S.Amdt. 1804

1. Adds Sec. 316. (a) Expansion of Rest and Recuperation Leave Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall expand the Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave program to provide travel and transportation allowances to each member of the Armed Forces participating in the program in order to permit such member to travel at the expense of the United States from an original airport of debarkation to the permanent station or home of such member and back to such airport at the end of title I

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   (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the terms "appropriate committees of Congress", "military construction", and "military installation" have the meanings given such terms in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code, except that, with respect to military construction in a foreign country, the term "military installation" includes not only buildings, structures, and other improvements to real property under the operational control of the Secretary of a military department or the Secretary of Defense, but also any building, structure, or other improvement to real property to be used by the Armed Forces, regardless of whether such use is anticipated to be temporary or of longer duration; and further excepting that "appropriate committees of Congress" shall include the Subcommittees on Military Construction of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives.

   Inserted: Sec. 316. (a) Expansion of Rest and Recuperation Leave Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall expand the Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave program to provide travel and transportation allowances to each member of the Armed Forces participating in the program in order to permit such member to travel at the expense of the United States from an original airport of debarkation to the permanent station or home of such member and back to such airport.

   Inserted: (b) Allowances Authorized.--The travel and transportation allowances that may be provided under subsection (a) are the travel and transportation allowances specified in section 404(d) of title 37, United States Code.

   Inserted: (c) Construction With Other Allowances.--Travel and transportation allowances provided for travel under subsection (a) are in addition to any other travel and transportation or other allowances that may be provided for such travel by law.

   Inserted: (d) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) The term "Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave program" means the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for certain members of the Armed Forces serving in the Iraqi theater of operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as established by the United States Central Command on September 25, 2003.

   Inserted: (2) The term "original airport of debarkation" means an airport designated as an airport of debarkation for members of the Armed Forces under the Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave program as of the establishment of such program on September 25, 2003.

   Inserted: (e) Funding.--Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by chapter 1 of this title under the heading "Iraq Freedom Fund" shall be available to carry out this section: Provided, That the amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 502 of House Concurrent Resolution 95 (108th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That the amount shall be made available only to the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement, as defined in House Concurrent Resolution 95, is transmitted by the President to Congress.

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   At the end of title I, insert the following:

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