[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1016 Introduced in Senate (IS)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1016

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide entitlement to health 
care for reserve officers of the Armed Forces pending orders to initial 
                  active duty following commissioning.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2003

  Mr. Domenici introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide entitlement to health 
care for reserve officers of the Armed Forces pending orders to initial 
                  active duty following commissioning.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE OFFICERS FOR HEALTH CARE PENDING 
              ORDERS TO ACTIVE DUTY FOLLOWING COMMISSIONING.

    Section 1074(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)'';
            (2) by striking ``who is on active duty'' and inserting 
        ``described in paragraph (2)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) Members of the uniformed services referred to in paragraph 
(1) are as follows:
            ``(A) A member of a uniformed service on active duty.
            ``(B) A member of a reserve component of a uniformed 
        service who has been commissioned as an officer if--
                    ``(i) the member has requested orders to active 
                duty for the member's initial period of active duty 
                following the commissioning of the member as an 
                officer;
                    ``(ii) the request for orders has been approved;
                    ``(iii) the orders are to be issued but have not 
                been issued; and
                    ``(iv) the member does not have health care 
                insurance and is not covered by any other health 
                benefits plan.''.
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