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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and…

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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected 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 are entitled to travel on such aircraft.

Introduced: January 7, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Jan 7, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S60)
Jan 7, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S59-60)
Jan 7, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Directs the Secretary of Defense to permit any former member of the armed forces who is entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability rated total by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to travel on military aircraft to the same extent as retired members of the armed forces.
What's happening now January 7, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S60)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Sep 24, 2003
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Apr 28, 2003
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 21, 2003
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Feb 25, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 59: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected 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 are entitled to travel on such aircraft.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-59/
MLA
"S. 59: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected 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 are entitled to travel on such aircraft.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-59/.
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S. 59, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-59/.
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[S. 59: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected 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 are entitled to travel on such aircraft.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-59/)
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