United States · Bill · S
S. 476 (111th)
Care Affordability for Military Families Act
Introduced
25 February 2009
Last action
25 February 2009 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Sponsors
Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL], Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL], Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK], Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Care Affordability for Military Families Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse a covered beneficiary under TRICARE (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed care program) for travel expenses when such beneficiary is referred by a primary care physician to a specialty care provider located more than 50 (under current law, more than 100) miles from the primary care location.
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Timeline
25 February 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Source: IntroReferral
25 February 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 25 February 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/476
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/476
- us · 111-s-476 · source updated 14 August 2025