Congress 108 - HR 1231 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.

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Annuities Armed Forces and National Security Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Flexible benefit plans Government employees' health insurance Government Operations and Politics Health Income tax Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Managed care Medical economics Military medicine Military pensions Retired military personnel Retiree health benefits Tax deductions Taxation

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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an exclusion from the gross income of Federal civilian and military retirees for their cost of health insurance premiums; and (2) an income tax deduction from gross income (available to taxpayers whether or not they itemize deductions) for insurance premiums for supplemental health care coverage of military personnel, their spouses and dependents.

Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Secretary of Defense to take necessary actions to ensure that the tax exclusion allowed by this Act is offered to Federal civilian and military retirees for the first open enrollment period beginning not less than 90 days after enactment of this Act.

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Jul 7, 2004

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 108-585, Part I.
Sep 25, 2003

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Sep 25, 2003

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 16, 2003

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Jul 16, 2003

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 11, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
Apr 11, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Mar 25, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Mar 12, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and 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.
Mar 12, 2003

Introduced in House

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