[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3384 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3384

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit the use of Federal 
funds to pay for travel costs of Federal personnel and their pets, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2023

   Mr. Phillips (for himself, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Ms. Titus, Ms. 
 Salazar, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Castro of Texas) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit the use of Federal 
funds to pay for travel costs of Federal personnel and their pets, 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 ``Better Foreign Policy Through Better 
Pet Policy Act''.

SEC. 2. FLY AMERICA ACT EXCEPTION.

    Section 40118 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(h) Certain Transportation of Domesticated Animals.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), 
        an appropriation to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
        of the United States Government may be used to pay for the 
        transportation of Federal personnel, dependent of the Federal 
        personnel, and in-cabin or accompanying checked baggage or 
        cargo, by a foreign air carrier when--
                    ``(A) the transportation is from a place--
                            ``(i) outside the United States to a place 
                        in the United States;
                            ``(ii) in the United States to a place 
                        outside the United States; or
                            ``(iii) between two places outside the 
                        United States; and
                    ``(B) no air carrier holding a certificate under 
                section 41102 is willing and able to transport up to 
                three domesticated animals accompanying such Federal 
                personnel or dependent.
            ``(2) Limitation.--An amount paid pursuant to paragraph (1) 
        for transportation by a foreign air carrier may not be greater 
        than the amount that would otherwise have been paid had the 
        transportation been on an air carrier holding a certificate 
        under section 41102 had that carrier been willing and able to 
        provide such transportation. If the amount that would otherwise 
        have been paid to such an air carrier is less than the cost of 
        transportation on the applicable foreign air carrier, the 
        Federal personnel shall pay the difference of such amount.
            ``(3) Definition.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Domesticated animal.--The term `domesticated 
                animal' means a dog or a cat, or any other animal the 
                Secretary deems appropriate for reimbursement under 
                this section.
                    ``(B) Federal personnel.--The term `Federal 
                personnel' means any officer or employee of the United 
                States Government, including any member of the 
                uniformed services (as that term is defined in section 
                2101 of title 5), the Foreign Service, and any Peace 
                Corp volunteer.
                    ``(C) Peace corps volunteer.--The term `Peace Corps 
                volunteer' means an individual described in section 
                5(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(a)).''.
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