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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3317

To expand the travel and transportation allowances available to members 

of the Armed Forces granted leave under the Rest and Recuperation 

Leave program, to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide 

TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and 

financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of reserve components, and to increase the amount of basic educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 16, 2003

Mr. POMEROY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 

Means, 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 

A BILL

To expand the travel and transportation allowances available 

to members of the Armed Forces granted leave under 

the Rest and Recuperation Leave program, to amend 

title 10, United States Code, to provide TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and 

financial support for continuation of health insurance 

for mobilized members of reserve components, and to 

increase the amount of basic educational assistance for 

members of the Selected Reserve, and for other purposes.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guard and Reserve 

5 Fairness Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PERIOD OF DEPLOYMENT FOR 

7 MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS. 

8 (a) LIMITATION.—During a period when there is in 

9 effect a policy of assigning units or members of one or 

10 more of the active components of the Armed Forces to 

11 duty in the area of responsibility of the United States Cen12 tral Command for a specified period of time of not less 

13 than one year, the Secretary of Defense shall provide that 

14 the length of such an assignment in the case of members 

15 of the reserve components may not exceed the length of 

16 such period for the corresponding active component re17 duced by the period of time between the date of entry of 

18 the reserve component members onto active duty and the 

19 date of the deployment of such members for such assign20 ment. 

21 (b) TRANSITION.—Subsection (a) applies to members 

22 of reserve components assigned to duty in the area of re23 sponsibility of the United States Central Command on or 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act and to such 

25 members assigned to such duty before such date who as 
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1 of the date of the enactment of this Act have more than 

2 90 days remaining in such assignment. 

3 SEC. 3. ACTIVE-DUTY RESERVE COMPONENT EMPLOYEE 

4 CREDIT ADDED TO GENERAL BUSINESS 

5 CREDIT. 

6 (a) ADDITION OF CREDIT.—Subpart D of part IV of 

7 subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code 

8 of 1986 (relating to business-related credits) is amended 

9 by adding at the end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 45G. ACTIVE-DUTY RESERVE COMPONENT EMPLOYEE 

11 CREDIT. 

12 ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38, 

13 the active-duty reserve component employment credit de14 termined under this section is an amount equal to the sum 

15 of—

16 ‘‘(1) the employment credit with respect to all 

17 employees of the taxpayer who are members of a re18 serve component during the taxable year, plus 

19 ‘‘(2) the self-employment credit of a qualified 

20 self-employed taxpayer. 

21 ‘‘(b) EMPLOYMENT CREDIT.—The employment credit 

22 is, with respect to each employee who is also a member 

23 of a reserve component during the taxable year, an 

24 amount equal to 50 percent of the compensation paid by 

25 the employer to such employee for the period during which 
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1 such employee was absent from employment for a reason 

2 described in subsection (d), but not to exceed 50 percent 

3 of the excess (if any) of—

4 ‘‘(1) the amount of compensation that would 

5 otherwise have been payable to the employee during 

6 such absence if the employee’s employment with the 

7 employer had not been interrupted by the employee’s 

8 absence, over 

9 ‘‘(2) the amount of military pay that is payable 

10 to the employee during the absence. 

11 ‘‘(c) SELF-EMPLOYMENT CREDIT.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The self-employment credit 

13 of a qualified self-employed taxpayer for any taxable 

14 year is equal to 50 percent of the excess, if any, of—

15 ‘‘(A) the product of—

16 ‘‘(i) the self-employed taxpayer’s aver17 age daily self-employment income for the 

18 taxable year, multiplied by 

19 ‘‘(ii) the number of qualified days 

20 during the taxable year, over 

21 ‘‘(B) the product of—

22 ‘‘(i) the average daily military pay re23 ceived by the taxpayer (taking into account 

24 only qualified days during the taxable 

25 year), multiplied by 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the number of qualified days 

2 during the taxable year. 

3 ‘‘(2) AVERAGE DAILY SELF-EMPLOYMENT.—

4 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘average 

5 daily self-employment income’ means the self-em6 ployment income (as defined in section 1402) of the 

7 taxpayer for the taxable year divided by the excess 

8 of 365 over the number of qualified days during the 

9 taxable year. 

10 ‘‘(3) QUALIFIED DAY.—For purposes of this 

11 subsection, the term ‘qualified day’ means, with re12 spect to any individual, any day such individual was 

13 absent from self-employment duties for a reason de14 scribed in subsection (d). 

