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Table of Legislation Affecting the FEGLI Program


 

Public Act Or Resolution Number

Congress

Date of Law

Citation

Nature

598

83

Aug 17, 1954

68 Stat. 736

Original Act

763

83

Sept. 1, 1954

68 Stat 1116

Stipulates that official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the Senate and their employees shall be considered employees in the legislative branch for life insurance purposes.

356

84

Aug. 11, 1955

68 Stat 676

Creates the Insurance Fund and provides for the investment of moneys in the Fund, in addition to providing for the Commission's assumption of Beneficial Association Agreements. This law also provides for continuation of insurance during retirement and nonpay status.

541

84

May 28, 1956

70 Stat. 213

Provides for continuance of insurance by employees receiving benefits under the Federal employees' compensation law.

881

84

Aug. 1, 1956

70 Stat. 882

Provides that insurance coverage ceases when an employee enters active military service.

918

84

Aug. 2, 1956

70 Stat. 934

Retains life insurance coverage for certain Agriculture Department employees detailed to States.

935

84

Aug. 2, 1956

70 Stat. 955

Grants coverage to employees of Gallaudet College.

177

85

Aug. 28, 1957

71 Stat. 452

Retains life insurance coverage for employees transferring to International Atomic Energy Agency.

377

85

Apr. 11, 1958

72 Stat. 87

Authorizes payment of expenses incurred by the Commission in making Beneficial Association Assumption Agreements and extends the time for these agreements.

745

85

Aug. 25, 1958

72 Stat. 838

Provides for each former President an office staff, and directs that the staff members be considered Federal employees for life insurance purposes.

795

85

Aug. 28, 1958

72 Stat. 959

Retains life insurance coverage for employees transferring to international organizations.

91

86

July 17, 1959

73 Stat. 217

Excludes from life insurance coverage any Federal employment performed by teachers in dependent schools of the Department of Defense in overseas areas in other capacity during a recess period between two school years.

377

86

Sept. 23, 1959

73 Stat. 700

Permits life insurance coverage to continue for nondisability retirees after at least 12 years of service; reduces amount of insurance by 2 percent per month when employee attains age 65 or retires, whichever is later.

568

86

July 1, 1960

74 Stat. 302

Provides life insurance coverage for Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee employees.

611

87

Aug. 28, 1962

76 Stat. 406

Provides that the amount of insurance payable will escheat to the credit of the Fund if claim for payment has not been filed within four years after the death of the employee.

195

88

Dec. 11, 1963

77 Stat. 348

Provides that persons employed on the office staff of Mrs. Jacqueline B. Kennedy shall be considered "Federal employees for life insurance purposes."

531

88

Aug. 31, 1964

78 Stat. 737

Provides insurance coverage for certain United States Commissioners.

631

88

Oct. 6, 1964

78 Stat. 1007

Provides insurance coverage for temporary teachers in the District of Columbia if they have been so temporarily employed for a total time of at least two years.

4

89

Mar. 9, 1965

79 Stat. 9

Authorizes the Commission to contract with the Appalachian Regional Commission for continuance of life insurance coverage held by a Federal employee transferring to a regional commission as a regular employee.

136

89

Aug. 26, 1965

79 Stat. 567

Authorizes the Commission to contract with regional commissions established under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 for continuance of life insurance coverage held by a Federal employee transferring to a regional commission as a regular employee.

373

89

Mar. 23, 1966

80 Stat. 78

Specifies that a designation, change, or cancellation of beneficiary in a will or other document not filed with the Commission is invalid.

379

89

Mar. 30, 1966

80 Stat. 94

Preserves life insurance coverage of Congressional employees receiving certain Congressional staff fellowships.

206

90

Dec. 16, 1967

81 Stat. 646

Provides for $10,000 minimum regular insurance, increases maximum amount of regular insurance from $20,000 to $32,000, provides for automatic increases in maximum amount of insurance whenever pay assigned to Federal executive pay level II increases, creates a new program of optional insurance, and improves financing of insurance costs.

578

90

Oct. 17, 1968

82 Stat. 1107

Grants insurance coverage to all full-time and part-time United States magistrates and all clerical and secretarial assistants employed in the office of full-time magistrates.

418

91

Sept. 25, 1970

84 Stat. 869

Extends insurance coverage to noncitizen employees whose duty station is in the Panama Canal Zone.

529

92

Oct. 21, 1972

86 Stat. 1050

Authorizes the waiver of retroactive salary deductions for Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance purposes upon an employee's restoration to duty following a finding of erroneous removal or suspension.

437

95

Oct. 10, 1978

92 Stat. 1055

Provides that all employees appointed under the provisions of this Act are eligible under the FEGLI Program.

454

95

Oct. 13, 1978

92 Stat. 1111

Amends the FEGLI law by striking out "Commission" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Office". In addition, various technical amendments to Section 8716 and the Federal Employees Part-Time Career Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-437) are effected.

583

95

Nov. 2, 1978

92 Stat. 2481

Reduces from 12 years to 5 years the length of service requirement for retaining group life insurance coverage into retirement. In addition, provides that for an employee who becomes eligible to continue optional and/or regular life insurance while receiving compensation for a work injury on or after November 2, 1978, the amount of the compensationer's insurance will be subject to the same 2 percent monthly reduction as is applied to all other insured persons when they attain age 65 and are retired.

