December 13,2001
Letter to Senate Defense Appropriation Bill conferees urging them to retain the Senate introduced version of the American Servicemenbers Protection Act (ASPA) in the final Appropriations Bill. The ASPA protects American servicemembers serving in foreign countries from prosecution by international courts.

December 13,2001
Letter to House Defense Appropriation Bill conferees urging them to retain the Senate introduced version of the American Servicemenbers Protection Act (ASPA) in the final Appropriations Bill. The ASPA protects American servicemembers serving in foreign countries from prosecution by international courts.

December 3,2001
Letter to U.S. Senator Nelson thanking those who are co-sponsors to Sen. McCain's SA 2157, concerning uniformed services homeowners capital gains taxes, and urging remaining Senators to join as co-sponsors.

December 3,2001
Letter to U.S. Senator Wyden thanking those who are co-sponsors to Sen. McCain's SA 2157, concerning uniformed services homeowners capital gains taxes, and urging remaining Senators to join as co-sponsors.

November 19,2001
Letter to Senator Helms supporting the American Servicemebers Protection Act which may be offered as an amendment to pending legislation on Capitol Hill.

October 30,2001
TMC letter to members of the House and Senate Transportation Appropriations Committees, urging the committees ensure the Coast Guard receives necessary funding to implement new armed forces personnel initiatives authorized in the FY2002 Defense Authorization Act.

October 8,2001
TMC letter to members of the HASC and SASC with an attached matrix comparing important provisions of the FY 2002 House and Senate National Defense Authorization Bills, and providing the Coalition position on each. This information is forwarded for use by members who are selected as conferees for the upcoming House/Senate conference to negotiate the final Defense Authorization Bill.

October 5,2001
Letter to Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA), Chairman House Ways and Means Committee, urging inclusion of H.R. 394 (Rep. George Nethercutt, R-WA), the Reserve Employer Tax Credit Act of 2001, in the House's economic stimulus legislation.

September 26,2001
Letter to the Majority Leader of the House, Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX) urging that he cosponsor H.R. 968, a bill that would restore the authority for reservists to claim a tax deduction for travel and other expenses directly related to their military training.

September 11,2001
Coalition letter to Senator Edward Kennedy in support of S 1402 The TRICARE Benefits Modernization Act of 2001, in proposing long-overdue changes to integrate services for the disabled into the basic TRICARE benefit by redefining custodial care or domiciliary care to include medically necessary services.

September 05, 2001 Letter to Senate urging cosponsorship of S. 540, the Reserve Component Tax Assistance Act. Introduced by Senator Mike DeWine, S.540 would restore the tax "deductibility" of certain travel expenses directly related to military training for National Guard and Reserve servicemembers; the bill would also allow employers a tax credit for employing these servicemembers.

September 05, 2001
Letter thanks Sen. Jean Carnahan (D-MO) for introducing a bill, S.1250, that would extend TRICARE coverage one-year after de-activation to National Guard and Reserve servicemembers called up to support a contingency operation.

August 30, 2001
Letter to members of the House Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committees expressing opposition to H.R. 2667, a bill that would direct DoD and VA to conduct field testing of jointly managed healthcare facilities under a "unified management systems" concept.

July 25, 2001
Letter to Susan Collins (ME-R) in support of S. 1096, "The Military Spouse Physician Choice Act" which would eliminate the requirement for TRICARE Standard beneficiaries to obtain a nonavailability (NAS) statement before seeking for maternity care from a civilian provider

July 20, 2001
Letter to Representative Tom Davis III (R-VA) in support of H.R. 2125, which would allow Federal civilian retirees and active duty and retired uniformed services beneficiaries to pay their health insurance premiums on a pre-tax basis.

July 20, 2001
Letter to Senator Warner (R-VA) in support of S.1022, which would allow Federal civilian retirees and active duty and retired uniformed services beneficiaries to pay their health insurance premiums on a pre-tax basis.

July 19, 2001
TMC letter to the members of the Senate Personnel Subcommittee and the House Morale, Welfare and Recreation Panel, opposing a provision in the Administration's draft FY2002 National Defense Authorization Act which calls for a pilot program to privatize certain military commissaries.

July 16, 2001
H.R. 2044: This TMC letter to Rep Susan A. Davis (D-CA) expresses appreciation for her bill, H.R. 2044, which proposes to amend title 37, USC, to ensure that the rates of the basic allowance for housing for military housing areas inside the United States are sufficient to eliminate out-of-pocket housing costs for members entitled to the allowance.

