[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2511 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2511

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Defense to provide veterans who have a 100 percent service-connected 
disability with space-available travel on military aircraft in the same 
 manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2003

 Mr. Michaud 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 direct the Secretary of 
 Defense to provide veterans who have a 100 percent service-connected 
disability with space-available travel on military aircraft in the same 
 manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces.

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

SECTION 1. SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT FOR 100 PERCENT 
              SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABLED VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 157 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 2641a the following new section:
``Sec. 2641b. Travel on Department of Defense aircraft: veterans with 
              100 percent service-connected disabilities
    ``The Secretary of Defense shall permit a former member of the 
armed forces who is entitled to compensation under the laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for a service-
connected disability rated as total 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 applies to retired members of the armed forces.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2641a the following new item:

``2641b. Travel on Department of Defense aircraft: veterans with 100 
                            percent service-connected disabilities.''.
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