I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3102 
To allow certain retiree beneficiaries to reenroll in, and establish monthly 
enrollment fee payment for, TRICARE Select at any time during 2021, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2021 
Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To allow certain retiree beneficiaries to reenroll in, and estab-
lish monthly enrollment fee payment for, TRICARE Se-
lect at any time during 2021, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TRICARE Retiree 
Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REENROLLMENT AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MONTH-
LY 
ENROLLMENT 
FEE 
PAYMENT 
FOR 
TRICARE 
SELECT 
BY 
CERTAIN 
RETIREE 
BENEFICIARIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines, based on an assertion submitted pursuant to sub-
section (b)(3), that a covered beneficiary described in sub-
section (b) has not received covered notice, such covered 
beneficiary may, at any time during 2021, reenroll in 
TRICARE Select. 
(b) COVERED
BENEFICIARIES.—A covered bene-
ficiary described in this subsection is any covered bene-
ficiary in the retired category who— 
(1) is enrolled in TRICARE Select as of De-
cember 31, 2020; 
(2) during the 2020 TRICARE Open Season, 
did not establish monthly enrollment fee payment for 
TRICARE Select for 2021; and 
(3) submits to the Secretary an assertion that 
the covered beneficiary has not received covered no-
tice. 
(c) REENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered beneficiary who 
reenrolls in TRICARE Select pursuant to subsection 
(a) shall, at the time of reenrollment— 
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(A) pay a portion of the annual enrollment 
fee for TRICARE Select for 2021 equal to— 
(i) the monthly enrollment fee pay-
ment for TRICARE Select during 2021 
applicable to the covered beneficiary; multi-
plied by 
(ii) the number of months in 2021 
that have elapsed as of the date of re-
enrollment; and 
(B) establish monthly enrollment fee pay-
ment for TRICARE Select during 2021 for the 
remaining months of 2021. 
(2) PARTIAL MONTH.—For purposes of para-
graph (1)(A)(ii), the month in which a covered bene-
ficiary reenrolls in TRICARE Select shall be treated 
as a full month. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘covered beneficiary’’ and 
‘‘TRICARE program’’ have the meaning given such 
terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered beneficiary in the retired 
category’’ means any covered beneficiary enrolled in 
TRICARE Select in the retired category under sec-
tion 1075(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code. 
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(3) The term ‘‘covered notice’’ means notice re-
garding the process to enroll in, and establish 
monthly enrollment fee payment for, TRICARE Se-
lect for 2021. 
(4) The term ‘‘TRICARE Select’’ means the 
option under the TRICARE program established 
pursuant to section 1075 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(5) The term ‘‘2020 TRICARE Open Season’’ 
means the period in 2020 for enrollment in and elec-
tion of options regarding participation in the 
TRICARE program during 2021, namely the period 
beginning November 9, 2020, and ending December 
14, 2020. 
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