A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such aircraft.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to permit any former member of the armed forces who is entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability rated total by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to travel on military aircraft to the same extent as retired members of the armed forces.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 58 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 58

To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the 
Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to 
 travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent 
 as retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such 
                               aircraft.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2005

  Mr. Inouye introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the 
Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to 
 travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent 
 as retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such 
                               aircraft.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRAVEL ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT OF CERTAIN DISABLED FORMER 
              MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 53 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1060b the following new section:
``Sec. 1060c. Travel on military aircraft: certain disabled former 
              members of the armed forces
    ``The Secretary of Defense shall permit any former member of the 
armed forces who is entitled to compensation under the laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for a service-
connected disability rated as total to travel, in the same manner and 
to the same extent as retired members of the armed forces, on 
unscheduled military flights within the continental United States and 
on scheduled overseas flights operated by the Air Mobility Command. The 
Secretary of Defense shall permit such travel on a space-available 
basis.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1060b the following new item:

``1060c. Travel on military aircraft: certain disabled former members 
                            of the armed forces.''.
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