[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1991 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1991

  To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize the payment of 
 travel costs for members of the Selected Reserve occupying designated 
 specialties when the members attend inactive duty training or a unit 
training assembly necessary for maintaining mission readiness when the 
training or assembly location is outside of the commuting limits of the 
                        members' duty stations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize the payment of 
 travel costs for members of the Selected Reserve occupying designated 
 specialties when the members attend inactive duty training or a unit 
training assembly necessary for maintaining mission readiness when the 
training or assembly location is outside of the commuting limits of the 
                        members' duty stations.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING TRAVEL COSTS FOR CERTAIN 
              SELECTED RESERVE MEMBERS.

    (a) Payment of Travel Costs Authorized.--Chapter 7 of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 408 the 
following new section:
``Sec. 408a. Travel and transportation allowances: inactive duty 
              training or unit training assembly outside of commuting 
              distance of duty station
    ``(a) Allowance Authorized.--Under regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary concerned, if a member of the Selected Reserve who occupies a 
specialty designated by the Secretary for purposes of this section 
performs inactive duty training or attends a unit training assembly 
outside of the commuting limits of the member's station for the purpose 
of maintaining mission readiness, the Secretary may reimburse the 
member for travel expenses in an amount not to exceed $300 for the 
training or assembly.
    ``(b) Duration of Authority.--Reimbursement may not be provided 
under this section for travel costs incurred after December 31, 
2013.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
408 the following new item:

``408a. Travel and transportation allowances: inactive duty training or 
                            unit training assembly outside of commuting 
                            distance of duty station.''.
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