[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7593 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7593

  To amend title 37, United States Code, to reimburse a member of the 
   uniformed services for costs incurred to rent a motor vehicle for 
    travel relating to a period of reserve component inactive-duty 
  training, or of Ready Reserve muster duty, performed more than 150 
              miles from the member's permanent residence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 2026

Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas (for himself, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Davis of North 
 Carolina, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Van Orden, and Mr. McCormick) 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 reimburse a member of the 
   uniformed services for costs incurred to rent a motor vehicle for 
    travel relating to a period of reserve component inactive-duty 
  training, or of Ready Reserve muster duty, performed more than 150 
              miles from the member's permanent residence.

    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 ``Reserve Forces Travel Fairness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE: REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS INCURRED BY A MEMBER 
              OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES TO RENT A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR 
              CERTAIN TRAVEL RELATING TO CERTAIN TRAINING OR DUTY.

    (a) In General.--Section 452(j) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) In the case of a member who travels more than 150 miles for 
training or duty described in paragraph (1) and whose actual and 
necessary expenses described in subparagraph (A) of such paragraph 
include the costs to rent a motor vehicle, the allowance paid to such 
member in accordance with this subsection shall reimburse the member 
for such costs incurred during--
            ``(A) the entire period of training or duty described in 
        such paragraph; and
            ``(B) a day of travel, described in such paragraph, that 
        precedes or follows such period.''.
    (b) Implementation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall amend the Joint 
Travel Regulations for the Uniformed Services in accordance with the 
amendment made by subsection (a).
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