United States · Bill · S
S. 2689 (110th)
A bill to amend section 411h of title 37, United States Code, to provide travel and transportation allowances for family members of members of the uniformed services with serious inpatient psychiatric conditions.
Introduced
4 March 2008
Last action
4 March 2008 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Sponsors
Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR], Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN], Rep. Nelson, Bill [D-FL-11], Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4], Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA], Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Ron Wyden, Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
14 January 2025
Summary
Authorizes the provision by the Secretary of the military department concerned of a travel and transportation allowance for up to three family members of a member of the Armed Forces who is hospitalized in a military medical facility in the United States for a serious psychiatric condition, as long as such transportation is provided pursuant to travel orders issued upon the recommendation of a physician that the family's presence would be helpful and beneficial to the member's treatment and recovery.
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Timeline
4 March 2008
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
4 March 2008
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 4 March 2008 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 March 2008
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 March 2008
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 4 March 2008
Sponsors
- Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Nelson, Bill [D-FL-11] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] · R · Cosponsor
- Ron Wyden · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/2689
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2689
- us · 110-s-2689 · source updated 14 January 2025