[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2264 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2264

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a space-available 
  transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a 
        service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2015

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 establish a space-available 
  transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a 
        service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.

    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, 
              PERMANENT DISABILITY RATED AS TOTAL.

    (a) Availability of Transportation.--Section 2641b of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsection (f):
    ``(f) Special Priority for Certain Disabled Veterans.--(1) 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, 
permanent disability rated as total on the same basis as such 
transportation is provided to members of the armed forces entitled to 
retired or retainer pay.
    ``(2) The transportation priority required by paragraph (1) for 
veterans described in such paragraph applies whether or not the 
Secretary establishes the travel program authorized by this section.
    ``(3) In this subsection, the terms `veteran' and `service-
connected' have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 
38.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (f) of section 2641b 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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