3.0.0 244 2026-02-25T09:06:17Z 2026-02-25T09:06:17Z House H HR 2025-01-09 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/244 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. STEUBE:H.R. 244.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H92]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2025-02-11T22:37:04Z Referred To 2025-01-09T14:35:35Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-09T14:35:30Z 2025-02-11 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2025-01-09 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2025-01-09 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2025-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001214 Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] W. Steube R FL Gregory 17 N O000175 Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5] Andrew Ogles R TN 5 2026-02-11 False P000048 Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] August Pfluger R TX 11 2026-02-23 False L000596 Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] Anna Paulina Luna R FL 13 2026-02-24 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight 2025-03-05T16:09:42Z Disability and paralysis 2025-03-05T16:09:42Z Health care costs and insurance 2025-03-05T16:09:42Z Health care coverage and access 2025-03-05T16:09:42Z Military medicine 2025-03-05T16:09:42Z Veterans' medical care 2025-03-05T16:09:42Z Veterans' pensions and compensation 2025-03-05T16:09:42Z Armed Forces and National Security 2025-02-12T15:42:59Z 00 2025-01-09 Introduced in House 2025-02-14T21:25:19Z Veterans' True Choice Act of 2025

This bill allows covered veterans to receive coverage under TRICARE Select, a health care program of the Department of Defense (DOD). Veterans covered by this bill include those with service-connected disabilities, former prisoners of war, Purple Heart recipients, Medal of Honor recipients, those discharged from service due to disability, and those entitled to disability compensation.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must reimburse DOD's costs of enrolling eligible veteran beneficiaries in the program.

A covered veteran may not concurrently receive medical care from DOD and the VA.

]]> Veterans’ True Choice Act of 2025 Display Title 45 Veterans’ True Choice Act of 2025 2025-02-05T02:23:17Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Veterans’ True Choice Act of 2025 2025-02-05T02:23:16Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide eligibility for TRICARE Select to veterans with service-connected disabilities, and for other purposes. 2025-02-05T02:18:28Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr244ih/xml/BILLS-119hr244ih.xml 2025-02-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.