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§2641a Transportation of American Samoa Veterans on Department of Defense Aircraft for Certain Medical Care in Hawaii

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 157 — TRANSPORTATION › § 2641a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can provide flights on Department of Defense aircraft to carry veterans between American Samoa and Hawaii when those veterans need hospital care. Eligible veterans are those who live in American Samoa and who a VA official designated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs says must go to VA hospitals in Hawaii for care they are entitled to under chapter 17 of title 38. These flights are offered only when there is spare room on the aircraft. Veterans are not charged for this transportation.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2641a

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Transportation Authorized.—
The Secretary of Defense may provide transportation on Department of Defense aircraft for the purpose of transporting any veteran specified in subsection (b) between American Samoa and the State of Hawaii if such transportation is required in order to provide hospital care to such veteran as described in that subsection.
(b)Veterans Eligible for Transport.—
A veteran eligible for transport under subsection (a) is any veteran who—
(1)resides in and is located in American Samoa; and
(2)as determined by an official of the Department of Veterans Affairs designated for that purpose by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, must be transported to the State of Hawaii in order to receive hospital care to which such veteran is entitled under chapter 17 of title 38 in facilities of such Department in the State of Hawaii.
(c)Administration.—
(1)Transportation may be provided to veterans under this section only on a space-available basis.
(2)A charge may not be imposed on a veteran for transportation provided to the veteran under this section.

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1999—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106–65, § 1066(a)(24)(A), struck out “, United States Code,” after “title 38”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–65, § 1066(a)(24)(B), struck out heading and text of subsec. (d). Text read as follows: “In this section: “(1) The term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given that term in section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code. “(2) The term ‘hospital care’ has the meaning given that term in section 1701(5) of title 38, United States Code.”

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2641a

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110