HouseH.R. 10717119th Congress

Wigs for Warriors Act

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10717 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10717

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide wigs to TRICARE 
beneficiaries with alopecia, including alopecia caused by chemotherapy, 
                        and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2026

  Mr. Vindman (for himself and Ms. Pressley) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide wigs to TRICARE 
beneficiaries with alopecia, including alopecia caused by chemotherapy, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wigs for Warriors Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE WIGS TO TRICARE BENEFICIARIES WITH COVERED 
              CONDITIONS.

    Section 1074c of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``resulting from the treatment of a 
        malignant disease may'' and inserting ``caused by a health 
        condition other than androgenic alopecia, or the treatment of a 
        health condition, shall''; and
            (2) by striking ``if the person has not previously been 
        furnished one''.
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