[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4929]
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SA 5544. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 A of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 606. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES FOR TRAVEL FOR
MEDICAL CARE.
Section 453 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Travel Away From Duty Station for Medical Care.--A
member of the uniformed services, or a family member of such
a member, who travels to obtain medical care not provided at
the duty station of the member may be provided travel and
transportation allowances to the extent provided in
regulations prescribed under section 464 of this title.''.
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