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House Bill 4289
119th Congress(2025-2026)
TRICARE Travel Improvement Act
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H. R. 4289 (Introduced-in-House)


119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4289


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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 2, 2025

Mr. Vasquez (for himself and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was 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 inserting after paragraph (1), as designated by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the following new paragraph:

“(2) With respect to military retirees and their dependents, the Secretary shall administer subsection (a) by substituting ‘50 miles’ for ‘100 miles’.”.