[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6576 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6576

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a 
   service-connected disability rated as total to travel on military 
 aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members 
            of the Armed Forces are entitled to such travel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2012

Mr. Bilirakis 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 permit veterans who have a 
   service-connected disability rated as total to travel on military 
 aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members 
            of the Armed Forces are entitled to such travel.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A SPACE-AVAILABLE 
              BASIS FOR DISABLED VETERANS WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED 
              DISABILITY RATED AS TOTAL.

    (a) Availability of Transportation.--Chapter 157 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2641b the 
following new section:
``Sec. 2641c. Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: 
              certain disabled veterans
    ``(a) Disabled Veterans.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the 
continental United States and on scheduled overseas flights operated by 
the Air Mobility Command on a space-available basis for any veteran 
with a service-connected disability rated as total. Such transportation 
shall be provided on the same basis as such transportation is provided 
to members of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `veteran' and 
`service-connected' have the meanings given those terms in section 101 
of title 38.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2641b the following new item:

``2641c. Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: 
                            certain disabled veterans.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--Section 2641c of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), shall take effect at the end of the 90-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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