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H.R. 6635: TRICARE Protection Act

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H.R. 6635: TRICARE Protection Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-12-05 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-12-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

TRICARE Protection Act

Plain summary

TRICARE Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees setting forth Department of Defense (DOD) policy on the future availability of TRICARE Prime (a DOD managed health care program) for eligible beneficiaries in all TRICARE regions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify beneficiaries whom the Secretary determines will not retain primary care provider access under newly awarded TRICARE contracts, and (2) implement a plan to ensure that such beneficiaries will retain access that meets TRICARE access standards.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

TRICARE Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] · 2 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr6635 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112