15 ‘‘(d) COVERED PAY PERIODS.—This section shall 

16 apply with respect to an employee or qualified self-em17 ployed taxpayer who is also a member of a reserve compo18 nent—

19 ‘‘(1) while the employee serves on active duty 

20 for a period of more than 30 days; 

21 ‘‘(2) while the employee is hospitalized for, or 

22 convalescing from, an illness or injury incurred in, 

23 or aggravated during, the performance of such active 

24 duty; and 
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1 ‘‘(3) during the 14-day period beginning at the 

2 end of such active duty or the end of the period re3 ferred to in paragraph (2). 

4 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—No credit shall be allowed under 

5 this section with respect to an employee or qualified self6 employed individual for any day on which the employee 

7 or taxpayer was not scheduled to work (for a reason other 

8 than such service on active duty) and ordinarily would not 

9 have worked. 

10 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—

11 ‘‘(1) The term ‘qualified self-employed tax12 payer’ means a taxpayer who—

13 ‘‘(A) has net earnings from self-employ14 ment (as defined in section 1402) for the tax15 able year, and 

16 ‘‘(B) is a member of a reserve component. 

17 ‘‘(2) The terms ‘active duty for a period of 

18 more than 30 days’, ‘member’, and ‘reserve compo19 nent’ have the meanings given such terms in section 

20 101 of title 37, United States Code. 

21 ‘‘(3) The term ‘compensation’ means any remu22 neration for employment, whether in cash or in kind, 

23 which is paid or incurred by a taxpayer and which 

24 is deductible from the taxpayer’s gross income under 

25 section 162(a)(1).’’. 
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1 (b) CREDIT TO BE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS

2 CREDIT.—Subsection (b) of section 38 of such Code (re3 lating to general business credit) is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (14), by striking the period 

5 at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and 

6 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(16) the active-duty reserve component em8 ployee credit determined under section 45G(a).’’. 

9 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec10 tions for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 

11 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

12 inserting after the item relating to section 45F the fol13 lowing new item:

‘‘45G. Active-duty reserve component employee credit.’’.

14 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

15 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

16 December 31, 2002. 

17 SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF REST AND RECUPERATION LEAVE 

18 PROGRAM ALLOWANCES TO INCLUDE TRAV19 EL AND TRANSPORTATION TO PERMANENT 

20 STATION OR HOME. 

21 (a) EXPANDED ALLOWANCES.—The Secretary of De22 fense shall expand the Central Command Rest and Recu23 peration Leave program for Operation Iraqi Freedom and 

24 Operation Enduring Freedom to provide travel and trans25 portation allowances to each member of the Armed Forces 
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1 granted leave under the program to permit the member 

2 to travel at the expense of the United States between the 

3 deployment location of the member and the permanent 

4 station or home of record of the member. 

5 (b) METHOD OF PROVIDING ALLOWANCES.—The 

6 travel and transportation allowances authorized under 

7 subsection (a) shall be provided in the manner otherwise 

8 provided in section 411c of title 37, United States Code. 

9 (c) RELATION TO OTHER ALLOWANCES.—Travel and 

10 transportation allowances provided for travel under sub11 section (a) are in addition to any other travel and trans12 portation or other allowances that may be provided for 

13 such travel by law. 

14 (d) TREATMENT OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEM15 BERS.—It is the sense of Congress that, to the extent 

16 practicable, members of the reserve components should 

17 continue to be provided the same benefits under the Rest 

18 and Recuperation program of the United States Central 

19 Command as are provided to members of the active com20 ponents. 

21 (e) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—In the case of a 

22 member of the Armed Forces granted leave as described 

23 in subsection (a) before the date of the enactment of this 

24 Act and who received travel and transportation allowances 

25 under section 411c of title 37, United States Code, during 
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1 the period beginning on September 20, 2003, and ending 

2 on the date of the enactment of this Act in connection 

3 with such leave, the Secretary of Defense shall reimburse 

4 the member for any transportation costs incurred by the 

5 member before that date to procure transportation be6 tween the designated port of entry in the United States 

7 or the designated overseas location under such section and 

8 the permanent duty station or home of record of the mem9 ber. 

10 (f) REPORT ON PERMANENT EXPANSION OF ALLOW11 ANCES.—Not later than one year after the date of the en12 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

13 to Congress a report evaluating the feasibility and cost 

14 of amending section 411c of title 37, United States Code, 

15 to permanently expand the travel and transportation al16 lowances available to members of the Armed Forces grant17 ed leave under future rest and recuperation leave pro18 grams to cover travel and transportation to the members’ 

19 permanent station or home of record. 

20 SEC. 5. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF BASIC EDUCATIONAL AS21 SISTANCE UNDER THE MONTGOMERY GI 

22 BILL. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Paragraph (1) of Section 

24 16131(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$251’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘$600’’; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘$188’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘$450’’; and 

5 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘$125’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘$300’’. 