July 16, 2001
H.R. 1995: This TMC letter to Rep Walter B. Jones (R-NC) expresses appreciation for his sponsorship of H.R. 1995, a bill that will advance the current timetable to eliminate out of pocket houseing costs for members of the uniformed services entitled to basic allowance for housing.

July 10, 2001
Letter to all non-cosponsors in the House urging support for H.R. 1911, a bill to authorize a test of using Medicare funds in VA healthcare facilities for the (non-service connected) care of veterans who are Medicare-eligible.

July 9, 2001
This TMC letter expresses appreciation and support to Rep Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), for introducing H.R. 2203, a bill that will authorize posthumous 100% disability retirements for all deaths of military personnel on active duty, thereby extending Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) coverage to their survivors.

June 25, 2001
Letter to members of the House of Representatives urging them to cosponsor HR 1511, a bill to waiver Non-Availability Statements for TRICARE Standard beneficiaries.

June 22, 2001
This TMC letter expresses appreciation and support to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tx), for introducing S. 1037, a bill that will authorize posthumous 100% disability retirements for all deaths of military personnel on active duty, thereby extending Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) coverage to their survivors.

May 21, 2001
Coalition letter to Congressman Jim Ryun (R-KS) in support of HR 1511 to eliminate maternity care nonavailablity statements for Standard beneficiaries. HR 1511 would restore to Standard beneficiaries one of the most important principles of quality health care - continuity of care by a provider of their choice.

April 24, 2001
"Forced Choice" letter: TMC is strongly opposed to an administration proposal that would force retirees to choose between DoD (TRICARE) and the VA as the source of their healthcare. Retirees should not be denied any benefits they earned through careers in service to their country.

April 24, 2001
S.131. TMC supports the concept of indexing Montgomery GI Bill benefits to the average cost of a four-year post-secondary education or training program for a commuter student. GI Bill benefits now provide only about half the cost of a public college education and this bill would enable the GI Bill to catch up and keep up with educational costs at the average public college or university.

March 28, 2001
TMC letter to Rep Bob Stump asking for his support of legislation to restore equity in the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act (USFSPA).

March 27, 2001
The Military Coalition letter to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to bring to his attention the need to address the FY2001 Defense Health Program shortfall of $1.4 billion for FY 2001.

March 12, 2001
TMC letter to the Chairman of the House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee urging support for supplemental health care, housing and personnel appropriations for the U.S. Coast Guard.

March 9, 2001
H.R. 336. TMC urges support for legislation that would direct the VA to dedicate resources for outreach services (information and counseling) to the surviving family members of veterans who died of service-connected injuries or illnesses. The VA provides special outreach services to veteran populations with special needs, but surviving family members are not specifically targeted.

March 9, 2001
Letter to Dr. J. Jarrett Clinton, Acting ASD(HA) urging expeditious implementation of the reduction in the annual retiree catastrophic cap from $7,500 per family to $3,000.

February 9, 2001
TMC letter to Rep Joe Scarborough thanking him for his leadership in introducing H.R. 548--a bill to eliminate the drastic reduction in Survivor Benefit Plan annuities that adversely impacts survivors who are at least 62 years of age.

February 2, 2001
Letter to Sen Harry Reid expressing The Military Coalition's appreciation for his leadership in introducing S. 170--a bill to ease the inequity of the current law that reduces uniformed servicemembers' earned retired pay by any amount of disability compensation they receive from the Department of Veterans Affairs. This letter urges him to do all he can to ensure enactment of concurrent receipt legislation this year.

February 1, 2001
Letter to Sen Strom Thurmond expressing the appreciation of The Military Coalition for his sponsorship of S. 145, a bill to restore parity in the basic annuity provided under the uniformed services Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) for surviving spouses who are at least age 62 years of age. This letter recommends reducing the age-62 SBP offset, which occurs when the annuity drops from 55% of retired pay to 35% at age 62.

January 10, 2001
TMC letter to Rep Michael Bilirakis expressing gratitude for introducing H.R. 303, the Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2001--a bill to ease the inequity of the current law that reduces uniformed servicemembers' earned retried pay by any amount of disability compensation they receive from the Department of Veterans Affairs.