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H.R. 868: Veterans TRICARE Choice Act

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H.R. 868: Veterans TRICARE Choice Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-11 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-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 Subcommittee on Military Personnel. 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

Veterans TRICARE Choice Act

Plain 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.

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Official text

Veterans TRICARE Choice Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] · 93 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Pete Sessions (R-TX), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jason Smith (R-MO), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA) and 33 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr868 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114