[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3488]
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SA 393. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:
SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON INCREASE IN COST-SHARING
REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE TRICARE PHARMACY
BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES.
Section 1074g(a)(6)(C) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking ``or a dependent'' and inserting ``a
dependent''; and
(2) by inserting ``, or an eligible covered beneficiary who
resides more than 40 miles from the nearest military medical
treatment facility'' after ``such chapter''.
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