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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Military Family Travel Extension Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide transportation on Department of Defense aircraft, on a space-available basis, for the unremarried surviving spouse or child of a member of the Armed Forces who died while on active duty in the same manner as currently provided to a spouse or dependent child of a member entitled to retired pay.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize space-available transportation on Department of Defense aircraft for an individual who is a surviving spouse or dependent child of a member of the Armed Forces who died on active duty when that individual is traveling with a relative of the deceased member who is otherwise eligible for such space-available transportation.</title>
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