Gold Star Altitude Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1302 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, parents, and siblings of members of the Armed Forces who die while serving in the active military, naval, or air service. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 24, 2021 Mr. KELLY of Mississippi (for himself and Mr. RYAN) 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, parents, and siblings of members of the Armed Forces who die while serving in the active military, naval, or air service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gold Star Altitude 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 Mar 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1302.IH H1302 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1302 IH SEC. 2. SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL FOR CHILDREN, SUR- 1 VIVING SPOUSES, PARENTS, AND SIBLINGS 2 OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO 3 DIE WHILE SERVING IN THE ACTIVE MILI- 4 TARY, NAVAL, OR AIR SERVICE. 5 Section 2641b(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 6 amended— 7 (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para- 8 graph (7); and 9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol- 10 lowing new paragraph (6): 11 ‘‘(6) Children, surviving spouses, parents, and 12 siblings of members of the armed forces who die 13 while serving in the active military, naval, or air 14 service (as that term is defined in section 101 of 15 title 38).’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 Mar 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1302.IH H1302 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS