Hello.

The following Members of Congress have asked to cosponsor H.R. 602, the Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act:

Ric Keller (R-Florida)

This brings the total cosponsors of H.R. 602, the Keep Our Promise Act to 238.

Below my signature block is a list of ALL the Members of the House.

Cosponsors of HR 602 are bolded and marked with asterisks (*).

SUMMARY: HR 602, The Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act

HR 602 responds to the Federal Court ruling that only Congress, not military recruiters, can authorize what kind of care will be provided to military retirees, and that only Congress can - and should - make good on promised and earned health care.

While Tricare works well for many military retirees, HR 602 will get health care to military retirees who are not getting the service they deserve from Tricare. It will get it to them right away because it does not require another burdensome bureaucracy to be created. HR 602 expands health care coverage for the most elderly retirees who need health care the most by waiving the Medicare Part B premiums required to enroll in Tricare for Life (TFL). And HR 602 will provide health care to ANY military retiree who is not well served by Tricare, by allowing them to elect FEHBP coverage.

An important feature of HR 602 is that it reduces the cost of FEHBP by requiring DOD to reimburse military retirees' FEHBP expenses that normally would be covered by Tricare Standard. HR 602 also brings down pharmacy costs for military retirees who are physically unable to use Tricare Network Pharmacies. These provisions will help reduce the cost of health care for military retirees.

HR 602 and/or previous versions have been endorsed by MOAA, NAUS, TREA and the Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA), and many other military and veterans' service organizations.

Thanks!

PHIL ALPERSON
Legislative Director
Congressman Chris Van Hollen (MD-8th)
Montgomery and Prince George's Counties
1419 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
http://www.house.gov/vanhollen/

HR 602 - The Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act

* 238 Cosponsors as of 01-31-06 are marked in bold and have asterisks (*).

Republicans in regular font, Democrats in italics, Independent IN ALL CAPITALS.

