[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1670 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1670
To expand the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members of the
Armed Forces serving in the Iraqi theater of operations in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom to include travel and transportation to the
members' permanent station or home.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 29, 2003
Mr. Dayton (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Johnson, and
Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To expand the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members of the
Armed Forces serving in the Iraqi theater of operations in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom to include travel and transportation to the
members' permanent station or home.
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 TO INCLUDE
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION TO PERMANENT STATION OR HOME.
(a) Expansion.--The Secretary of Defense shall expand the Central
Command Rest and Recuperation Leave program to provide travel and
transportation allowances to each member of the Armed Forces
participating in the program in order to permit such member to travel
at the expense of the United States from an original airport of
debarkation to the permanent station or home of such member.
(b) Allowances Authorized.--The travel and transportation
allowances that may be provided under subsection (a) are the travel and
transportation allowances specified in section 404(d) of title 37,
United States Code.
(c) Construction With 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.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave
program'' means the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for
certain members of the Armed Forces serving in the Iraqi
theater of operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as
established by the United States Central Command on September
25, 2003.
(2) The term ``original airport of debarkation'' means an
airport designated as an airport of debarkation for members of
the Armed Forces under the Central Command Rest and
Recuperation Leave program as of the establishment of such
program on September 25, 2003.
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