Congress 109 - HR 994 - 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 permit: (1) Federal civilian and military retirees to pay Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and TRICARE supplemental premiums on a pretax basis (i.e., exclude premiums from gross income); and (2) a tax deduction (available to itemizers and nonitemizers) for TRICARE supplemental premiums or enrollment fees.

Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the option of paying FEHBP and TRICARE supplemental premiums on a pretax basis is available to Federal civilian and military retirees for the first open enrollment period beginning not less than 90 days after the enactment of this Act.

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Jun 16, 2005

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jun 16, 2005

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 17, 2005

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent.
May 17, 2005

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 1, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization.
Mar 1, 2005

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 1, 2005

Introduced in House

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