[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 212 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S8786]
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  SA 4004. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3951 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to be 
proposed to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. FERTILITY TREATMENT PROGRAM UNDER TRICARE.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act for the Defense Health Program shall be used to provide, 
     or cover under TRICARE Prime and TRICARE Select, the 
     provision of assisted reproductive technology services 
     (including intrauterine insemination and in vitro 
     fertilization) provided according to guidelines of the 
     American Society for Reproductive Medicine, to beneficiaries 
     under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code.
       (b) Inapplicability of Other Provisions.--The requirement 
     under section 1079(a) of title 10, United States Code, and 
     any other provision of law or regulation requiring a service-
     connected condition for fertility treatment, shall not apply 
     with respect to the provision of services authorized under 
     subsection (a).
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