I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 407 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize space-available transpor-
tation on Department of Defense aircraft for an individual who is a 
surviving spouse or dependent child of a member of the Armed Forces 
who died on active duty when that individual is traveling with a relative 
of the deceased member who is otherwise eligible for such space-available 
transportation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2005 
Mr. POMBO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize space- 
available transportation on Department of Defense air-
craft for an individual who is a surviving spouse or 
dependent child of a member of the Armed Forces who 
died on active duty when that individual is traveling 
with a relative of the deceased member who is otherwise 
eligible for such space-available transportation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Family Travel 
Extension Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A 
SPACE-AVAILABLE 
BASIS 
FOR 
SURVIVING 
SPOUSES 
AND 
CHILDREN 
OF 
MEMBERS 
DYING ON ACTIVE DUTY. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF TRANSPORTATION.—Chapter 
157 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing after section 2641a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2641b. Space-available travel on Department of De-
fense aircraft: surviving spouses and chil-
dren of members who die on active duty 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
provide transportation on Department of Defense aircraft 
on a space-available basis for an individual who is the 
unremarried surviving spouse or the child of a member 
of the armed forces who died while on active duty in the 
same manner, and subject to the same terms and condi-
tions, as apply to the spouse or a dependent child, respec-
tively, of a member of the armed forces entitled to retired 
pay, except that for such purpose any requirement of the 
Secretary of Defense that transportation of a spouse or 
dependent child on a space-available basis be provided only 
if the spouse or dependent child is accompanied by the 
applicable sponsor shall be subject to subsection (b).
‘‘(b) TRAVEL WITH SPONSOR.—For the purposes of 
subsection (a), an individual who is the parent, sibling, 
or child of a deceased member and who is otherwise eligi-
ble to be provided transportation by the Secretary of De-
fense on a space-available basis shall be treated, under 
regulations of the Department of Defense, as the sponsor 
of an individual covered by subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) DEPENDENT.—In this section, the term ‘depend-
ent child’ means an individual who, under regulations of 
the Department of Defense, is eligible for transportation 
from the Department of Defense on a space-available basis 
as the child (as defined in such regulations) of a member 
of the armed forces.’’. 
(b) 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: surviving 
spouses and dependent children of members who die on active 
duty.’’. 
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