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TRICARE Retirees Opportunity Act of 2001

Introduced: June 6, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 18, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 14, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 6, 2001
Introduced in House
Jun 6, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Jun 6, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1031)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
The TRICARE Retirees Opportunity Act of 2001 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) waive the Medicare part B late enrollment penalty for military retirees who enroll by December 31, 2002; and (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a special enrollment period in the case of any such individual eligible to enroll, but who is not enrolled, under Medicare part B with such period to end on December 31, 2002.
What's happening now June 18, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 2
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 12, 2002
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Dec 19, 2001
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Sep 12, 2001
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Sep 5, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 14, 2001
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 14, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2073: TRICARE Retirees Opportunity Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2073/
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"H.R. 2073: TRICARE Retirees Opportunity Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2073/.
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H.R. 2073, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2073/.
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