, by striking “title 49,” and inserting “title 49, or on military aircraft at rates not to exceed those so fixed and determined for scheduled United States air carriers,”; and(B) in the second sentence—(i) by inserting “and military aircraft” after “carriers” the first place it appears; and(ii) by striking “by air carriers other than scheduled United States air carriers” and inserting “by other than scheduled United States air carriers and military aircraft”.(b) Definition.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(g) In this section:“(1) The term ‘military aircraft’ means an aircraft owned, operated, or chartered by the Department of Defense.“(2) The term ‘United States air carrier’ has the meaning given the term ‘air carrier’ in section 40102 of title 49.”.