,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #icf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjag,mr4 ,bilirakis 7for himself1 ,ms4 
,norton1 and ,mr4 ,vela7 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 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,special ,priority on ,aircrafts and    
,coverage ,equity ,act of #bjag or      
,,space-,a4  #b4 ,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