United States · Bill · S
S. 56 (108th)
Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act
Introduced
7 January 2003
Last action
7 January 2003 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Sponsors
Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL], Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Includes as an employee, for purposes of Federal provisions authorizing enrollment under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: (1) a member of the armed forces who began service before June 7, 1956, and retired after a minimum of 20 years of such service or by reason of a service-connected disability; and (2) the surviving widow or widower of such member. Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to provide FEHB coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries: (1) a member or former member entitled to military retired or retainer pay; (2) an unremarried former spouse who was married to a member for at least 20 years, during which such member performed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service; (3) a dependent of a deceased qualifying member or former member; (4) a dependent of a living member or former member; and (5) a family member.
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Timeline
7 January 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Source: IntroReferral
7 January 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 7 January 2003 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/56
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/56
- us · 108-s-56 · source updated 18 August 2025