[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2659 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2659

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
to establish a process for providing expedited and dignified passenger 
screening services for veterans traveling to visit war memorials built 
     and dedicated to honor their service, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2014

  Mr. Murphy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
to establish a process for providing expedited and dignified passenger 
screening services for veterans traveling to visit war memorials built 
     and dedicated to honor their service, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Honor Flight Act''.

SEC. 2. HONOR FLIGHT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 449 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 44928. Honor Flight Program
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
(Transportation Security Administration) shall establish, in 
collaboration with the Honor Flight Network or other not-for-profit 
organization that honors veterans, a process for providing expedited 
and dignified passenger screening services for veterans traveling on a 
flight in charter air transportation of the Honor Flight Network or 
such other organization to visit war memorials built and dedicated to 
honor the service of such veterans.
    ``(b) Veteran Defined.--In this section, the term `veteran' has the 
meaning given that term in section 101 of title 38.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 449 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 44927 the following:

``44928. Honor Flight Program.''.
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