Washington, D.C. –American GIs who paid for their trips home on leave from Iraq last fall would get a reimbursement check from the Department of Defense under new legislation being cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.

The Senate unanimously agreed Wednesday to pass S. 2057. Enzi said the measure adds to legislation the Senate has already passed which requires the Department of Defense to pay for servicemen and women's trips home for their two weeks of home leave starting Dec. 19, 2003.

This new bill, if also passed by the House and signed by the President, would make the benefit retroactive to Sept. 25, 2003.