REVISION TO AUTHORITIES RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF CIVILIAN PASSENGERS AND COMMERCIAL CARGOES BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WHEN SPACE UNAVAILABLE ON COMMERCIAL LINES.

SEC. 352. REVISION TO AUTHORITIES RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF CIVILIAN PASSENGERS AND COMMERCIAL CARGOES BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WHEN SPACE UNAVAILABLE ON COMMERCIAL LINES.(a) Transportation on DOD Vehicles and Aircraft.—Subsection (a) of section 2649 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) by inserting “Authority.—” before “Whenever”; and(2) by inserting “, vehicles, or aircraft” in the first sentence after “vessels” both places it appears.(b) Amounts Charged for Transportation in Emergency, Disaster, or Humanitarian Response Cases.—(1) Limitation on amounts charged.—The second sentence of subsection (a) of such section is amended by inserting before the period the following: “, except that in the case of transportation provided in response to an emergency, a disaster, or a request for humanitarian assistance, any amount charged for such transportation may not exceed the cost of providing the transportation”.(2) Crediting of receipts.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking “Amounts” and inserting “Crediting of Receipts.—Any amount received under this section with respect to transportation provided in response to an emergency, a disaster, or a request for humanitarian assistance may be credited to the appropriation, fund, or account used in incurring the obligation for which such amount is received. In all other cases, amounts”.(c) Transportation During Contingencies or Disaster Responses.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(c) Transportation of Allied Personnel During Contingencies or Disaster Responses.—During the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, when space is available on vessels, vehicles, or aircraft operated by the Department of Defense and the Secretary of Defense determines that operations in the area of a contingency operation or disaster response would be facilitated if allied forces or civilians were to be transported using such vessels, vehicles, or aircraft, the Secretary may provide such transportation on a noninterference basis, without charge.”.(d) Conforming Amendment.—Section 2648 of such title is amended by inserting “, vehicles, or aircraft” after “vessels” in the matter preceding paragraph (1).(e) Technical Amendments.—(1) The heading of section 2648 of such title is amended to read as follows:124 STAT. 4194 “§ 2648. Persons and supplies: sea, land, and air transportation” .(2) The heading of section 2649 of such title is amended to read as follows:“§ 2649. Civilian passengers and commercial cargoes: transportation on Department of Defense vessels, vehicles, and aircraft” .(f) Clerical Amendments.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 157 of such title is amended by striking the items relating to sections 2648 and 2649 and inserting the following new items: “2648. Persons and supplies: sea, land, and air transportation. “2649. Civilian passengers and commercial cargoes: transportation on Department of Defense vessels, vehicles, and aircraft.”.