Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 27, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to provide Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries: (1) a member or former member of the Armed Forces entitled to military retired or retainer pay; (2) an unremarried former spouse who was married to a member for at least 20 years, during which such member performed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service; (3) a dependent of a deceased qualifying member or former member; (4) a dependent of a living member or former member; and (5) a family member.
Directs the Secretary to reimburse such eligible persons for pharmacy benefits received from a pharmacy that is not a TRICARE (Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care plan) network pharmacy in the same manner as the Secretary would reimburse such person for such benefits received from a TRICARE network pharmacy. Requires such persons, in order to receive such reimbursement, to submit a certification from their physician stating that the person does not have access to a TRICARE network pharmacy due to physical or medical constraints.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 27, 2010 to Mar 2, 2010; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Jan 27, 2010 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Feb 23, 2010 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Mar 2, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jan 27, 2010 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2010 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 27, 2010 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Jan 27, 2010Introduced in House
- Jan 27, 2010Referred to House Armed Services
- Jan 27, 2010Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
- Jan 27, 2010Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2010Introduced in House
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