US Congress Senate Bill 491 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 26 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-02-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2565)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal and Military Retiree Health Care Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit: (1) federal civilian and military retirees to pay Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and TRICARE supplemental premiums on a pretax basis (i.e., exclude premiums from gross income); and (2) a tax deduction (available to itemizers and nonitemizers) for TRICARE supplemental premiums or enrollment fees. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the option of paying FEHBP and TRICARE supplemental premiums on a pretax basis is available to federal civilian and military retirees for the first open enrollment period beginning not less than 90 days after the enactment of this Act.

Federal and Military Retiree Health Care Equity Act

Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Evan Bayh [D-IN]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Sam Brownback [R-KS]	Sen. Jim Bunning [R-KY]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]
Sen. Roland Burris [D-IL]	Sen. Robert Byrd [D-WV]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT]	Sen. Byron Dorgan [D-ND]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D-AR]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]
Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Jim Webb [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-26		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2565)
2009-02-26		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2565)

HB1203 (Related) 2009-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/491/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s491/BILLS-111s491is.pdf