To expand the travel and transportation allowances available to members of the Armed Forces granted leave under the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to cover travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home of record.

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3200 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3200

To expand the travel and transportation allowances available to members
of the Armed Forces granted leave under the Rest and Recuperation Leave
program for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to
cover travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or
home of record.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 30, 2003

Mr. Hayworth introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services

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A BILL

To expand the travel and transportation allowances available to members
of the Armed Forces granted leave under the Rest and Recuperation Leave
program for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to
cover travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or
home of record.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF REST AND RECUPERATION LEAVE PROGRAM ALLOWANCES
TO INCLUDE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION TO PERMANENT STATION
OR HOME.

(a) Expanded Allowances.--The Secretary of Defense shall expand the
Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave program for Operation Iraqi
Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to provide travel and
transportation allowances to each member of the Armed Forces granted
leave under the program to permit the member to travel at the expense
of the United States between the deployment location of the member and
the permanent station or home of record of the member.
(b) Method of Providing Allowances.--The travel and transportation
allowances authorized under subsection (a) shall be provided in the
manner otherwise provided in section 411c of title 37, United States
Code.
(c) Relation to Other Allowances.--Travel and transportation
allowances provided for travel under subsection (a) are in addition to
any other travel and transportation or other allowances that may be
provided for such travel by law.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON PERMANENT EXPANSION OF REST AND RECUPERATION LEAVE
PROGRAM ALLOWANCES TO INCLUDE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION
TO PERMANENT STATION OR HOME.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report
evaluating the feasibility and cost of amending section 411c of title
37, United States Code, to permanently expand the travel and
transportation allowances available to members of the Armed Forces
granted leave under future rest and recuperation leave programs to
cover travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or
home of record.
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