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109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1188
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 9, 2005
Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to support disabled veterans by extending military commissary and exchange store privileges to such veterans and their dependents and by authorizing space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Disabled Veterans Right to Commissaries and Space Available Travel Act
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Commissary and exchange store privileges for disabled veterans and their dependents
Extension of privileges
Chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and their dependents
Disabled veterans
A veteran with a service-connected disability rated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs at 30 percent or more shall be permitted to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
Dependents
A dependent of a veteran described in subsection (a) shall be permitted to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a dependent of a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
Definitions
In this section, the terms veteran and service-connected have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38.
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Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
1065. Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and their dependents
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Transportation on military aircraft on a space-available basis for disabled veterans and their dependents
Availability of transportation
Chapter 157 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2641a the following new section:
Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: disabled veterans and their dependents
Disabled veterans
The Secretary of Defense shall provide transportation on Department of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis for any veteran with a service-connected disability rated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs at 50 percent or more on the same basis as such transportation is provided to members of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
Dependents
A dependent of a veteran described in subsection (a) shall be permitted to travel on Department of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis on the same basis as a dependent of a member of the armed forces entitled to retired pay or retainer pay.
Definitions
In this section, the terms veteran and service-connected have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38.
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Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2641a the following new item:
2641b. Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: disabled veterans and their dependents
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Effective date
Sections 1065 and 2641b of title 10, United States Code, as added by this Act, shall take effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.