US Congress House Bill 868 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 65-29)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veterans TRICARE Choice Act Allows an individual who is eligible to participate in the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care program) to: (1) elect to be ineligible to enroll in such program, (2) make tax deductible contributions to a health savings account during the period such individual elects to be ineligible for TRICARE coverage, and (3) enroll in the TRICARE program at a later date during a special enrollment period. Requires DOD to: (1) submit to the Internal Revenue Service information on each TRICARE-eligible individual who makes such election for purposes of determining such individual's eligibility for a health savings account; and (2) report to Congress, annually, on elections by TRICARE-eligible individuals under this Act.

Veterans TRICARE Choice Act

Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]
Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]
Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Marlin Stutzman [R-IN]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]
Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]
Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]
Rep. Curt Clawson [R-FL]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]
Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2015-02-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-11	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2015-02-11	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-02-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-02-11	House	Introduced in House

SB448 (Same As) 2015-02-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/868/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr868/BILLS-114hr868ih.pdf