HR 868 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Veterans TRICARE Choice Act

Introduced Feb 11, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Chris Stewart R-UT

Latest action · Nov 23, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 11, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans TRICARE Choice Act

Allows an individual who is eligible to participate in the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care program) to: (1) elect to be ineligible to enroll in such program, (2) make tax deductible contributions to a health savings account during the period such individual elects to be ineligible for TRICARE coverage, and (3) enroll in the TRICARE program at a later date during a special enrollment period.

Requires DOD to: (1) submit to the Internal Revenue Service information on each TRICARE-eligible individual who makes such election for purposes of determining such individual's eligibility for a health savings account; and (2) report to Congress, annually, on elections by TRICARE-eligible individuals under this Act.

Cosponsors 93

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2015 to May 18, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard	Original	Feb 11, 2015
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Feb 13, 2015
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Feb 13, 2015
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Feb 13, 2015
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Feb 13, 2015
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Feb 13, 2015
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Feb 24, 2015
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Feb 24, 2015
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Feb 24, 2015
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Feb 24, 2015
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Feb 24, 2015
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Feb 24, 2015
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Feb 24, 2015
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Feb 24, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Feb 24, 2015
R-MT	Ryan K. Zinke		Feb 24, 2015
R-KY	Thomas Massie		Feb 24, 2015
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Feb 24, 2015
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Feb 26, 2015
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Feb 26, 2015
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Feb 26, 2015
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Feb 27, 2015
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Mar 2, 2015
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Mar 2, 2015
R-KY	Andy Barr		Mar 4, 2015
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Mar 4, 2015
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Mar 4, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Mar 4, 2015
R-UT	Mia B. Love		Mar 4, 2015
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Mar 4, 2015
R-FL	Ron DeSantis		Mar 4, 2015
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Mar 17, 2015
R-FL	John L. Mica		Mar 17, 2015
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Mar 17, 2015
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman		Mar 17, 2015
R-TX	Brian Babin		Mar 19, 2015
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Mar 19, 2015
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Mar 19, 2015
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		Mar 24, 2015
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Mar 25, 2015
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Mar 25, 2015
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Apr 13, 2015
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Apr 13, 2015
R-MO	Jason Smith		Apr 13, 2015
R-IN	Luke Messer		Apr 13, 2015
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Apr 14, 2015
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Apr 14, 2015
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Apr 14, 2015
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Apr 14, 2015
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Apr 15, 2015
R-NY	Peter T. King		Apr 15, 2015
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Apr 15, 2015
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Apr 16, 2015
D-CA	John Garamendi		Apr 22, 2015
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Apr 28, 2015
R-NY	Chris Collins		Apr 30, 2015
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Apr 30, 2015
R-PA	Ryan A. Costello		May 12, 2015
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		May 13, 2015
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		May 13, 2015
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		May 15, 2015
D-CA	Ted Lieu		May 18, 2015
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		May 20, 2015
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		May 20, 2015
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jun 3, 2015
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Jun 3, 2015
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Jun 9, 2015
D-IN	André Carson		Jun 9, 2015
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jun 9, 2015
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jun 9, 2015
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jun 9, 2015
D-CA	Jim Costa		Jun 10, 2015
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Jun 16, 2015
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jun 16, 2015
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jun 18, 2015
R-PA	Scott Perry		Jun 25, 2015
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine		Jul 13, 2015
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Jul 14, 2015
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Jul 15, 2015
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Jul 15, 2015
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur		Jul 21, 2015
R-WV	Evan H. Jenkins		Jul 28, 2015
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Jul 28, 2015
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Sep 17, 2015
R-MD	Andy Harris		Sep 30, 2015
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Oct 23, 2015
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador		Oct 23, 2015
R-FL	Curt Clawson		Nov 2, 2015
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		Nov 2, 2015
R-OK	Tom Cole		Jan 7, 2016
R-AZ	Martha McSally		Feb 2, 2016
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Feb 25, 2016
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		May 18, 2016

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Feb 11, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 27, 2015
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Feb 11, 2015
	Military Personnel Subcommittee	Referred Nov 23, 2015

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 23, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 27, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 11, 2015Introduced in House
Feb 11, 2015Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 23, February 11, 2015, page H982.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	TAX-RELATED PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE89 pages	Ways and Means Committee	May 17, 2016

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 448	Veterans TRICARE Choice Act	Identical bill	Feb 11, 2015
HR 5458	Veterans TRICARE Choice Act of 2016	Related bill	Nov 30, 2016

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for coordination between the TRICARE program and eligibility for making contributions to a health savings account, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Veterans TRICARE Choice 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.

Feb 11, 2015Introduced in House

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