To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide space-available travel on aircraft of the Department of Defense to children, surviving spouses, and siblings of members of the Armed Forces who die while serving in the active military, naval, or air service.

Bill: 116-hr-1017
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2019-02-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Defense to offer, on a space-available basis, transportation on military aircraft to the children, surviving spouses, and siblings of members of the Armed Forces who die during active service.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1017 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2019 Mr. Kelly of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide space-available travel on aircraft of the Department of Defense to children, surviving spouses, and siblings of members of the Armed Forces who die while serving in the active military, naval, or air service.

1. Space-available travel for children, surviving spouses, and siblings of members of the Armed Forces who die while serving in the active military, naval, or air service Section 2641b(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph (6): (6) Children, surviving spouses, and siblings of members of the armed forces who die while serving in the active military, naval, or air service (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 38). .