Title: Restore TRICARE Select Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Restore TRICARE Select Act
This bill eliminates the TRICARE Select annual enrollment fee for beneficiaries who retired from the uniformed services before January 1, 2018. Additionally, the bill caps enrollment fees for certain veterans who retire after January 1, 2018.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5942 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5942

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate increases in the 
   enrollment fee requirement for TRICARE Select for certain retired 
          members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2021

Mr. Stauber (for himself and Mr. Golden) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate increases in the 
   enrollment fee requirement for TRICARE Select for certain retired 
          members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restore TRICARE Select Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF ENROLLMENT FEE REQUIREMENT FOR TRICARE SELECT 
              FOR CERTAIN RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 1075 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) Exceptions to Certain Cost-Sharing Amounts for Certain 
Retired Beneficiaries.--(1) Notwithstanding subsection (d)--
            ``(A) the annual enrollment fee for TRICARE Select for 
        beneficiaries who are former members of the uniformed services 
        who retired before January 1, 2018, shall be $0; and
            ``(B) subject to paragraph (2), the annual enrollment fee 
        for TRICARE Select for beneficiaries described in subsection 
        (c)(2)(B) in the retired category who are not described in 
        subparagraph (A) shall be $150 for an individual and $300 for a 
        family.
    ``(2) The modified enrollment fee established under paragraph 
(1)(B) for beneficiaries described in subsection (c)(2)(B) in the 
retired category shall not apply with respect to the following 
beneficiaries:
            ``(A) Retired members and the family members of such 
        members covered by paragraph (1) of section 1086(c) of this 
        title by reason of being retired under chapter 61 of this title 
        or being a dependent of such a member.
            ``(B) Survivors covered by paragraph (2) of such section 
        1086(c).''.
    (b) Removal of Annual Increase.--Subsection (d)(2) of such section 
is amended by striking ``, and the amounts specified under paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of subsection (e),''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to annual enrollment fees under TRICARE Select under section 1075 of 
title 10, United States Code, for coverage under TRICARE Select after 
December 31, 2021.
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