[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3200 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3200

To expand the travel and transportation allowances available to members 
of the Armed Forces granted leave under the Rest and Recuperation Leave 
 program for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to 
 cover travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or 
                            home of record.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand the travel and transportation allowances available to members 
of the Armed Forces granted leave under the Rest and Recuperation Leave 
 program for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to 
 cover travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or 
                            home of record.

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

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF REST AND RECUPERATION LEAVE PROGRAM ALLOWANCES 
              TO INCLUDE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION TO PERMANENT STATION 
              OR HOME.

    (a) Expanded Allowances.--The Secretary of Defense shall expand the 
Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave program for Operation Iraqi 
Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to provide travel and 
transportation allowances to each member of the Armed Forces granted 
leave under the program to permit the member to travel at the expense 
of the United States between the deployment location of the member and 
the permanent station or home of record of the member.
    (b) Method of Providing Allowances.--The travel and transportation 
allowances authorized under subsection (a) shall be provided in the 
manner otherwise provided in section 411c of title 37, United States 
Code.
    (c) Relation to Other Allowances.--Travel and transportation 
allowances provided for travel under subsection (a) are in addition to 
any other travel and transportation or other allowances that may be 
provided for such travel by law.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON PERMANENT EXPANSION OF REST AND RECUPERATION LEAVE 
              PROGRAM ALLOWANCES TO INCLUDE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION 
              TO PERMANENT STATION OR HOME.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
evaluating the feasibility and cost of amending section 411c of title 
37, United States Code, to permanently expand the travel and 
transportation allowances available to members of the Armed Forces 
granted leave under future rest and recuperation leave programs to 
cover travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or 
home of record.
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