[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2764 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2764

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize veterans who are 
  totally disabled as the result of a service-connected disability to 
 travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent 
as retired members of the Armed Forces are authorized to travel on such 
                               aircraft.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 1995

Mr. Weldon of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize veterans who are 
  totally disabled as the result of a service-connected disability to 
 travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent 
as retired members of the Armed Forces are authorized to travel on such 
                               aircraft.

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

SECTION 1. TRAVEL OF DISABLED VETERANS ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT.

    (a) Authority.--Chapter 157 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 2641 the following:
``Sec. 2641a. Travel of disabled veterans on military aircraft
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall allow veterans 
who are authorized under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to receive compensation for a service-connected disability 
rated total in degree under section 1155 of title 38, United States 
Code, to travel on unscheduled military flights within the continental 
United States and on scheduled overseas flights operated by the Air 
Mobility Command in the same manner and to the same extent as retired 
members of the armed forces are authorized by regulation to so travel.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `veteran', 
`compensation', and `service-connected' have the meanings given such 
terms in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2641 the following:

                              ``2641a. Travel of disabled veterans on 
                                        military aircraft.''.
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