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HR 4130 108th Congress House

Operation Hero Miles Act of 2004

Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept the donation of frequent traveler miles, credits, and tickets for the pu… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept the donation of frequent traveler miles, credits, and tickets for the purpose of facilitating the travel of members of the Armed Forces who are deployed away from their permanent duty station and are granted, during such deployment, rest and recuperative leave and certain other forms of leave and the travel of family members to be reunited with such a member, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 9, 2004 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 108th Congress ended
It never became law before the 108th Congress (2003–2004) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 14, 2004
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Apr 14, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
Apr 2, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 2, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 14, 2004

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Operation Hero Miles Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to accept the donation of frequent traveler miles, credits, and tickets for air or surface transportation to facilitate the travel of: (1) a member of the Armed Forces who is deployed on active duty away from his or her permanent duty station and granted leave during such deployment; or (2) family members of such member to be reunited with the member.

Directs the Secretary to reimburse members who participated in the Department of Defense Rest and Recuperation Leave program during the period beginning on September 15, 2003, and ending on December 18, 2003, for travel expenses incurred by the member (or family members on behalf of the member) to travel to or from a designated embarkation point before the program was expanded to include a domestic travel component.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4200 Related bill Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Sep 9, 2004
BOYD, ALLEN
· Apr 20, 2004
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Apr 20, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4130: Operation Hero Miles Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4130/
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"H.R. 4130: Operation Hero Miles Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4130/.
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H.R. 4130, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4130/.
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