7 (2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall 

8 take effect on October 1, 2004, and shall apply with re9 spect to educational assistance allowances under section 

10 16131(b)(1) of such title paid for months after September 

11 2004. 

12 (3) In the case of an educational assistance allowance 

13 under such section paid for months occurring during fiscal 

14 year 2004—

15 (A) subparagraph (A) of such section shall be 

16 applied by substituting ‘‘$475’’ for ‘‘$251’’; 

17 (B) subparagraph (B) of such section shall be 

18 applied by substituting ‘‘$325’’ for ‘‘$188’’; and 

19 (C) subparagraph (C) of such section shall be 

20 applied by substituting ‘‘$215’’ for ‘‘$125’’. 

21 (b) NO ADJUSTMENT FOR FISCAL YEARS 2004 AND

22 2005.—Section 16131(b)(2) of such title shall not apply 

23 to rates of basic educational assistance paid under such 

24 section during fiscal years 2004 and 2005. 
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1 (c) APPLICATION OF INDEX BASED ON COSTS OF

2 HIGHER LEARNING.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 16131(f)(2) of title 

4 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol5 lows: 

6 ‘‘(2)(A) With respect to any fiscal year beginning on 

7 or after October 1, 2004, the Secretary shall provide a 

8 percentage increase (rounded to the nearest dollar) in the 

9 rates payable under paragraph (1) equal to the percentage 

10 (as determined by the Secretary) by which—

11 ‘‘(i) the average monthly costs of tuition and 

12 expenses for commuter students at public institu13 tions of higher learning that award baccalaureate 

14 degrees for purposes of paragraph (1) for the fiscal 

15 year involved, exceeds 

16 ‘‘(ii) such average monthly costs for the pre17 ceding fiscal year. 

18 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall make the determination 

19 under subparagraph (A) after consultation with the Sec20 retary of Education. 

21 ‘‘(C) A determination made under subparagraph (A) 

22 in a year shall take effect on October 1 of that year and 

23 apply with respect to basic educational assistance allow24 ances payable under this section for the fiscal year begin25 ning in that year. 
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1 ‘‘(D) Not later than September 30 each year, the Sec2 retary shall publish in the Federal Register the average 

3 monthly costs of tuition and expenses as determined under 

4 subparagraph (A) in that year.’’. 

5 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

6 3015(h) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘by which—’’ and all that follows and in8 serting ‘‘determined by the Secretary under section 

9 16131(b)(2) of title 10 for the fiscal year involved.’’. 

10 (3) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by 

11 paragraph (1) shall apply to fiscal years beginning 

12 on or after October 1, 2004. 

13 SEC. 6. ALLOWANCE FOR CONTINUATION OF NON-TRICARE 

14 HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN 

15 MOBILIZED RESERVES. 

16 (a) PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS.—(1) Chapter 55 of title 

17 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec18 tion 1078a the following new section: 

19 ‘‘§ 1078b. Continuation of non-TRICARE health bene20 fits plan coverage for certain reserves 

21 called or ordered to active duty and their 

22 dependents 

23 ‘‘(a) PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS.—The Secretary con24 cerned shall pay the applicable premium to continue in 

25 force any qualified health benefits plan coverage for an 
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1 eligible reserve component member for the benefits cov2 erage continuation period if timely elected by the member 

3 in accordance with regulations prescribed under sub4 section (j). 

5 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBER.—A member of a reserve 

6 component is eligible for payment of the applicable pre7 mium for continuation of qualified health benefits plan 

8 coverage under subsection (a) while serving on active duty 

9 pursuant to a call or order issued under a provision of 

10 law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this title dur11 ing a war or national emergency declared by the President 

12 or Congress. 

13 ‘‘(c) QUALIFIED HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN COV14 ERAGE.—For the purposes of this section, health benefits 

15 plan coverage for a member called or ordered to active 

16 duty is qualified health benefits plan coverage if—

17 ‘‘(1) the coverage was in force on the date on 

18 which the Secretary notified the member that 

19 issuance of the call or order was pending or, if no 

20 such notification was provided, the date of the call 

21 or order; 

22 ‘‘(2) on such date, the coverage applied to the 

23 member and dependents of the member described in 

24 subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 1072(2) of 

25 this title; and 
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1 ‘‘(3) the coverage has not lapsed. 

2 ‘‘(d) APPLICABLE PREMIUM.—The applicable pre3 mium payable under this section for continuation of health 

4 benefits plan coverage in the case of a member is the 

5 amount of the premium payable by the member for the 

6 coverage of the member and dependents. 

