S 2494
116th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Delaware
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism
Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Sep 18, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act of 2019
This bill addresses the transportation of the remains of members of the Armed Forces who die outside of the United States. It requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide, in the case of such a member whose remains are returned through the mortuary facility at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, transportation of such remains to the applicable escorted remains destination. (Under current law, this service is limited to the remains of those who die in a combat theater of operations.)
The bill also requires DOD to extend travel privileges to family members of those personnel whose remains are returned in this manner.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1