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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY WARNSTADT, KREIMAN, BOLKCOM, BEALL, SENG, DEARDEN,
1 3 DVORSKY, CONNOLLY, KIBBIE, RAGAN, COURTNEY, DOTZLER,
1 4 FRAISE, GRONSTAL, STEWART, HORN, QUIRMBACH, HATCH,
1 5 McCOY, HOLVECK, and BLACK
1 6 A Resolution encouraging Congress to pass legislation
1 7 allowing National Guard and Reserve members
1 8 eligibility for TRICARE on a permanent basis.
1 9 WHEREAS, members of the National Guard and Reserve
1 10 have been called upon more routinely over the past two
1 11 years to perform combat and combat support missions
1 12 throughout the world; and
1 13 WHEREAS, historically, members of the National
1 14 Guard and Reserve and their families have been
1 15 eligible for health care coverage only upon
1 16 activation, but lost that coverage upon deactivation;
1 17 and
1 18 WHEREAS, based on a report of the United States
1 19 General Accounting Office, more than 20 percent of
1 20 National Guard and Reserve members have not had health
1 21 care coverage and 40 percent of members ages 19 to 35
1 22 have not had coverage; and
1 23 WHEREAS, lack of health care coverage adversely
1 24 impacts the medical and combat readiness of National
1 25 Guard and Reserve members, thereby lengthening the
1 26 mobilization process; and
1 27 WHEREAS, Congress recently passed the federal
1 28 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense
1 29 and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan of
1 30 2004 providing, in part, for the enrollment of
2 1 National Guard and Reserve members in the military
2 2 health care program known as TRICARE; and
2 3 WHEREAS, even though the Act finally provides
2 4 health care coverage to National Guard and Reserve
2 5 members on a cost-share basis, whether or not they are
2 6 on active duty, the Act is only effective until
2 7 September 30, 2004; NOW THEREFORE,
2 8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the United
2 9 States Congress is encouraged to pass legislation to
2 10 allow members of the National Guard and Reserve to be
2 11 eligible for participation in TRICARE beyond September
2 12 30, 2004, on a permanent basis; and
2 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That it is the intent of
2 14 the Senate that a copy of this Resolution be
2 15 distributed to members of the Iowa congressional
2 16 delegation.
2 17 LSB 5096XS 80
2 18 pf/sh/8
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