Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees.

The Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia will hold two hearings, under the title, “Catching Up: Benefits That Will Help Recruit and Retain Federal Employees,” on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Panel one will discuss improvements to the Federal Employee Thrift Savings Plan (automatic enrollment and default to the Life Cycle Fund) and the second panel will examine providing health insurance to young adults enrolled as dependents in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).

Immediately following the hearing, the Subcommittee will markup:

H.R. 5550, a bill “To amend title 5, U.S.C, to increase the maximum age to qualify for coverage as a ’child’ under the health benefits program for Federal Employees.” Chairman Davis may offer an amendment to H.R. 5550, which he introduced on March 6, 2008.

H.R. _______, which may be introduced by Chairman Henry Waxman regarding the
mailing of tobacco through the U.S. postal system.

For further information regarding the hearing, please contact Marcus A. Williams, Subcommittee Clerk, at X-65845.

WITNESS LIST

PANEL 1: Thrift Savings Plan

Greg Long
Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Richard Brown
Vice Chair, Employee Thrift Advisory Council

PANEL 2: Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)

Daniel A. Green
Deputy Associate Director for Employee and Family Support Policy, Strategic Human Resources Policy Division, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Colleen Kelley
President, National Treasury Employees Union

Dr. Sara R. Collins
Assistant Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund

John Gage
National President, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO