[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 782 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 782

    To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize travel and 
   transportation for family members of members of the Armed Forces 
   hospitalized in the United States in connection with non-serious 
     illnesses or injuries incurred or aggravated in a contingency 
                   operation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 14, 2005

 Mr. Feingold introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
        referred to the Committee on Armed ServicesYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize travel and 
   transportation for family members of members of the Armed Forces 
   hospitalized in the United States in connection with non-serious 
     illnesses or injuries incurred or aggravated in a contingency 
                   operation, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION FOR FAMILY OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES HOSPITALIZED IN THE UNITED STATES IN CONNECTION 
              WITH NON-SERIOUS ILLNESSES OR INJURIES INCURRED OR 
              AGGRAVATED IN A CONTINGENCY OPERATION.

    (a) Authority.--Subsection (a) of section 411h of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (A); and
                    (B) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and 
                inserting the following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) either--
                    ``(i) is seriously ill, seriously injured, or in a 
                situation of imminent death (whether or not electrical 
                brain activity still exists or brain death is 
                declared), and is hospitalized in a medical facility in 
                or outside the United States; or
                    ``(ii) is not described in clause (i), but has an 
                illness or injury incurred or aggravated in a 
                contingency operation and is hospitalized in a medical 
                facility in the United States for treatment of that 
                condition.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) Not more than one roundtrip may be provided to a family 
member under paragraph (1) on the basis of clause (ii) of paragraph 
(2)(B).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Heading for amended section.--The heading for section 
        411h of such title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 411h. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation of 
              family members incident to illness or injury of 
              members''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The item relating to such section 
        in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of such 
        title is amended to read as follows:

``411h. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation of family 
                            members incident to illness or injury of 
                            members.''.
    (c) Funding.--Funds for the provision of transportation under 
section 411h of title 37, United States Code, by reason of the 
amendments made by this section may be derived by the Secretary as 
follows:
            (1) In the case of transportation provided by the 
        Department of the Army, from amounts authorized for the 
        Military Personnel, Army account.
            (2) In the case of transportation provided by the 
        Department of the Navy, from amounts authorized for the 
        Operation and Maintenance, Navy account.
            (3) In the case of transportation provided by the 
        Department of the Air Force, from amounts authorized for the 
        Operation and Maintenance, Air Force account.
    (d) Report on Transportation in Excess of Certain Limit.--If in any 
fiscal year the amount of transportation provided in such fiscal year 
under section 411h of title 37, United States Code, by reason of the 
amendments made by this section exceeds $20,000,000, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on that fact, including the total amount of transportation provided in 
such fiscal year under such section 411h by reason of the amendments 
made by this section.
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