H.R. 2703: To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the uniformed services are entitled to refractive eye surgery.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-29 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the uniformed services are entitled to refractive eye surgery.

Plain summary

Requires that members of the uniformed services eligible for medical care in uniformed services facilities also be entitled to refractive eye surgery (corrective eye surgery including laser and photorefractive surgery), as medically appropriate. Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that a member of a uniformed service entitled to such surgery who is not located near a military medical treatment facility that provides reasonable access to refractive eye surgery may receive such surgery at a private facility located near the member.

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Official text

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the uniformed services are entitled to refractive eye surgery.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] · 1 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2703.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2703 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112