US Congress House Bill 4554 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

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.

Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2016-02-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2016-02-12	House	Introduced in House

HB4909 (Related) 2016-05-26 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 502.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4554/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4554/BILLS-114hr4554ih.pdf