49 U.S.C. § 40118: Government-financed air transportation

obtains the transportation for itself or in carrying out an arrangement under which payment is made by the Government or payment is made from amounts provided for the use of the Government; or provides the transportation to or for a foreign country or international or other organization without reimbursement; the transportation is authorized by the certificate or by regulation or exemption of the Secretary of Transportation; and available, if the transportation is between a place in the United States and a place outside the United States; or reasonably available, if the transportation is between 2 places outside the United States. is consistent with the goals for international aviation policy of section 40101(e) of this title ; and provides for the exchange of rights or benefits of similar magnitude. such passenger is a member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense; such property includes at least 1 and not more than 3 domestic animals traveling with such passenger; between a place in the United States and a place outside the United States; or between 2 places outside the United States; and no air carrier holding a certificate under section 41102 is willing and able to provide such transportation. If the cost for the transportation of a passenger and property under paragraph (1) exceeds the cost that would have been owed had such transportation been provided by an air carrier holding a certificate under section 41102, the passenger shall be responsible for paying the difference between such amounts. In this section, the term “domestic animal” means a domestic cat (Felis catus) or a domestic dog (Canis familiaris). The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe regulations under which agencies may allow the expenditure of an appropriation for transportation in violation of this section only when satisfactory proof is presented showing the necessity for the transportation. Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (d) of this section, any amount appropriated to the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the Agency for International Development may be used to pay for the transportation of an officer or employee of the Department of State or one of those agencies, a dependent of the officer or employee, and accompanying baggage, by a foreign air carrier when the transportation is between 2 places outside the United States. This section does not affect the application of the antidiscrimination provisions of this part. No certification by a contractor, and no contract clause, may be required in the case of a contract for the transportation of commercial products in order to implement a requirement in this section. In paragraph (1), the term “commercial product” has the meaning given such term in section 103 of title 41 , except that it shall not include a contract for the transportation by air of passengers. the number of personnel trained in the detection and reporting of potential severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (11) and (12) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 )), including the training required under section 44734(a)(4); the number of notifications of potential human trafficking victims received from staff or other passengers; and whether the air carrier notified the National Human Trafficking Hotline or law enforcement at the relevant airport of the potential human trafficking victim for each such notification of potential human trafficking, and if so, when the notification was made.