S.Amdt. 4235

SA 4235. Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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. 623. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A SPACE-
AVAILABLE BASIS FOR MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH DISABILITIES 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 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 member or former member of the armed forces
with a disability rated as total on the same basis as such
transportation is provided to members of the armed forces
entitled to retired or retainer pay.
``(2) The transportation priority required by paragraph (1)
for veterans described in such paragraph applies whether or
not the Secretary establishes the travel program authorized
by this section.
``(3) In this subsection, the term `disability rated as
total' has the meanings given that term in section 1414(e)(3)
of this title.''.
(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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