[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7822]
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  SA 4289. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be 
proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2022 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 F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 583. SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF 
                   MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES WHO DIE WHILE SERVING 
                   IN ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL, AIR, OR SPACE 
                   SERVICE.

       (a) Expansion of Eligibility.--Section 2641b(c) of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
     paragraph (6):
       ``(6) Children, spouses, parents, and siblings of members 
     of the armed forces who die while serving in the active 
     military, naval, air, or space service (as that term is 
     defined in section 101 of title 38).''.
       (b) Related Instruction.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall revise Department of Defense Instruction 4515.13 to 
     ensure that individuals eligible for space-available travel 
     on aircraft of the Department under paragraph (6) of section 
     2641b(c) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by 
     subsection (a), are placed in a category of travelers not 
     lower than category V.
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