[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 162 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S6613]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6472. Mr. REED (for Mr. Braun) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed to amendment SA 5499 proposed by Mr. Reed (for himself and 
Mr. Inhofe) to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense 
and 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 appropriate place in title V, insert the following:

     SEC. __. COMMERCIAL AIR WAIVER FOR NEXT OF KIN REGARDING 
                   TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS OF CASUALTIES.

       Section 580A of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Transportation of Deceased Military Member.--In the 
     event of a death that requires the Secretary concerned to 
     provide a death benefit under subchapter II of chapter 75 of 
     title 10, United States Code, such Secretary shall provide 
     the next of kin or other appropriate person a commercial air 
     travel use waiver for the transportation of deceased remains 
     of military member who dies outside of the United States.''.
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