[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 625 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 625

To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the enrollment fee 
  requirement for TRICARE Select for members of the Armed Forces who 
                    retired before January 1, 2018.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2021

  Mr. Tester (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) 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 eliminate the enrollment fee 
  requirement for TRICARE Select for members of the Armed Forces who 
                    retired before January 1, 2018.

    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 Select Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF ENROLLMENT FEE REQUIREMENT FOR TRICARE SELECT 
              FOR CERTAIN RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 1075 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) Exceptions to Certain Cost-Sharing Amounts for Certain 
Retired Beneficiaries.--(1) Notwithstanding subsection (d)--
            ``(A) the annual enrollment fee for TRICARE Select for 
        beneficiaries who are former members of the uniformed services 
        who retired before January 1, 2018, shall be $0; and
            ``(B) subject to paragraph (2), the annual enrollment fee 
        for TRICARE Select for beneficiaries described in subsection 
        (c)(2)(B) in the retired category who are not described in 
        subparagraph (A) shall be $150 for an individual and $300 for a 
        family.
    ``(2) The modified enrollment fee established under paragraph 
(1)(B) for beneficiaries described in subsection (c)(2)(B) in the 
retired category shall not apply with respect to the following 
beneficiaries:
            ``(A) Retired members and the family members of such 
        members covered by paragraph (1) of section 1086(c) of this 
        title by reason of being retired under chapter 61 of this title 
        or being a dependent of such a member.
            ``(B) Survivors covered by paragraph (2) of such section 
        1086(c).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to annual enrollment fees under TRICARE Select under section 1075 
of title 10, United States Code, for coverage under TRICARE Select 
after December 31, 2021.
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