S.Amdt. 1643

SA 1643. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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. 622. GUARANTEED TRANSPORTATION FOR NEXT OF KIN TO ATTEND
TRANSFER CEREMONY OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES WHO DIE OVERSEAS.

Section 481f(e) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new
paragraph (2):
``(2) The discretion to authorize transportation under
paragraph (1) shall not apply, and the Secretary of the
military department concerned is instead required to provide
such transportation, whenever the death of the member
overseas occurs in the line of duty in a combat or
humanitarian relief operation or in combat zone designated by
the Secretary of Defense.''.
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