HR 1203
111th Congress
House
Taxation
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Military personnel and dependents
Federal and Military Retiree Health Care Equity Act
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7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Mar 31, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 25, 2009
Referred to House Armed Services
Feb 25, 2009
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Feb 25, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed Services, 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.
Feb 25, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Feb 25, 2009
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Federal and Military Retiree Health Care Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit: (1) federal civilian and military retirees to pay Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and TRICARE supplemental premiums on a pretax basis (i.e., exclude premiums from gross income); and (2) a tax deduction (available to itemizers and nonitemizers) for TRICARE supplemental premiums or enrollment fees.
Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the option of paying FEHBP and TRICARE supplemental premiums on a pretax basis is available to federal civilian and military retirees for the first open enrollment period beginning not less than 90 days after the enactment of this Act.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
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Cosponsors
51
D
Thompson, Mike
D
Sherman, Brad
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
R
Turner, Michael R.
D
Murphy, Christopher
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Courtney, Joe
D
Heinrich, Martin
R
Carter, John R.
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
D
Castor, Kathy
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
D
Pingree, Chellie
D
Larson, John B.
D
Welch, Peter
R
Rogers, Mike D.
R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
R
Calvert, Ken
D
Carson, André
D
Larsen, Rick
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
R
Simpson, Michael K.
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
R
Graves, Sam
D
McCollum, Betty
R
Aderholt, Robert B.
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Peters, Gary C.
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
R
Lucas, Frank D.
R
Boozman, John
R
Foxx, Virginia
D
Baldwin, Tammy
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
R
Moran, Jerry
D
Tonko, Paul
D
Doggett, Lloyd
R
Issa, Darrell
D
Kaptur, Marcy
D
Moore, Gwen
R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
D
Pallone, Frank
R
Rogers, Harold
R
Wittman, Robert J.
R
Smith, Christopher H.
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
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