members who died on active duty on or after Oct. 7, 2001, not just those serving in combat. [HR 1268, Vote 92, 4/13/05] XXXX Did Not Vote On Bill To Extend Military Health Benefits. In 2004, XXXX did not vote on an amendment that would authorize medical and dental care for service academy cadets and midshipmen, and Reserve Officer Training Corps participants who incur injury or aggravate an illness or disease in the line of duty. [S 2400, Vote 95, 5/17/04] XXXX Voted to Reimburse Service Members Who Paid for Meals While Hospitalized Due to Combat Injuries since 9/11. In October 2003, XXXX supported an amendment that would reimburse service members who paid for meals while hospitalized as a result of injuries or illness while in combat or training since Sept. 11, 2001. [S 1689, Vote 393, 10/17/03] XXXX Voted to Call for National Guard and Reserves to Have Access to TRICARE. On July 16, 2003, XXXX voted for a Daschle, D-S.D., amendment to the FY 2004 Defense Appropriations bill. The Daschle amendment would express the sense of the Senate that the National Guard and Reserves play a critical national security role and should be granted access to the TRICARE military health care program. [HR 2658, Vote 282, 7/16/03] XXXX Supported Expanding Eligibility of Military Health Care. XXXX voted for the Graham amendment to S.1050, which was an amendment to allow members of the Selected Reserve to enroll in TRICARE, the military health care plan used by active-duty members. Enlisted service members would pay premiums of $330 annually for themselves and $560 for their families, and officers would pay premiums of $380 annually for themselves and $610 for their families. Reservists who elect to retain civilian insurance for their families and who are ordered to active duty would be reimbursed for that insurance. [S 1050, Vote 185, 5/20/03] XXXX Voted To Give Tax Breaks To Members Of The Armed Services. On March 27, 2003, XXXX voted to give tax breaks to members of the military for five years. The vote was on a bill that would include an exemption from taxable income of the full $6,000 cash payment given to survivors of military members killed in the line of duty and a relaxation of a residency requirement to take advantage of a capital gains exclusion on the sale of a primary home. The bill would exempt from military members' taxable income amounts received under the Homeowners Assistance Program and would allow military personnel serving in “contingency operations” a temporary postponement on filing and paying taxes. Individuals serving in the military reserves could take deductions for all travel expenses to meetings more than 100 miles from home. The bill passed, 97-0. [HR 1307, Vote 110, 3/27/03] XXXX Voted Against Increasing Spending On Military Health Care By $21 Billion And Reduce Tax Cuts. On March 25, 2003, XXXX voted against increasing spending on military health care, and offset the spending by reducing tax cuts. The vote was on the Lincoln, D-Ark., amendment that would increase spending on the TRICARE program by $21 billion over 10 years to give members of the National Guard and Reserves and their families greater access to the health care program. The increase would be offset by a reduction in tax cuts. More than 20 percent of those in the National Guard and Reserves do not have health insurance. [S Con Res 23, Vote 81, 3/25/03; Blanche Lincoln, Floor Statement, 3/25/03] XXXX Voted Against Increasing Spending For Defense and Military Pay And Benefits. XXXX voted against passage of the Supplemental Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2001 (H.R. 2216). The bill would provide $6.544 billion in net new budget authority ($5.919 billion in defense discretionary appropriations and $625 million in non- defense discretionary appropriations). A total of $3.002 billion would be appropriated for Department of Defense operations and maintenance, $936.4 million would be appropriated for veterans' benefits, and $515.0 million would be appropriated for military personnel to address quality of life issues such as military pay and benefits. The bill passed, 98-1. [HR 2216, Vote 228, 6/10/01] XXXX Voted For An Amendment To Allow Military Retirees To Be Eligible For Military Health Care. In 2000, XXXX voted for an amendment that would repeal the restriction, enacted in 1964, on military retirees being 308