[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1193 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1193

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide permanent authority 
 for certain chaplain-led family support programs of the Department of 
                                Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2003

  Mr. Hayes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide permanent authority 
 for certain chaplain-led family support programs of the Department of 
                                Defense.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN CHAPLAIN-LED 
              MILITARY FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--(1) Chapter 88 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting at the end of subchapter I the following new 
section:
``Sec. 1789. Chaplain-led programs: authorized support
    ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of a military department may 
provide support services described in subsection (b) to support 
chaplain-led programs to assist members of the armed forces on active 
duty and their immediate family members, and members of reserve 
components in an active status and their immediate family members, in 
building and maintaining a strong family structure.
    ``(b) Authorized Support Services.--The support services referred 
to in subsection (a) are costs of transportation, food, lodging, child 
care, supplies, fees, and training materials for members of the armed 
forces and their family members while participating in programs 
referred to in that subsection, including participation at retreats and 
conferences.
    ``(c) Immediate Family Members.--In this section, the term 
`immediate family members', with respect to a member of the armed 
forces, means--
            ``(1) the member's spouse; and
            ``(2) any child (as defined in section 1072(6) of this 
        title) of the member who is described in subparagraph (D) of 
        section 1072(2) of this title.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1788 the 
following new item:

``1789. Chaplain-led programs: authorized support.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 1789 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on October 1, 2003.
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