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TRICARE Travel Improvement Act
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.
Summary
This Act reduces the distance threshold for TRICARE travel expense reimbursement for specialty care from 100 miles to 50 miles for active duty military members and their dependents. The change makes it easier for active duty personnel to obtain reimbursement for travel to specialty medical care by lowering the required travel distance. Military retirees and their dependents retain the 100-mile threshold for travel reimbursement. The Act amends Section 1074i of title 10, United States Code, which governs the Secretary of Defense's authority to reimburse medical travel expenses under TRICARE.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
Actions (2)
- Jul 28, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
- Jul 28, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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
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’.”. <all>
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