H.R. 2264: To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a space-available transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.

H.R. 2264: To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a space-available transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-12 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a space-available transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.

Plain summary

Directs the Department of Defense to provide transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the United States and on scheduled overseas flights on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total on the same basis as such transportation is provided to members of the Armed Forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.

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Official text

To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a space-available transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] · 56 cosponsors

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Tom Cole (R-OK), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] reported raising $2.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr2264.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2264 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114