# 114-hr-4554: To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain members of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty and dependents remain eligible for the TRICARE program during periods in which the member is responding to a disaster.

114-hr-4554, To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain members of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty and dependents remain eligible for the TRICARE program during periods in which the member is responding to a disaster., is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4554
- Congress: 114
- Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that certain members of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty and dependents remain eligible for the TRICARE program during periods in which the member is responding to a disaster.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Introduced: 2016-02-12
- Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 36
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill makes eligible for TRICARE health care benefits certain National Guard members (and dependents) who are performing disaster response duty, if the performance of such a duty immediately follows a period in which the member served on full-time additional National Guard duty. "Disaster response duty" means duty performed by a member of the National Guard in state status pursuant to an emergency declaration by the state governor (or, for the District of Columbia, by the mayor) in response to a disaster or in preparation for an imminent disaster.

## Cosponsors (36)

- Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] (R-MS), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] (D-MN), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11] (R-FL), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1] (R-OK), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- WALTER JONES (R-NC), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] (D-CA), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] (R-WA), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] (R-GA), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] (R-OH), 2016-03-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] (R-OK), 2016-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] (R-LA), 2016-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2016-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] (R-WA), 2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2016-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2016-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2016-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4554 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4554)

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