[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4712]
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  SA 2377. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
Blumenthal) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to 
the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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. 710. TRICARE DENTAL FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE.

       Section 1076a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in the paragraph header, by striking ``selected reserve 
     and''; and
       (ii) by striking ``for members of the Selected Reserve of 
     the Ready Reserve and'';
       (B) in paragraph (2), in the header, by inserting 
     ``individual ready'' after ``other''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) Plan for selected reserve.--A dental benefits plan 
     for members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve.'';
       (2) in subsection (d)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph (3):
       ``(3) No premium plans.--(A) The dental benefits plan 
     established under subsection (a)(5) is a no premium plan.
       ``(B) Members enrolled in a no premium plan may not be 
     charged a premium for benefits provided under the plan.'';
       (3) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ``a member of the 
     Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve or'';
       (4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (l) as 
     subsections (g) through (m), respectively;
       (5) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
     subsection (f):
       ``(f) Copayments Under No Premium Plans.--A member who 
     receives dental care under a no premium plan described in 
     subsection (d)(3) shall pay no charge for any care described 
     in subsection (c).''; and
       (6) in subsection (i), as redesignated by paragraph (4), by 
     striking ``subsection (k)(2)'' and inserting ``subsection 
     (l)(2)''.
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