3.0.0 2494 2022-11-01T13:49:58Z 2022-11-01T14:35:19Z Senate S 2019-09-18 116 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-09-18T16:40:50Z Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act of 2019 116 3065 HR 2019-06-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Identical bill CRS National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 116 2500 HR 2020-08-11 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512. Related bill CRS National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 116 1790 S 2019-12-20 Became Public Law No: 116-92. Related bill CRS 2019-09-18 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2019-09-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-09-18 True Armed Forces and National Security Delaware Military facilities and property Military personnel and dependents Transportation costs Travel and tourism Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-03T20:42:13Z Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act of 2019

This bill addresses the transportation of the remains of members of the Armed Forces who die outside of the United States. It requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide, in the case of such a member whose remains are returned through the mortuary facility at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, transportation of such remains to the applicable escorted remains destination. (Under current law, this service is limited to the remains of those who die in a combat theater of operations.)

The bill also requires DOD to extend travel privileges to family members of those personnel whose remains are returned in this manner.

]]> Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act of 2019 Display Title Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide travel to Dover Air Force Base for family members of members of the Armed Forces who die outside of the United States but not in a theater of combat operations so the family may receive the remains of the deceased, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2494is/xml/BILLS-116s2494is.xml 2019-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.