[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1016 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1016
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide entitlement to health
care for reserve officers of the Armed Forces pending orders to initial
active duty following commissioning.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 7, 2003
Mr. Domenici introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide entitlement to health
care for reserve officers of the Armed Forces pending orders to initial
active duty following commissioning.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE OFFICERS FOR HEALTH CARE PENDING
ORDERS TO ACTIVE DUTY FOLLOWING COMMISSIONING.
Section 1074(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)'';
(2) by striking ``who is on active duty'' and inserting
``described in paragraph (2)''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Members of the uniformed services referred to in paragraph
(1) are as follows:
``(A) A member of a uniformed service on active duty.
``(B) A member of a reserve component of a uniformed
service who has been commissioned as an officer if--
``(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;
``(ii) the request for orders has been approved;
``(iii) the orders are to be issued but have not
been issued; and
``(iv) the member does not have health care
insurance and is not covered by any other health
benefits plan.''.
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