3/3 RVN Ass’n  Vol  1  Issue 5    01/01/2006
Here is a bill before House introduced by Mr. Filner. Some of us might benefit from it.          Ray Hoskie

By Mr. FILNER:
  H.R. 1188. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to support disabled veterans by extending military commissary and exchange store privileges to such veterans and their dependents and by authorizing space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents; to the Committee on Armed Services.
109th CONGRESS     1st Session

H. R. 1188
To amend title 10, United States Code, to support disabled veterans by extending military commissary and exchange store privileges to such veterans and their dependents and by authorizing space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 9, 2005  Mr. FILNER
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to support disabled veterans by extending military commissary and exchange store privileges to such veterans and their dependents and by authorizing space-available travel on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents.
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 `Disabled Veterans Right to Commissaries and Space Available Travel Act'.
SEC. 2. COMMISSARY AND  EXCHANGE STORE PRIVILEGES FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.
(a) Disabled Veterans - A veteran with a service-connected disability rated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs at 30 percent or more shall be permitted to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
(b) Dependents- A dependent of a veteran described in subsection (a) shall be permitted to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a depen- dent of a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
(c) Definitions- In this section, the terms `veteran' and `service-connected' have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38.
(b) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
1065. Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and their dependents.

SEC. 3. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.
(a) Availability of Transportation- Chapter 157 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2641a the following new section:
Sec. 2641b. Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: disabled veterans and their dependents.

(a) Disabled Veterans - The Secretary of Defense shall provide transportation on Department of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis for any veterawith a service-connected disability rated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs at 50 percent or more on the same basis as such trans-portation is provided to members of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.

(b) Dependents- A dependent of a veteran described in subsection (a) shall be permitted to travel on De-partment of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis on the same basis as a dependent of a member of the armed forces entitled to retired pay or retainer pay.

(c) Definitions- In this section, the terms `veteran' and `service-con-nected' have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38.

(b) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2641a the following new item:  2641b. Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: disabled veterans and their dependents.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Sections 1065 and 2641b of title 10, United States Code, as added by this Act, shall take effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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Boudreaux was sitting in the City Bar in Mauriceville, La. one Saturday night, and had several beers under his belt. After a while, he looks at the guy sitting next to him, and asks him, "Hey, you wanna hear a good Aggie joke, you?"

The big guy replies, "Let me tell you something. I'm an oilfield roughneck, I weigh 270 pounds, and I don't like Cajuns. My buddy here is a pro football player, weighs 300 pounds, and he doesn't like Cajuns either. His friend on his other side, is a professional wrestler, weighs 320 pounds, always has a chip on his shoulder, and he likes Cajuns even less than we do, and we are all Aggies. Do you really want to tell us an Aggie joke?"

Boudreaux, all 150 pounds of Cajun attitude, tells him, "Well, I guess not. I don't want to have to ‘splain it tree times!"
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The Sarge told the Doc he was havin' trouble sellin’ his truck, with 200,000 miles on it, for $1,500. Doc told him to set the odometer back to 50,000 miles to make it easier to sell. A few days later Doc asked the Sarge if he had sold his truck. "No," replied Sarge, "I decided to keep it. It’s only got 50,000 miles on it."