7 ‘‘(e) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The total amount that 

8 may be paid for the applicable premium of a health bene9 fits plan for a member under this section in a fiscal year 

10 may not exceed the amount determined by multiplying—

11 ‘‘(1) the sum of one plus the number of the 

12 member’s dependents covered by the health benefits 

13 plan, by 

14 ‘‘(2) the per capita cost of providing TRICARE 

15 coverage and benefits for dependents under this 

16 chapter for such fiscal year, as determined by the 

17 Secretary of Defense. 

18 ‘‘(f) BENEFITS COVERAGE CONTINUATION PE19 RIOD.—The benefits coverage continuation period under 

20 this section for qualified health benefits plan coverage in 

21 the case of a member called or ordered to active duty is 

22 the period that—

23 ‘‘(1) begins on the date of the call or order; and 

24 ‘‘(2) ends on the earlier of the date on which—
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1 ‘‘(A) the member’s eligibility for transi2 tional health care under section 1145(a) of this 

3 title terminates under paragraph (3) of such 

4 section; or 

5 ‘‘(B) the member elects to terminate the 

6 continued qualified health benefits plan cov7 erage of the dependents of the member. 

8 ‘‘(g) EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF COBRA COV9 ERAGE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law—

10 ‘‘(1) any period of coverage under a COBRA 

11 continuation provision (as defined in section 

12 9832(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) 

13 for a member under this section shall be deemed to 

14 be equal to the benefits coverage continuation period 

15 for such member under this section; and 

16 ‘‘(2) with respect to the election of any period 

17 of coverage under a COBRA continuation provision 

18 (as so defined), rules similar to the rules under sec19 tion 4980B(f)(5)(C) of such Code shall apply. 

20 ‘‘(h) NONDUPLICATION OF BENEFITS.—A dependent 

21 of a member who is eligible for benefits under qualified 

22 health benefits plan coverage paid on behalf of a member 

23 by the Secretary concerned under this section is not eligi24 ble for benefits under the TRICARE program during a 

25 period of the coverage for which so paid. 
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1 ‘‘(i) REVOCABILITY OF ELECTION.—A member who 

2 makes an election under subsection (a) may revoke the 

3 election. Upon such a revocation, the member’s depend4 ents shall become eligible for benefits under the 

5 TRICARE program as provided for under this chapter. 

6 ‘‘(j) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

7 prescribe regulations for carrying out this section. The 

8 regulations shall include such requirements for making an 

9 election of payment of applicable premiums as the Sec10 retary considers appropriate.’’. 

11 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such 

12 chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 

13 to section 1078a the following new item:

‘‘1078b. Continuation of non-TRICARE health benefits plan coverage for certain Reserves called or ordered to active duty and their dependents.’’.

14 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 1078b of title 10, 

15 United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall 

16 apply with respect to calls or orders of members of reserve 

17 components of the Armed Forces to active duty as de18 scribed in subsection (b) of such section, that are issued 

19 by the Secretary of a military department on or after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 7. TRICARE COVERAGE FOR MEMBERS OF THE READY 

2 RESERVE. 

3 (a) ELIGIBILITY.—(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United 

4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1076a 

5 the following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 1076b. TRICARE program: coverage for members 

7 of the Ready Reserve 

8 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Members of the Selected Reserve 

9 of the Ready Reserve and members of the Individual 

10 Ready Reserve described in subsection 10144(b) of this 

11 title are eligible, subject to subsection (h)(1), to enroll in 

12 the following TRICARE program options: 

13 ‘‘(1) TRICARE Prime. 

14 ‘‘(2) TRICARE Standard. 

15 ‘‘(b) TYPES OF COVERAGE.—(1) A member eligible 

16 under subsection (a) may enroll for either of the following 

17 types of coverage: 

18 ‘‘(A) Self alone coverage. 

19 ‘‘(B) Self and family coverage. 

20 ‘‘(2) An enrollment by a member for self and family 

21 covers the member and the dependents of the member who 

22 are described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of section 

23 1072(2) of this title. 

24 ‘‘(c) OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIODS.—The Secretary 

25 of Defense shall provide for at least one open enrollment 

26 period each year. During an open enrollment period, a 
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1 member eligible under subsection (a) may enroll in the 

2 TRICARE program or change or terminate an enrollment 

3 in the TRICARE program. 

4 ‘‘(d) SCOPE OF CARE.—(1) A member and the de5 pendents of a member enrolled in the TRICARE program 

6 under this section shall be entitled to the same benefits 

7 under this chapter as a member of the uniformed services 

8 on active duty or a dependent of such a member, respec9 tively. 

