I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1017 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. 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:33 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1017.IH H1017 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1017 IH SECTION 1. SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL FOR CHILDREN, 1 SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND SIBLINGS OF MEM- 2 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO DIE 3 WHILE SERVING IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY, 4 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, and siblings of 12 members of the armed forces who die while serving 13 in the active military, naval, or air service (as that 14 term is defined in section 101 of title 38).’’. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:33 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1017.IH H1017 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS