S.Amdt. 3905

SA 3905. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. ___.  Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act may not be used to implement or carry out any
increase in cost-sharing requirements under

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the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program by reason of the
amendment made by section 702(a) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91;
131 Stat. 1433) with respect to any covered beneficiary who
resides more than 40 miles from the nearest military medical
treatment facility until the date on which the Secretary of
Defense commences the conduct of the pilot program on
prescription drug acquisition cost parity in the TRICARE
Pharmacy Benefits Program authorized by section 743 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
(Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2238; 10 U.S.C. 1074g note).
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