22 U.S.C. § 4081a — Exception for Government-financed air transportation; reducing hardship for transportation of domestic animals

submitted 3 years ago by Pub. L. 118-31 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 254 words · no verdicts yet

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This section permits certain Government employees to use foreign air carriers to transport themselves and up to three accompanying dogs or cats when U.S.-certificated carriers cannot do so. It limits the amount payable to the amount that would otherwise have been allowed.

(1) Despite the general rule in title 49 section 40118, the Department, USAID, and other Government employees under chief-of-mission authority may pay a foreign air carrier to transport covered personnel and their in-cabin or accompanying checked baggage or cargo, if (A) no carrier holding a section 41102 certificate is willing and able to transport up to 3 accompanying domestic animals, and (B) the trip is from outside the United States to inside it, inside to outside, or outside to another outside location. (2) Payment for the foreign carrier may not exceed what would have been paid to a willing and able certificated carrier. If that otherwise payable amount is less than the foreign carrier’s cost, Department personnel may pay the difference. (3) “Domestic animal” means a dog or cat.

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(1) In general

Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of section 40118 of title 49, the Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other United States Government employees under chief of mission authority are authorized to pay for the transportation by a foreign air carrier of Department and USAID personnel, and other United States Government employees under chief of mission authority and any in-cabin or accompanying checked baggage or cargo if—

(A)

no air carrier holding a certificate under section 41102 of such title is willing and able to transport up to 3 domestic animals accompanying such Federal personnel; and

(B)

the transportation is from a place—

(i)

outside the United States to a place in the United States;

(ii)

in the United States to a place outside the United States; or

(iii)

outside the United States to another place outside the United States.

(2) Limitation

An amount paid pursuant to paragraph (1) for transportation by a foreign carrier may not be greater than the amount that would otherwise have been paid had the transportation been on an air carrier holding a certificate under section 41102 had that carrier been willing and able to provide such transportation. If the amount that would otherwise have been paid to such an air carrier is less than the cost of transportation on the applicable foreign carrier, the Department personnel may pay the difference of such amount.

(3) Domestic animal defined

In this subsection, the term “domestic animal” means a dog or a cat.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 118–31, div. F, title LXII, § 6224(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 979; Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXVI, § 7604, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2553.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

2023Enacted · Pub. L. 118-31 · 137 Stat. 979
2024Amended · Pub. L. 118-159 · 138 Stat. 2553

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 118-31 on 2023-12-22.

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