Bill > HR4554

Introduced Session

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain members of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty and dependents remain eligible for the TRICARE program during periods in which the member is responding to a disaster. This bill makes eligible for TRICARE health care benefits certain National Guard members (and dependents) who are performing disaster response duty, if the performance of such a duty immediately follows a period in which the member served on full-time additional National Guard duty. "Disaster response duty" means duty performed by a member of the National Guard in state status pursuant to an emergency declaration by the state governor (or, for the District of Columbia, by the mayor) in response to a disaster or in preparation for an imminent disaster.

Committee Categories

Suzan DelBene (D)*,  Sanford Bishop (D),  Charles Boustany (R),  Jim Bridenstine (R),  John Carney (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Tom Cole (R),  Tammy Duckworth (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Denny Heck (D),  Jaime Herrera Beutler (R),  Michael Honda (D),  Walter Jones (R),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  John Katko (R),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Rick Larsen (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Blaine Luetkemeyer (R),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  David McKinley (R),  Martha McSally (R),  Dan Newhouse (R),  Richard Nugent (R),  Steven Palazzo (R),  David Reichert (R),  Bobby Rush (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Austin Scott (R),  José Serrano (D),  Steve Stivers (R),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Norma Torres (D),  Timothy Walz (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (on 03/04/2016)

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