[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2217 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2217

 To restrict accompanied tours for Armed Forces personnel assigned to 
                                Europe.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 21 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Feingold) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To restrict accompanied tours for Armed Forces personnel assigned to 
                                Europe.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ACCOMPANIED TOURS FOR ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO 
              EUROPE.

    (a) Payment for Dependents.--
            (1) Restriction.--Subject to paragraph (2)--
                    (A) no travel and transportation expenses may be 
                paid for dependents to accompany members of the Armed 
                Forces of the United States assigned to permanent duty 
                ashore in Europe; and
                    (B) no funds may be expended for support of 
                dependents accompanying members of the Armed Forces of 
                the United States assigned to permanent duty ashore in 
                Europe.
            (2) Waiver authority.--
                    (A) Essential personnel.--The Secretary of Defense 
                may waive the application of paragraph (1) to a member 
                of the Armed Forces if the Secretary determines that 
                the assignment of that member to permanent duty ashore 
                in Europe for a period of more than one year is 
                necessary in order to ensure the continuity of 
                effective conduct of necessary activities of the Armed 
                Forces of the United States in Europe.
                    (B) National security interests.--The Secretary of 
                Defense may waive the application of paragraph (1) when 
                necessary in the national security interests of the 
                United States.
    (b) Short Tours.--It is the sense of Congress that the period of 
assignment of a member of the Armed Forces to permanent duty ashore in 
Europe should not exceed one year.

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