FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 47: Transportation › Subpart 47.4
FAR 47.404 Air freight forwarders.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section allows agencies to use international air freight forwarders for government-financed property movements, and applies the same disallowance rule from 47.403-3(a) to the air carriers those forwarders use. It also requires agency personnel to tell forwarders what to submit with their bills so payments are not delayed.
Applies to: Agencies using international air freight forwarders for U.S. Government-financed property movements
What it requires
- Agency personnel shall inform international air freight forwarders to submit a copy of the airway bill or manifest showing the air carriers used with their bills
- Agency personnel shall inform international air freight forwarders to submit justification for the use of foreign-flag air carriers similar to the clause at 52.247-63 with their bills
Key terms: air freight forwarders · international air transportation · foreign-flag air carriers · airway bill · manifest
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Agencies may use air freight forwarders that are engaged in international air transportation (49 U.S.C. 1301(24)(c)) for U.S. Government-financed movements of property. The rule on disallowance of expenditures in 47.403-3(a) applies also to the air carriers used by these international air freight forwarders.
(b) Agency personnel shall inform international air freight forwarders that to facilitate prompt payments of their bills, they shall submit with their bills (1) a copy of the airway bill or manifest showing the air carriers used and (2) justification for the use of foreign-flag air carriers similar to the one shown in the clause at 52.247-63, Preference for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers.
← 47.403-3 Disallowance of expenditures. · 47.405 Contract clauses. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 47
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 9, 27, and 47 ↗ · proposed 2026-09-18 · comments due 2026-10-19
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers; Correction ↗ · final rule 2024-12-30 · effective 2025-01-03
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers ↗ · final rule 2024-12-16 · effective 2025-01-03
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.