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Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act

Introduced: January 7, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 7, 2003
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Includes as an employee, for purposes of Federal provisions authorizing enrollment under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: (1) a member of the armed forces who began service before June 7, 1956, and retired after a minimum of 20 years of such service or by reason of a service-connected disability; and (2) the surviving widow or widower of such member.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to provide FEHB coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries: (1) a member or former member entitled to military retired or retainer pay; (2) an unremarried former spouse who was married to a member for at least 20 years, during which such member performed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service; (3) a dependent of a deceased qualifying member or former member; (4) a dependent of a living member or former member; and (5) a family member.

What's happening now January 7, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 26, 2003
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Feb 27, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 56: Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-56/
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"S. 56: Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-56/.
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