,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #d1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,bilirakis introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to permit veterans who   
have a service-connected1 permanent     
disability rated as total to travel on  
military aircraft in the same manner and
 to the same extent as retired members  
of the ,armed ,forces entitled to such  
travel4  #a4 ,transportation on military
 aircraft on a space-available basis for
 disabled veterans with a               
service-connected1 permanent disability 
rated as total  7a7 ,availability of    
transportation ,section #bfda;b of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 as amended 
by section #fbb of ,national ,defense   
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjac1 is further amended--  7#a7 by    
redesignating subsection 7f7 as         
subsection 7g72 and  7#b7 by inserting  

after subsection 7e7 the following new  
subsection 7f73  7f7 ,special priority  
for certain disabled veterans  7#a7 ,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-connected1 permanent     
disability rated as total4  7#b7        
,notwithstanding subsection 7d77#a71 in 
establishing space-available            
transportation priorities under the     
travel program1 the ,secretary shall    
provide transportation under paragraph  
7#a7 on the same basis as such          
transportation is provided to members of
 the armed forces entitled to retired or
 retainer pay4  7#c7 ,the requirement to
 provide transportation on ,department  
of ,defense aircraft on a               
space-available basis on the priority   
basis described in paragraph 7#b7 to    

veterans covered by this subsection     
applies whether or not the travel       
program is established under this       
section4  7#d7 ,in this subsection1 the 
terms veteran and service-connected have
 the meanings given those terms in      
section #aja of title #ch4  4  7b7      
,effective date ,subsection 7f7 of      
section #bfda;b of title #aj1 ,united   
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a71 shall take effect at the end of the
 #ij-;day period beginning on the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4