PRINTER'S NO. 1700
No. 272 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY D. WHITE, BRIGHTBILL, KITCHEN, LOGAN, ORIE,
FONTANA, COSTA, PUNT, RAFFERTY, FERLO, BOSCOLA, GORDNER,
KASUNIC, WENGER, MADIGAN, ERICKSON, PIPPY, O'PAKE, REGOLA,
TOMLINSON, CONTI, PICCOLA, PILEGGI, LEMMOND, WAUGH, MELLOW,
FUMO, RHOADES, STACK, BROWNE, GREENLEAF, WASHINGTON,
WONDERLING, ROBBINS, WOZNIAK, SCARNATI AND TARTAGLIONE,
APRIL 17, 2006
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
APRIL 17, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the President and Congress of the United States
2 and the Department of Defense to oppose any increases in the
3 cost of enrollment in health care programs for members of the
4 United States military.
5 WHEREAS, A recent proposal by the Department of Defense,
6 endorsed by the Joint Chiefs, called for increasing the
7 enrollment cost in United States military health care programs
8 for service members known as TRICARE; and
9 WHEREAS, All branches of the armed forces have valiantly
10 sacrificed for our nation domestically and overseas, including
11 in Iraq and Afghanistan; and
12 WHEREAS, The Federal Government has encountered difficulty in
13 recruiting and retaining personnel for military duty on account
14 of compensation and service commitment concerns; and
15 WHEREAS, The Department of Defense must limit the financial
16 burden on members of the military community; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
2 memorialize the President and Congress of the United States and
3 the Department of Defense to oppose any increases in the cost of
4 enrollment in health care programs for members of the United
5 States military; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
7 the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense,
8 the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
9 member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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