Title: SPACE-A
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Special Priority on Aircrafts and Coverage Equity Act of 2017 or SPACE-A
This bill directs the Department of Defense to provide transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the continental United States and on scheduled overseas flights on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total on the same basis as such transportation is provided to members of the Armed Forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 936 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 936

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a space-available 
  transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a 
        service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2017

 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Vela) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a space-available 
  transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a 
        service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Special Priority on Aircrafts and 
Coverage Equity Act of 2017'' or ``SPACE-A''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS 
              FOR DISABLED VETERANS WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED, PERMANENT 
              DISABILITY RATED AS TOTAL.

    (a) Availability of Transportation.--Section 2641b of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsection (f):
    ``(f) Special Priority for Certain Disabled Veterans.--(1) The 
Secretary of Defense shall provide transportation on scheduled and 
unscheduled military flights within the continental United States and 
on scheduled overseas flights operated by the Air Mobility Command on a 
space-available basis for any veteran with a service-connected, 
permanent disability rated as total on the same basis as such 
transportation is provided to members of the armed forces entitled to 
retired or retainer pay.
    ``(2) The transportation priority required by paragraph (1) for 
veterans described in such paragraph applies whether or not the 
Secretary establishes the travel program authorized by this section.
    ``(3) In this subsection, the terms `veteran' and `service-
connected' have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 
38.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (f) of section 2641b of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect at 
the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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