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HR 4277 106th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Armed Forces and National Security Civil service retirement Coast guard Congress Congressional employees Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government employees' health insurance Health Income tax Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Military personnel Personal income tax Public health personnel Retired military personnel Retiree health benefits Tax deductions Taxation

Federal Employees Health Insurance Premium Conversion Act

Introduced: April 13, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Apr 27, 2000
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Apr 27, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Apr 26, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Apr 13, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 13, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E581)
Apr 13, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Federal Employees Health Insurance Premium Conversion Act - Requires the Office of Personnel Management to make available to Federal annuitants the option to pay their Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program enrollment charges through a health insurance premium conversion arrangement beginning on the same date as when such option first becomes available to Federal employees generally, but no later than the deadline specified below.

Requires: (1) each employing entity within the legislative branch to establish a plan, similar to the health insurance premium conversion arrangement, for their employees; and (2) the Secretary of Defense (or each appropriate Secretary with respect to the Coast Guard and the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service) to establish such a plan for members and retired members of the uniformed services. Requires that all such plans be completed so that such option shall become available no later than the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2001.

What's happening now April 27, 2000

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Sherman, Brad
California · Oct 4, 2000
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 27, 2000
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 26, 2000
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 6, 2000
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 6, 2000
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 10, 2000
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 8, 2000
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 17, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4277: Federal Employees Health Insurance Premium Conversion Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4277/
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