S 56
108th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Families
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Labor and Employment
Married people
Military dependents
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Military pensions
Retired military personnel
Retiree health benefits
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' medical care
Widowers
Widows
Women
Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act
Introduced: January 7, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 7, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 7, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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