To authorize travel and transportation for family members of members of the Armed Forces hospitalized in the United States in connection with non-serious illnesses or injuries incurred or aggravated in a contingency operation.

SA 416. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1268, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 169, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

travel and transportation for family of members of the armed forces

hospitalized in united states in connection with non-serious illnesses or injuries incurred or aggravated in a contingency operation

Sec. 1122. (a) Authority.--Subsection (a) of section 411h of title 37, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in paragraph (2)--

(A) by inserting “and” at the end of subparagraph (A); and

(B) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following new subparagraph:

“(B) either--

“(i) is seriously ill, seriously injured, or in a situation of imminent death (whether or not electrical brain activity still exists or brain death is declared), and is hospitalized in a medical facility in or outside the United States; or

“(ii) is not described in clause (i), but has an illness or injury incurred or aggravated in a contingency operation and is hospitalized in a medical facility in the United States for treatment of that condition.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(3) Not more than one roundtrip may be provided to a family member under paragraph (1) on the basis of clause (ii) of paragraph (2)(B).”.

(b) Conforming Amendments.--

(1) Heading for amended section.--The heading for section 411h of such title is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 411h. Travel and transportation allowances:

transportation of family members incident to illness or

injury of members”.

(2) Clerical amendment.--The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended to read as follows:

“411h. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation of family members incident to illness or injury of members.”.

(c) Funding.--Funds for the provision of transportation in fiscal year 2005 under section 411h of title 37, United States Code, by reason of the amendments made by this section shall be derived as follows:

(1) In the case of transportation provided by the Department of the Army, from amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2005 by this Act and the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287) for the Military Personnel, Army account.

(2) In the case of transportation provided by the Department of the Navy, from amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2005 by the Acts referred to in paragraph (1) for the Operation and Maintenance, Navy account.

(3) In the case of transportation provided by the Department of the Air Force, from amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2005 by the Acts referred to in paragraph (1) for the Operation and Maintenance, Air Force account.

(d) Report on Transportation in Excess of Certain Limit.--If in any fiscal year the amount of transportation provided in such fiscal year under section 411h of title 37, United States Code, by reason of the amendments made by this section exceeds $20,000,000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on that fact, including the total amount of transportation provided in such fiscal year under such section 411h by reason of the amendments made by this section.