[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 660 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 660

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for transportation by 
  the Department of Defense of certain children requiring specialized 
                 medical services in the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 3 (legislative day, March 27), 1995

 Mr. Akaka (for himself and Mr. Inouye) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for transportation by 
  the Department of Defense of certain children requiring specialized 
                 medical services in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSPORTATION OF CERTAIN CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 157 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2643. Certain disabled children in Pacific Rim region: 
              transportation to Hawaii for medical care
    ``(a) Authority.--Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Defense may provide persons described in subsection (b) with round-trip 
transportation on a space-available basis from an airport in a country 
or other entity in the Pacific Rim region to the State of Hawaii. Such 
transportation shall be provided without charge.
    ``(b) Persons Covered.--Persons eligible to be provided 
transportation under this section are--
            ``(1) minor children residing in the Pacific Rim region who 
        (A) have been admitted for necessary medical treatment at a 
        medical facility in Honolulu, Hawaii, that specializes in the 
        care of crippled children at no cost to the patient, but (B) 
        are unable to afford the costs of transportation to Hawaii; and
            ``(2) in the case of any such child, one adult attendant.
    ``(c) Conditions.--The Secretary may provide transportation under 
subsection (a) in any case only if the Secretary determines that--
            ``(1) the provision of that transportation is not 
        inconsistent with the foreign policy of the United States;
            ``(2) the child to be provided the transportation is in 
        condition of health adequate for safe travel;
            ``(3) the transportation is for humanitarian purposes; and
            ``(4) adequate arrangements have been made with sending and 
        receiving entities before the provision of such transportation 
        at the location of departure and arrival.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2643. Certain disabled children in Pacific Rim region: transportation 
                            to Hawaii for medical care.''.
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