[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4887 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4887


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 22 (legislative day, March 19), 2010

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that health 
 coverage provided by the Department of Defense is treated as minimal 
                          essential coverage.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``TRICARE Affirmation Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HEALTH COVERAGE AS MINIMAL 
              ESSENTIAL COVERAGE.

    (a) In General.--Section 5000A(f)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, as added by section 1501(b) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act, is amended--
            (1) by striking clause (iv) and inserting the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(iv) medical coverage under chapter 55 of 
                        title 10, United States Code, including 
                        coverage under the TRICARE program;'';
            (2) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (v);
            (3) by striking the period at the end of clause (vi) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (4) by inserting after clause (vi) the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(vii) the Nonappropriated Fund Health 
                        Benefits Program of the Department of Defense, 
                        established under section 349 of the National 
                        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 
                        (Public Law 103-337; 10 U.S.C. 1587 note).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in section 1501(b) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act and shall be executed immediately after the 
amendments made by such section 1501(b).

            Passed the House of Representatives March 20, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.