Alabama

1 Bonner

2 Everett

*3 M.Rogers

4 Aderholt

*5 Cramer

6 Bachus

*7 A.Davis

Alaska

1 D.Young

Arizona

*1 Renzi

*2 T.Franks

3 Shadegg

4 Pastor

5 Hayworth

6 Flake

*7 Grijalva

8 Kolbe

Arkansas

*1 Berry

2 Snyder

*3 Boozman

*4 Ross

California

1 M.Thmpsn

2 Herger

3 Lungren

4 Doolittle

*5 D.Matsui

*6 Woolsey

*7 Geo.Miller

*8 Pelosi

*9 B.Lee

10 Tauscher

11 Pombo

*12 Lantos

13 Stark

14 Eshoo

*15 Honda

*16 Lofgren

*17 Farr

*18 Cardoza

19 Radanovich

20 Costa

21 Nunes

22 Thomas

*23 Capps

*24 Gallegly

*25 McKeon

26 Dreier

*27 Sherman

*28 Berman

*29 Schiff

*30 Waxman

31 Becerra

*32 Solis

*33 Watson

34 Roybl-Ald

*35 Waters

36 Harman

*37 Mill-McDl

*38 Napolitno

*39 Lin.Snchz

40 Royce

41 Jer.Lewis

42 GaryMiller

*43 Baca

*44 Calvert

*45 Bono

46 Rohrabachr

*47 Lor.Snchz

48 Campbell

49 Issa

50 VACANT

*51 Filner

52 Hunter

*53 S.Davis

Colorado

1 DeGette

*2 M.Udall

*3 J.Salazar

*4 Musgrave

5 Hefley

*6 Tancredo

7 Beauprez

Connecticut

*1 J.Larson

*2 Simmons

*3 DeLauro

4 Shays

5 N.Johnson

Delaware

1 Castle

Florida

*1 Jeff Miller

*2 Boyd

*3 Cor Brown

4 Crenshaw

*5 Brwn-Wait

6 Stearns

7 Mica

*8 Keller

*9 Bilirakis

10 C.Young

11 Jim.Davis

12 Putnam

*13 Harris

14 C.Mack

*15 D.Weldon

*16 Foley

*17 K.Meek

18 Ros-Letin

*19 Wexler

*20 Wsrm-Sltz

*21 L.Diz-Blt

*22 Shaw

*23 A.Hastngs

24 Feeney

25 M.Diaz-Blt

Georgia

1 Kingston

*2 S.Bishop

*3 Marshall

4 McKinney

*5 John Lewis

6 T.Price

7 Linder

*8 Westmrlnd

*9 Norwood

10 Deal

*11 Gingrey

*12 Barrow

*13 D.Scott

Hawaii

*1 Abercrmbie

*2 Case

Idaho

*1 Otter

2 Simpson

Illinois

1 Rush

*2 J.Jackson

*3 D.Lipinski

*4 Gutierrez

*5 Emanuel

6 Hyde

*7 D.Davis

8 Bean

*9 Schakwsky

10 Kirk

11 Weller

*12 Costello

*13 Biggert

14 Hastert

*15 T.Johnsn

16 Manzullo

*17 Evans

*18 LaHood

*19 Shimkus

Indiana

1 Visclosky

2 Chocola

*3 Souder

4 Buyer

5 Burton

6 Pence

*7 Carson

8 Hostettler

9 Sodrel

Iowa

1 Nussle

2 Leach

*3 Boswell

4 Latham

*5 S.King

Kansas

*1 JeryMoran

2 J.Ryun

*3 D.Moore

4 Tiahrt

Kentucky

*1 Whitfield

*2 R.Lewis

3 Northup

4 G.Davis

5 H.Rogers

*6 Chandler

Louisiana

1 Jindal

*2 Jefferson

*3 Melancon

4 McCrery

*5 Alexander

6 Baker

7 Boustany

Maine

*1 Allen

*2 Michaud

Maryland

1 Gilchrest

*2 Rupersbrgr

3 Cardin

*4 Wynn

5 Hoyer

*6 Bartlett

*7 Cummings

*8 Van Hollen

Massachusetts

*1 Olver

*2 Neal

*3 McGovern

*4 B.Frank

*5 Meehan

*6 Tierney

7 Markey

8 Capuano

*9 Lynch

*10 Delahunt

Michigan

1 Stupak

2 Hoekstra

3 Ehlers

4 Camp

*5 Kildee

6 Upton

7 J.Schwarz

*8 M.Rogers

9 Knollenberg

10 C.Miller

11 McCotter

12 Levin

*13 Kilpatrick

*14 Conyers

15 Dingell

Minnesota

1 Gutknecht

*2 Kline

3 Ramstad

*4 McCollum

5 Sabo

6 M.Kenndy

*7 C.Peterson

*8 Oberstar

Mississippi

*1 Wicker

*2 B.Thompsn

*3 Pickering

*4 G.Taylor

Missouri

*1 Clay

2 Akin

*3 Carnahan

4 Skelton

*5 Cleaver

6 Graves

7 Blunt

*8 Emerson

9 Hulshof

Montana

1 Rehberg

Nebraska

1 Fortenberry

*2 Terry

3 Osborne

Nevada

*1 Berkley

*2 Gibbons

*3 Porter

New Hamp.

*1 Bradley

*2 Bass

New Jersey

*1 Andrews

*2 LoBiondo

3 Saxton

4 C.Smith

*5 Garrett

*6 Pallone

7 Ferguson

8 Pascrell

*9 Rothman

*10 Payne

11 Frelinghysn

*12 Holt

13 VACANT

New Mexico

*1 H.Wilson

2 Pearce

*3 T.Udall

New York

*1 T.Bishop

*2 Israel

3 P.King

*4 McCarthy

5 Ackerman

*6 G.Meeks

7 Crowley

*8 Nadler

*9 Weiner

*10 Towns

*11 Owens

12 Velazquez

13 Fossella

*13 Maloney

*15 Rangel

*16 Serrano

*17 Engel

18 Lowey

*19 Kelly

20 Sweeney

21 McNulty

*22 Hinchey

23 McHugh

24 Boehlert

25 Walsh

26 Reynolds

*27 Higgins

*28 Slaughter

*29 Kuhl

No. Carolina

*1 Butterfield

*2 Etheridge

*3 W.Jones

*4 D.Price

5 Foxx

6 Coble

*7 McIntyre

*8 Hayes

9 Myrick

10 McHenry

11 C.Taylor

12 Watt

*13 B.Miller

North Dakota

1 Pomeroy

Ohio

1 Chabot

2 J.Schmidt

*3 M.Turner

4 Oxley

5 Gillmor

*6 Stricklnd

7 Hobson

8 Boehner

*9 Kaptur

*10 Kucinich

*11 S.Jones

12 Tiberi

*13 S.Brown

14 LaTourte

15 D.Pryce

16 Regula

*17 T.Ryan

18 Ney

Oklahoma

1 Sullivan

*2 Boren

3 F.Lucas

4 Cole

5 Istook

Oregon

*1 Wu

*2 Walden

*3 Blumenaur

*4 DeFazio

*5 Hooley

Pennsyl.

*1 R.Brady

2 Fattah

3 English

4 Hart

5 J.Peterson

*6 Gerlach

7 C.Weldon

*8 Fitzpatrick

9 Shuster

10 Sherwood

*11 Kanjorski

12 Murtha

*13 A.Schwrtz

*14 Doyle

15 Dent

16 Pitts

*17 Holden

*18 Murphy

*19 Platts

R. Island

*1 P.Kennedy

2 Langevin

So. Carolina

*1 H.Brown

*2 J.Wilson

3 Barrett

4 Inglis

5 Spratt

*6 Clyburn

South Dakota

***1 *Herseth***

Tennessee

1 Jenkins

*2 Duncan

3 Wamp

*4 L.Davis

5 Cooper

*6 Gordon

*7 Blackburn

*8 Tanner

9 Ford

Texas

1 Gohmert

2 Poe

3 S.Johnson

*4 Hall

5 Hensarling

6 Barton

7 Culberson

8 K.Brady

*9 Al Green

10 McCaul

11 Conaway

12 Granger

13 Thornberry

*14 Paul

*15 Hinojosa

*16 Reyes

*17 Edwards

*18 Jcksn-Lee

19 Neugebauer

*20 Gonzalez

21 L.Smith

22 DeLay

*23 Bonilla

*24 Marchant

*25 Doggett

*26 Burgess

*27 Ortiz

28 Cuellar

*29 G. Green

*30 E.B.Jonsn

31 Carter

32 Sessions

Utah

*1 R.Bishop

*2 Matheson

*3 Cannon

Vermont

*1 SANDERS

Virginia

*1 JoannDavs

2 Drake

*3 R.Scott

4 Forbes

*5 Goode

6 Goodlatte

7 Cantor

*8 Jim Moran

*9 Boucher

*10 Wolf

11 Tom Davis

Washington

*1 Inslee

*2 R.Larsen

3 Baird

4 D.Hastings

5 McMorris

*6 Dicks

*7 McDermott

8 Reichert

*9 A.Smith

West Virginia

1 Mollohan

*2 Capito

*3 Rahall

Wisconsin

1 P.Ryan

*2 Baldwin

*3 Kind

*4 G.Moore

5 Sensenbrenr

6 Petri

7 Obey

*8 M.Green

Wyoming

1 Cubin

Amer. Samoa

1 Faleomavga

D. C.

*1 Norton

Guam

*1 Bordallo

Puerto Rico

1 Fortuno

Virgin Islands

*1 Christensn