S.Amdt. 2041
What it does: Adds SEC. 632. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS FOR DISABLED VETERANS WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED, PERMANENT DISABILITY RATED AS TOTAL at the end of subtitle C of title VI
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 632. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS FOR DISABLED VETERANS WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED, PERMANENT DISABILITY RATED AS TOTAL at the end of subtitle C of title VI
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(h) Clarification of Limitation on Transportation of Household Goods.--Section 453(c)(3) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking "(including packing, crating, and household goods in temporary storage)" and inserting "(including household goods in temporary storage, but excluding packing and crating)".
Inserted: SEC. 632. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS FOR DISABLED VETERANS WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED, PERMANENT DISABILITY RATED AS TOTAL.
Inserted: (a) Availability of Transportation.--Section 2641b of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
Inserted: (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
Inserted: (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f):
Inserted: "(f) Special Priority for Certain Disabled Veterans.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall provide, at no additional cost to the Department of Defense and without any aircraft modification, transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the continental United States and on scheduled overseas flights operated by the Air Mobility Command on a space-available basis for any veteran with a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.
Inserted: "(2) Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), in establishing space-available transportation priorities under the travel program, the Secretary shall provide transportation under paragraph (1) on the same basis as such transportation is provided to members of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
Inserted: "(3) The requirement to provide transportation on Department of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis on the priority basis described in paragraph (2) to veterans covered by this subsection applies whether or not the travel program is established under this section.
Inserted: "(4) In this subsection, the terms 'veteran' and 'service-connected' have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38.".
Inserted: (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (f) of section 2641b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title VI, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2041. Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Heller, and Mr. Baucus) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 end of subtitle C of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 632. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS FOR DISABLED VETERANS WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED, PERMANENT DISABILITY RATED AS TOTAL.
(a) Availability of Transportation.--Section 2641b of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f):
“(f) Special Priority for Certain Disabled Veterans.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall provide, at no additional cost to the Department of Defense and without any aircraft modification, transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the continental United States and on scheduled overseas flights operated by the Air Mobility Command on a space-available basis for any veteran with a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.
“(2) Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), in establishing space-available transportation priorities under the travel program, the Secretary shall provide transportation under paragraph (1) on the same basis as such transportation is provided to members of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
“(3) The requirement to provide transportation on Department of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis on the priority basis described in paragraph (2) to veterans covered by this subsection applies whether or not the travel program is established under this section.
“(4) In this subsection, the terms ‘veteran' and ‘service-connected' have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38.”.
(b) Effective Date.--Subsection (f) of section 2641b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 14, 2013