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To ensure that the travel and transportation allowances provided in connection with rest and recuperative leave granted to a member of the Armed Forces serving in Iraq or Afghanistan cover travel to…

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To ensure that the travel and transportation allowances provided in connection with rest and recuperative leave granted to a member of the Armed Forces serving in Iraq or Afghanistan cover travel to and from the permanent duty station or home of record of the member, not simply to and from a port of entry in the United States.

Introduced: September 30, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
Oct 10, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Sep 30, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Sep 30, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Defense, in the case of a member of the armed forces serving outside the United States in Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom who is granted rest and recuperative leave and provided authorized travel and transportation allowances, to pay the member for transportation, or provide transportation for the member, not only between the overseas duty location and the currently authorized locations (a vacation site or a location in the United States), but, at the request of the member, between the currently authorized locations and the member's permanent duty station or home. Makes such allowance retroactive from September 20, 2003.

What's happening now October 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2 Republican 5
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 17, 2003
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Oct 14, 2003
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Oct 7, 2003
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Sep 30, 2003
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 30, 2003
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Sep 30, 2003
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Sep 30, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3208: To ensure that the travel and transportation allowances provided in connection with rest and recuperative leave granted to a member of the Armed Forces serving in Iraq or Afghanistan cover travel to and from the permanent duty station or home of record of the member, not simply to and from a port of entry in the United States.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3208/
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"H.R. 3208: To ensure that the travel and transportation allowances provided in connection with rest and recuperative leave granted to a member of the Armed Forces serving in Iraq or Afghanistan cover travel to and from the permanent duty station or home of record of the member, not simply to and from a port of entry in the United States.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3208/.
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H.R. 3208, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3208/.
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[H.R. 3208: To ensure that the travel and transportation allowances provided in connection with rest and recuperative leave granted to a member of the Armed Forces serving in Iraq or Afghanistan cover travel to and from the permanent duty station or home of record of the member, not simply to and from a port of entry in the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3208/)
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