,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ab1 #bjae ,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 establish a           
space-available transportation priority 
for veterans of the ,armed ,forces who  
have a service-connected1 permanent     
disability rated as total4  #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 is 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 total on the same   
basis as such transportation is provided
 to members of the armed forces entitled
 to retired or retainer pay4  7#b7 ,the 
transportation priority required by     
paragraph 7#a7 for veterans described in
 such paragraph applies whether or not  
the ,secretary establishes the travel   
program authorized by this section4     
7#c7 ,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