S.Amdt. 4289

SA 4289. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2022 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 F of title V, add the following:

SEC. 583. SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF
MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES WHO DIE WHILE SERVING
IN ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL, AIR, OR SPACE
SERVICE.

(a) Expansion of Eligibility.--Section 2641b(c) of title
10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new
paragraph (6):
``(6) Children, spouses, parents, and siblings of members
of the armed forces who die while serving in the active
military, naval, air, or space service (as that term is
defined in section 101 of title 38).''.
(b) Related Instruction.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall revise Department of Defense Instruction 4515.13 to
ensure that individuals eligible for space-available travel
on aircraft of the Department under paragraph (6) of section
2641b(c) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by
subsection (a), are placed in a category of travelers not
lower than category V.
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