[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2867. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 appropriate place in subtitle H of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. __. FLY AMERICA ACT EXCEPTION REGARDING CERTAIN 
                   TRANSPORTATION OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS.

       (a) In General.--Section 40118 of title 49, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Certain Transportation of Domesticated Animals.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), 
     an appropriation to any department, agency, or 
     instrumentality of the United States Government may be used 
     to pay for the transportation of Federal personnel, dependent 
     of the Federal personnel, and in-cabin or accompanying 
     checked baggage or cargo, by a foreign air carrier when--
       ``(A) the transportation is from a place--
       ``(i) outside the United States to a place in the United 
     States;
       ``(ii) in the United States to a place outside the United 
     States; or
       ``(iii) between two places outside the United States; and
       ``(B) no air carrier holding a certificate under section 
     41102 is willing and able to transport up to three 
     domesticated animals accompanying such Federal personnel or 
     dependent.
       ``(2) Limitation.--An amount paid pursuant to paragraph (1) 
     for transportation by a foreign air carrier may not be 
     greater than the amount that would otherwise have been paid 
     had the transportation been on an air carrier holding a 
     certificate under section 41102 had that carrier been willing 
     and able to provide such transportation. If the amount that 
     would otherwise have been paid to such an air carrier is less 
     than the cost of transportation on the applicable foreign air 
     carrier, the Federal personnel shall pay the difference of 
     such amount.
       ``(3) Definition.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Domesticated animal.--The term `domesticated animal' 
     means a dog or a cat, or any other animal the Secretary deems 
     appropriate for reimbursement under this section.
       ``(B) Federal personnel.--The term `Federal personnel' 
     means any officer or employee of the United States 
     Government, including any member of the uniformed services 
     (as that term is defined in section 2101 of title 5), the 
     Foreign Service, and any Peace Corp volunteer.
       ``(C) Peace corps volunteer.--The term `Peace Corps 
     volunteer' means an individual described in section 5(a) of 
     the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(a)).''.
       (b) Repeal.--Section 6224 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) is 
     repealed.
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