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Senate Bill 2494
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act of 2019
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Introduced in Senate on Sep 18, 2019
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Introduced in Senate 
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S. 2494 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2494


To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide travel to Dover Air Force Base for family members of members of the Armed Forces who die outside of the United States but not in a theater of combat operations so the family may receive the remains of the deceased, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 18, 2019

Mr. Cotton (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide travel to Dover Air Force Base for family members of members of the Armed Forces who die outside of the United States but not in a theater of combat operations so the family may receive the remains of the deceased, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act of 2019”.

SEC. 2. Transportation of remains of casualties; travel expenses for next of kin.

(a) Transportation for remains of a member who dies not in a theater of combat operations.—Section 562 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 10 U.S.C. 1482 note) is amended—

(1) in the heading, by striking “dying in a theater of combat operations”; and

(2) in subsection (a), by striking “in a combat theater of operations” and inserting “outside of the United States”.

(b) Transportation for family.—The Secretary of Defense shall revise Department of Defense Instruction 1300.18 to extend travel privileges via Invitational Travel Authorization to family members of members of the Armed Forces who die outside of the United States and whose remains are returned to the United States through the mortuary facility at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.