[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4235. Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 623. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A SPACE-
                   AVAILABLE BASIS FOR MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS 
                   OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH DISABILITIES 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 member or former member of the armed forces 
     with a 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 term `disability rated as 
     total' has the meanings given that term in section 1414(e)(3) 
     of this title.''.
       (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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