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 PUBLIC LAW 108–136—NOV. 24, 2003

117 STAT. 1527

the enrollment at any time within one year after the date of the enrollment. ‘‘(i) CERTIFICATION OF NONCOVERAGE BY OTHER HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN.—The Secretary of Defense may require a member to submit any certification that the Secretary considers appropriate to substantiate the member’s assertion that the member is not 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 December 31, 2004.’’. SEC. 703. EARLIER ELIGIBILITY DATE FOR TRICARE BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS.

Subsection (d) of section 1074 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 1116 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(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 the 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 subsection shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2004.’’.

Termination date.

SEC. 704. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF TRANSITIONAL HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.

10 USC 1145 note.

(a) EXTENSION.—Subject to subsection (b), and notwithstanding section 1117 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004, during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 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.’’.

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