TRICARE Travel Improvement Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2482 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2482

To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the distance required 
 for the Secretary of Defense to reimburse travel expenses relating to 
                specialty care, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2025

 Mr. Heinrich 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 reduce the distance required 
 for the Secretary of Defense to reimburse travel expenses relating to 
                specialty care, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``TRICARE Travel Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES 
              RELATING TO SPECIALTY CARE.

    Section 1074i of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``In any case'' and inserting 
                ``Except as provided in subsection (b), in any case''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``100 miles'' and inserting ``50 
                miles''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking the heading and inserting ``Special 
                Rules for Exceptional Circumstances and Military 
                Retirees and Dependents.--'';
                    (B) by striking ``The Secretary of Defense'' and 
                inserting ``(1) The Secretary of Defense''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(2) With respect to military retirees and their dependents, the 
Secretary shall administer subsection (a) by substituting `100 miles' 
for `50 miles'.''.
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