H.R. 6303: TRICARE Equality Act of 2021
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H.R. 6303: TRICARE Equality Act of 2021
117th Congress · introduced 2021-12-16 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-12-16 · official record
- Who proposed it: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- 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.
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Official title
TRICARE Equality Act of 2021
Plain summary
TRICARE Equality Act of 2021 This bill addresses the administration of Department of Defense (DOD) health care programs and benefits in Puerto Rico. Specifically, the bill requires DOD to treat the administration of TRICARE Prime availability in Puerto Rico in a similar manner as a state. The bill also requires DOD to ensure that, in providing travel and transportation allowances related to specialty medical treatment, individuals located in Puerto Rico are eligible to receive such allowances. The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Office must coordinate with the Department of Health of Puerto Rico to share health information through the Joint Health Information Exchange.
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Official text
TRICARE Equality Act of 2021
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · 4 cosponsors
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr6303.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr6303 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117