S.Amdt. 2867

SA 2867. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 appropriate place in subtitle H of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. __. FLY AMERICA ACT EXCEPTION REGARDING CERTAIN
TRANSPORTATION OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS.

(a) In General.--Section 40118 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Certain Transportation of Domesticated Animals.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c),
an appropriation to any department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States Government may be used
to pay for the transportation of Federal personnel, dependent
of the Federal personnel, and in-cabin or accompanying
checked baggage or cargo, by a foreign air carrier when--
``(A) the transportation is from a place--
``(i) outside the United States to a place in the United
States;
``(ii) in the United States to a place outside the United
States; or
``(iii) between two places outside the United States; and
``(B) no air carrier holding a certificate under section
41102 is willing and able to transport up to three
domesticated animals accompanying such Federal personnel or
dependent.
``(2) Limitation.--An amount paid pursuant to paragraph (1)
for transportation by a foreign air carrier may not be
greater than the amount that would otherwise have been paid
had the transportation been on an air carrier holding a
certificate under section 41102 had that carrier been willing
and able to provide such transportation. If the amount that
would otherwise have been paid to such an air carrier is less
than the cost of transportation on the applicable foreign air
carrier, the Federal personnel shall pay the difference of
such amount.
``(3) Definition.--In this subsection:
``(A) Domesticated animal.--The term `domesticated animal'
means a dog or a cat, or any other animal the Secretary deems
appropriate for reimbursement under this section.
``(B) Federal personnel.--The term `Federal personnel'
means any officer or employee of the United States
Government, including any member of the uniformed services
(as that term is defined in section 2101 of title 5), the
Foreign Service, and any Peace Corp volunteer.
``(C) Peace corps volunteer.--The term `Peace Corps
volunteer' means an individual described in section 5(a) of
the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(a)).''.
(b) Repeal.--Section 6224 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) is
repealed.
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