Sec. 647. Expansion of the space-available travel program to allow certain disabled veterans to travel with a caregiver or dependent on certain aircraft
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Section 2641b(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The limitation in paragraph
(2)shall not apply to the use of funds to purchase or design new equipment to carry out paragraphs
(4)and
(5)of subsection (c). . Section 2641b(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(5)and
(6)as paragraphs
(6)and (7), respectively; in paragraph
(6)(as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking paragraphs
(1)through
(3)and inserting paragraphs
(1)through
(4); and by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following new paragraph: Subject to subsection
(f)and under conditions and circumstances as the Secretary shall specify in regulations under subsection (a), a caregiver or family caregiver (as such terms are defined in section 1720G of title 38) of a veteran with a permanent service-connected disability rated as total. . Section 2641b(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking a veteran eligible for travel pursuant to subsection (c)(4) and inserting an individual eligible for travel pursuant to paragraph
(4)or
(5)of subsection
(c); and in paragraphs
(2)and (3), by striking The authority in subsection (c)(4) each place it appears and inserting The authority in paragraph
(4)or
(5)of subsection
(c).