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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1768 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize space-available travel 

on military aircraft for members of the reserve components, a member 

or former member of a reserve component who is eligible for retired 

pay but for age, widows and widowers of retired members, and dependents. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 31, 2011 

Mr. BEGICH (for himself, Mr. CASEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LEAHY, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. PRYOR, Ms. SNOWE, and 

Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize spaceavailable travel on military aircraft for members of the 

reserve components, a member or former member of 

a reserve component who is eligible for retired pay but 

for age, widows and widowers of retired members, and 

dependents. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Guard, Re3 serve, ‘Gray Area’ Retiree, and Surviving Spouses Space4 available Travel Equity Act of 2011’’. 

5 SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE MEMBERS, GRAY AREA 

6 RETIREES, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS OF RE7 TIRED MEMBERS, AND DEPENDENTS FOR 

8 SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL ON MILITARY AIR9 CRAFT. 

10 (a) ELIGIBILITY.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 157 of title 10, 

12 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

13 section 2641b the following new section: 

14 ‘‘§ 2641c. Space-available travel on Department of De15 fense aircraft: reserve members, reserve 

16 members eligible for retired pay but for 

17 age; widows and widowers of retired 

18 members; and dependents 

19 ‘‘(a) RESERVE MEMBERS.—A member of a reserve 

20 component holding a valid Uniformed Services Identifica21 tion and Privilege Card shall be provided transportation 

22 on Department of Defense aircraft, on a space-available 

23 basis. 

24 ‘‘(b) RESERVE RETIREES UNDER APPLICABLE ELI25 GIBILITY AGE.—A member or former member of a reserve 

26 component who, but for being under the eligibility age apVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:43 Nov 01, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1768.IS S1768

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1 plicable to the member under section 12731 of this title, 

2 otherwise would be eligible for retired pay under chapter 

3 1223 of this title shall be provided transportation on De4 partment of Defense aircraft, on a space-available basis. 

5 ‘‘(c) WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS OF RETIRED MEM6 BERS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An unremarried widow or 

8 widower of a member of the armed forces described 

9 in paragraph (2) shall be provided transportation on 

10 Department of Defense aircraft, on a space-available 

11 basis. 

12 ‘‘(2) MEMBERS COVERED.—A member of the 

13 armed forces referred to in paragraph (1) is a mem14 ber who— 

15 ‘‘(A) is entitled to retired pay; 

16 ‘‘(B) is described in subsection (b); 

17 ‘‘(C) dies in the line of duty while on active 

18 duty and is not eligible for retired pay; or 

19 ‘‘(D) in the case of a member of a reserve 

20 component, dies as a result of a line of duty 

21 condition and is not eligible for retired pay. 

22 ‘‘(d) DEPENDENTS.—A dependent of a member or 

23 former member described in subsection (a) or (b) or of 

24 an unremarried widow or widower described in subsection 

25 (c) holding a valid Uniformed Services Identification and 


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1 Privilege Card shall be provided transportation on Depart2 ment of Defense aircraft, on a space-available basis, if the 

3 dependent is accompanying the member. 

4 ‘‘(e) SCOPE.—Space-available travel required by this 

5 section includes travel to and from locations within and 

6 outside the continental United States. 

7 ‘‘(f) DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT.—In this section, 

8 the term ‘dependent’ has the meaning given that term in 

9 section 1072 of this title.’’. 

10 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec11 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

12 by inserting after the item relating to section 2641b 

13 the following new item: 

‘‘2641c. Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: reserve members, reserve members eligible for retired pay but for age; widows and widowers of retired members; and dependents.’’. 

14 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

15 prescribe regulations to implement section 2641c of title 

16 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 

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