To provide entitlement to health care for reserve officers of the Armed Forces pending orders to initial active duty following commissioning.

1. Adds SEC. __. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE OFFICERS FOR HEALTH CARE PENDING ORDERS TO ACTIVE DUTY FOLLOWING COMMISSIONING at the appropriate place in title VII

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. __. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE OFFICERS FOR HEALTH CARE PENDING ORDERS TO ACTIVE DUTY FOLLOWING COMMISSIONING.

   Inserted: Section 1074(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(a)";

   Inserted: (2) by striking "who is on active duty" and inserting "described in paragraph (2)"; and

   Inserted: (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

   Inserted: "(2) Members of the uniformed services referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:

   Inserted: "(A) A member of a uniformed service on active duty.

   Inserted: "(B) A member of a reserve component of a uniformed service who has been commissioned as an officer if--

   Inserted: "(i) the member has requested orders to active duty for the member's initial period of active duty following the commissioning of the member as an officer;

   Inserted: "(ii) the request for orders has been approved;

   Inserted: "(iii) the orders are to be issued but have not been issued; and

   Inserted: "(iv) the member does not have health care insurance and is not covered by any other health benefits plan.".

   The amendment doesn't say where this goes; the clerk decides.

   Original wording

   At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the following:

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