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covered for health care benefits under any other health benefits plan. ‘‘(j) ELIGIBLE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘eligible unemployment compensation recipient’ means, with respect to any month, any individual who is determined eligible for any day of such month for unemployment compensation under State law (as defined in section 205(9) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970), including Federal unemployment compensation laws administered through the State. ‘‘(k) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the other administering Secretaries, shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section. ‘‘(l) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—An enrollment in TRICARE under this section may not continue after September 30, 2004.’’. (b) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1076a the following new item: ‘‘1076B. TRICARE PROGRAM: COVERAGE SEC. 1116. Section 1074 of

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title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(d)(1) For the purposes of this chapter, a member of a reserve component of the armed forces who is issued a delayed-effectivedate active-duty order, or is covered by such an order, shall be treated as being on active duty for a period of more than 30 days beginning on the later of the date that is— ‘‘(A) the date of the issuance of such order; or ‘‘(B) 90 days before date on which the period of active duty is to commence under such order for that member. ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘delayed-effective-date activeduty order’ means an order to active duty for a period of more than 30 days in support of a contingency operation under a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this title that provides for active-duty service to begin under such order on a date after the date of the issuance of the order. ‘‘(3) This section shall cease to be effective on September 30, 2004.’’. SEC. 1117. (a) Subject to subsection (b), during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2004, section 1145(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall be administered by substituting for paragraph (3) the following: ‘‘(3) Transitional health care for a member under subsection (a) shall be available for 180 days beginning on the date on which the member is separated from active duty.’’. (b)(1) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to separations from active duty that take effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Beginning on October 1, 2004, the period for which a member is provided transitional health care benefits under section 1145(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall be adjusted as necessary to comply with the limits provided under paragraph (3) of such section. SEC. 1118. (a) At the time members of reserve components of the Armed Forces are called or ordered to active duty under Section 12302(a) of title 10, United States Code, each member

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