National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
Floor Speech
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Mr. BILIRAKIS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I rise today in support of my amendment, which would allow disabled veterans with a service-connected permanent disability rated as "total'' to travel on military aircraft on a space-available basis.
My amendment would allow disabled veterans, who have bravely served our country and who have made enormous personal sacrifices that follow them in their daily lives, to travel through the Space-A program at no additional cost to the Department of Defense. The space-available program is a DOD program which allows Active Duty serv ice mem bers, their families, retirees, and certain others to fill empty seats on DOD flights. While Active Duty members and their families will remain the primary beneficiaries of this program in order to assist them with the rigors of military life, my amendment allows these veterans the same benefit.
I would like to thank Chairman McKeon and Ranking Member Smith and their staffs for their assistance in the amendment process.
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