[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2171 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2171

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain TRICARE 
 beneficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico may enroll in TRICARE Prime, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2019

Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain TRICARE 
 beneficiaries who reside in Puerto Rico may enroll in TRICARE Prime, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF TRICARE PRIME IN PUERTO RICO.

    (a) Availability of TRICARE Prime in Puerto Rico.--Section 1097 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(f) Availability of TRICARE Prime in Puerto Rico.--In designating 
geographical areas under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that beneficiaries covered by subsection (c) of section 
1086 of this title, other than Medicare-eligible beneficiaries 
described in subsection (d)(2) of such section, may enroll in TRICARE 
Prime in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, beginning not later than 
January 1, 2021.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than six months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report on the progress of the Secretary in carrying out the 
requirements of subsection (f) of section 1097 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a).
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