10 ‘‘(2) Section 1074(c) of this title shall apply with re11 spect to a member enrolled in the TRICARE program 

12 under this section. 

13 ‘‘(e) PREMIUMS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 

14 charge premiums for coverage pursuant to enrollments 

15 under this section. The Secretary shall prescribe for each 

16 of the TRICARE program options referred to in sub17 section (a) a premium for self alone coverage and a pre18 mium for self and family coverage. 

19 ‘‘(2) The monthly amount of the premium in effect 

20 for a month for a type of coverage under this section shall 

21 be the amount equal to 28 percent of the total amount 

22 determined by the Secretary on an appropriate actuarial 

23 basis as being reasonable for the coverage. 

24 ‘‘(3) The premiums payable by a member under this 

25 subsection may be deducted and withheld from basic pay 
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1 payable to the member under section 204 of title 37 or 

2 from compensation payable to the member under section 

3 206 of such title. The Secretary shall prescribe the re4 quirements and procedures applicable to the payment of 

5 premiums by members not entitled to such basic pay or 

6 compensation. 

7 ‘‘(4) Amounts collected as premiums under this sub8 section shall be credited to the appropriation available for 

9 the Defense Health Program Account under section 1100 

10 of this title, shall be merged with sums in such Account 

11 that are available for the fiscal year in which collected, 

12 and shall be available under subsection (b) of such section 

13 for such fiscal year. 

14 ‘‘(f) OTHER CHARGES.—A person who receives 

15 health care pursuant to an enrollment in a TRICARE pro16 gram option under this section, including a member who 

17 receives such health care, shall be subject to the same 

18 deductibles, copayments, and other nonpremium charges 

19 for health care as apply under this chapter for health care 

20 provided under the same TRICARE program option to de21 pendents described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I) of sec22 tion 1072(2) of this title. 

23 ‘‘(g) TERMINATION OF ENROLLMENT.—(1) A mem24 ber enrolled in the TRICARE program under this section 

25 may terminate the enrollment only during an open enroll-
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1 ment period provided under subsection (c), except as pro2 vided in subsection (h)(2). 

3 ‘‘(2) An enrollment of a member for self alone or for 

4 self and family under this section shall terminate on the 

5 first day of the first month beginning after the date on 

6 which the member ceases to be eligible under subsection 

7 (a). 

8 ‘‘(3) The enrollment of a member under this section 

9 may be terminated on the basis of failure to pay the pre10 mium charged the member under this section. 

11 ‘‘(h) RELATIONSHIP TO TRANSITION TRICARE COV12 ERAGE UPON SEPARATION FROM ACTIVE DUTY.—(1) A 

13 member may not enroll in the TRICARE program under 

14 this section while entitled to transitional health care under 

15 subsection (a) of section 1145 of this title or while author16 ized to receive health care under subsection (c) of such 

17 section. 

18 ‘‘(2) A member who enrolls in the TRICARE pro19 gram under this section within 90 days after the date of 

20 the termination of the member’s entitlement or eligibility 

21 to receive health care under subsection (a) or (c) of section 

22 1145 of this title may terminate the enrollment at any 

23 time within one year after the date of the enrollment. 

24 ‘‘(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense, in 

25 consultation with the other administering Secretaries, 
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1 shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this 

2 section.’’. 

3 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such 

4 chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 

5 to section 1076a the following new item:

‘‘1076b. TRICARE program: coverage for members of the Ready Reserve.’’.

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—(1) Section 1072 of title 10, 

7 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following new paragraphs: 

9 ‘‘(10) The term ‘TRICARE Prime’ means the 

10 managed care option of the TRICARE program. 

11 ‘‘(11) The term ‘TRICARE Standard’ means 

12 the option of the TRICARE program that is also 

13 known as the Civilian Health and Medical Program 

14 of the Uniformed Services’’. 

15 (2) Section 1097a(f) of such title is amended by 

16 striking ‘‘Definitions.—In this section:’’ and all that fol17 lows through ‘‘(2) The term’’ and inserting ‘‘Catchment 

18 Area Defined.—In this section, the term’’. 

19 (c) PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 1076b 

20 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection 

21 (a)), shall apply with respect to months that begin on or 

22 after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 8. REPORT ON TARGETED COMPENSATION PROGRAM 

2 TO ADDRESS INCOME LOSS FACED BY MEM3 BERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS DEPLOYED 

4 OVERSEAS. 

5 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

7 to Congress a report evaluating the adverse financial ef8 fects of deployments of greater than six months on mem9 bers of the reserve components and the feasibility and cost 

10 of developing a targeted compensation program for the re11 serve components to offset some or all of those adverse 

12 effects.

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