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[CITE: 10USC9511]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                  CHAPTER 931--CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET
 
Sec. 9511. Definitions

    In this chapter:
        (1) The terms ``aircraft'', ``citizen of the United States'', 
    ``civil aircraft'', ``person'', and ``public aircraft'' have the 
    meanings given those terms by section 40102(a) of title 49.
        (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.
        (3) The term ``cargo-capable aircraft'' means a civil aircraft 
    equipped so that all or substantially all of the aircraft's capacity 
    can be used for the carriage of property or mail.
        (4) The term ``passenger aircraft'' means a civil aircraft 
    equipped so that its main deck can be used for the carriage of 
    individuals and cannot be used principally, without major 
    modification, for the carriage of property or mail.
        (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.
        (6) The term ``Civil Reserve Air Fleet'' means those aircraft 
    allocated, or identified for allocation, to the Department of 
    Defense under section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
    U.S.C. App. 2071), or made available (or agreed to be made 
    available) for use by the Department of Defense under a contract 
    made under this title, as part of the program developed by the 
    Department of Defense through which the Department of Defense 
    augments its airlift capability by use of civil aircraft.
        (7) The term ``contractor'' means a citizen of the United States 
    (A) who owns or controls, or who will own or control, a new or 
    existing aircraft and who contracts with the Secretary under section 
    9512 of this title to modify that aircraft by including or 
    incorporating specified defense features in that aircraft and to 
    commit that aircraft to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, (B) who 
    subsequently obtains ownership or control of a civil aircraft 
    covered by such a contract and assumes all existing obligations 
    under that contract, or (C) who owns or controls, or will own or 
    control, new or existing aircraft and who, by contract, commits some 
    or all of such aircraft to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
        (8) The term ``existing aircraft'' means a civil aircraft other 
    than a new aircraft.
        (9) The term ``new aircraft'' means a civil aircraft that a 
    manufacturer has not begun to assemble before the aircraft is 
    covered by a contract under section 9512 of this title.
        (10) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Air 
    Force.
        (11) The term ``defense feature'' means equipment or design 
    features included or incorporated in a civil aircraft which ensures 
    the compatibility 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 an 
    aeromedical aircraft or a cargo-convertible, cargo-capable, or 
    passenger-cargo combined aircraft.

(Added Pub. L. 97-86, title IX, Sec. 915(2), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 
1125; amended Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1231(17), Dec. 4, 
1987, 101 Stat. 1161; Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title XII, 
Sec. 1233(k)(2), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2058; Pub. L. 101-189, div. 
A, title XVI, Sec. 1636(a), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1609; Pub. L. 103-
272, Sec. 5(b)(2), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1373; Pub. L. 103-355, title 
III, Sec. 3031, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3334.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-355, Sec. 3031(c), substituted ``In this 
chapter:'' for ``In this subchapter:'' in introductory provisions.
    Par. (1). Pub. L. 103-355, Sec. 3031(b)(1)(C), which directed 
substitution of ``section 40102 of title 49'' for ``section 101 of the 
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301)'', could not be executed 
because of the intervening amendment by Pub. L. 103-272 which 
substituted ``section 40102(a) of title 49'' for ``section 101 of the 
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301)'', see below.
    Pub. L. 103-355, Sec. 3031(b)(1)(A), (B), inserted `` `civil 
aircraft','' before `` `person','' and substituted ``meanings'' for 
``meaning''.
    Pub. L. 103-272 substituted ``section 40102(a) of title 49'' for 
``section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301)''.
    Par. (6). Pub. L. 103-355, Sec. 3031(b)(2), (3), redesignated par. 
(7) as (6) and struck out former par. (6) which read as follows: ``The 
term `civil aircraft' means an aircraft other than a public aircraft.''
    Par. (7). Pub. L. 103-355, Sec. 3031(b)(3), redesignated par. (8) as 
(7). Former par. (7) redesignated (6).
    Par. (8). Pub. L. 103-355, Sec. 3031(b)(3), redesignated par. (9) as 
(8). Former par. (8) redesignated (7).
    Pub. L. 103-355, Sec. 3031(a)(1), inserted ``under section 9512 of 
this title'' after ``and who contracts with the Secretary'' in subpar. 
(A) and added subpar. (C).
    Pars. (9), (10). Pub. L. 103-355, Sec. 3031(b)(3), redesignated 
pars. (10) and (11) as (9) and (10), respectively. Former par. (9) 
redesignated (8).
    Par. (11). Pub. L. 103-355, Sec. 3031(b)(3), (4), redesignated par. 
(12) as (11), substituted ``compatibility'' for ``interoperability'', 
and inserted ``an aeromedical aircraft or'' before ``a cargo-
convertible''. Former par. (11) redesignated (10).
    Par. (12). Pub. L. 103-355, Sec. 3031(b)(3), redesignated par. (12) 
as (11).
    1989--Par. (2). Pub. L. 101-189, Sec. 1636(a)(1), amended par. (2) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ``The term 
`cargo air service' means the carriage of property or mail on the main 
deck of a civil aircraft.''
    Par. (5). Pub. L. 101-189, Sec. 1636(a)(2), amended par. (5) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (5) read as follows: ``The term 
`cargo-convertible feature' means equipment or design features included 
or incorporated in a passenger aircraft that can readily enable all or 
substantially all of that aircraft's main deck to be used for the 
carriage of property or mail.''
    Par. (8)(A). Pub. L. 101-189, Sec. 1636(a)(3), substituted ``a new 
or existing aircraft and who contracts with the Secretary to modify that 
aircraft by including or incorporating specified defense features'' for 
``a civil aircraft and who contracts with the Secretary of the Air Force 
to modify that aircraft by including or incorporating cargo-convertible 
features suitable for defense purposes''.
    Par. (12). Pub. L. 101-189, Sec. 1636(a)(4), added par. (12).
    1988--Par. (1). Pub. L. 100-456 substituted ``The terms'' for ``The 
term''.
    1987--Pars. (1) to (11). Pub. L. 100-180 inserted ``The term'' after 
each par. designation, and revised first word in quotes in pars. (1) to 
(6) and (8) to (10) to make initial letter of each word lowercase.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    For effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 103-
355, see section 10001 of Pub. L. 103-355, set out as a note under 
section 251 of Title 41, Public Contracts.
