[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5786-S5787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3905. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
     by this Act may not be used to implement or carry out any 
     increase in cost-sharing requirements under

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     the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program by reason of the 
     amendment made by section 702(a) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 
     131 Stat. 1433) with respect to any covered beneficiary who 
     resides more than 40 miles from the nearest military medical 
     treatment facility until the date on which the Secretary of 
     Defense commences the conduct of the pilot program on 
     prescription drug acquisition cost parity in the TRICARE 
     Pharmacy Benefits Program authorized by section 743 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
     (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2238; 10 U.S.C. 1074g note).
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