54

96

Aug. 14, 1979

93 Stat. 384

Redefines "employee" for the purpose of life insurance coverage to exclude the previous reference to a United States Commissioner.

330

96

Aug. 26, 1980

94 Stat. 1035

Provides that bonuses be included as annual pay for FEGLI for physicians and dentists of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

427

96

Oct. 10, 1980

94 Stat. 1831

Restructures the "regular insurance" and renames it "basic insurance" renames "optional insurance" as "standard optional insurance" and creates the "additional optional" and "family optional" insurance. Also provides an age multiplication factor to permit additional amounts of "basic insurance" for younger employees, permits employees who retire on or after December 9, 1980, to elect a lesser reduction in the "basic insurance" after attaining age 65 and requires employees retiring after 1989 to continue to pay premiums for basic coverage until they attain age 65. In addition, this law provides that agencies may waive retroactive collection of premiums under certain circumstances so long as the agency remits the amount due to the Fund. This law also repeals the requirement of maintaining an advisory committee for life insurance, and provides for preemption of conflicting state and local group insurance laws.

499

96

Dec. 5, 1980

94 Stat. 2606

Exempts the premiums received by the office of Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance under the FEGLI Program from state and local premium taxes.

164

97

April 2, 1982

96 Stat. 48

Amends the FEGLI law by striking out "Court of Claims" and inserts in lieu thereof "United States Claims Court."

353

98

July 10, 1984

98 Stat. 350

Allows certain Federal judges to continue their FEGLI coverage as active employees after they retire, and to make an irrevocable assignment of their FEGLI coverage to another person.

621

98

Nov. 8, 1984

98 Stat. 3379

Allows FEGLI coverage for employees of St. Elizabeths Hospital who went to work for the District of Columbia Government immediately following Federal employment, without any break in service.

53

99

June 17, 1985

99 Stat. 95

Allows an annuitant whose disability is terminated because of restoration to earning capacity or recovery from disability and whose disability annuity is restored to elect to resume FEGLI coverage held immediately before his or her disability annuity is terminated.

335

99

June 6, 1986

100 Stat. 597

Ends the availability of FEGLI coverage for the employees of the government of the District of Columbia, beginning with individuals first employed with the District on or after October 1, 1987. Allows an employee who enters the military on active duty or active duty training to continue FEGLI coverage for up to 12 months.

Provides for reinstatement of FEGLI coverage for individuals who qualify for an immediate annuity when they leave Federal service but postpone the commencing date of the annuity. Allows FERS annuitants to make direct payment of premiums for their FEGLI coverage when their annuity is too low to cover the insurance premiums.

336

99

June 19, 1986

100 Stat. 639

Clarifies Public Law 98-353 by providing that certain Federal judges who retire on or after January 1, 1982, may continue their basic and optional FEGLI coverage as if they were still in active employment.

238

100

June 8, 1988

100 Stat. 1744

Authorizes OPM to convert the premium pay of law enforcement officers under FERS to annual pay. Specifies that any provision of law outside of the FEGLI law which confers eligibility for FEGLI coverage shall not apply to individuals commencing employment in these positions on or after October 1, 1988.

679

100

Nov. 7, 1988

102 Stat. 4071

Provides FEGLI coverage to certain individuals appointed to the staff of a former President or a former Vice President under the Presidential Transition Act of 1963.

303

101

May 29, 1990

104 Stat. 250

Authorizes the payment of the Government contribution for Basic life insurance coverage for individuals under age 65 who retire, or commence receiving compensation, after December 31, 1989.

508

101

Nov. 5, 1990

104 Stat. 1388

[855]

Allows certain employees who retire under a Nonappropriated Fund instrumentality retirement plan to retain FEGLI coverage as annuitants.

509

101

Nov. 5, 1990

104 Stat. 1432

Provides that interim geographic adjustments and locality-based comparability payments be included in annual pay for FEGLI.

513

101

Nov. 5, 1990

104 Stat. 2064

Extends coverage under the FEGLI Program to U.S. hostages in Iraq, Kuwait, and Lebanon while they are in hostage status and for 12 months thereafter.

66

103

Aug. 10, 1993

107 Stat. 312

Provides that premium pay for overtime inspectional service be included as annual pay for FEGLI for customs officers.

336

103

Oct. 3, 1994

108 Stat. 2661

Allows all insured individuals to make an irrevocable assignment of their Basic, Option A, and Option B coverage to an individual, corporation, or trustee.

409

103

Oct. 25, 1994

108 Stat. 4230

Allows insured employees and annuitants to elect to receive their Basic insurance as a living benefit if they are terminally ill with a life expectancy of 9 months or less.

134

104

Apr. 26, 1996

110 Stat. 1321

Allows certain employees of the District of Columbia Financial Control Authority to elect to be considered Federal employees for purposes of FEGLI.

33

105

Aug. 5, 1997

11 Stat. 251

Allows judicial and nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia Courts; the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee; the District of Columbia Pretrial Services, Defense Services, Parole, Adult Probation, and Offender Supervision Trustee; and employees of these trustees to be considered Federal employees for purposes of FEGLI.

205

105

Jul. 22, 1998

112 Stat. 683

Provides that certain court orders supersede the order of precedence for the payment of life insurance benefits.

274

105

Oct. 21, 1998

112 Stat. 2419

Makes technical corrections to Pub. L. 105-33, extends FEGLI to employees of the Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia, and allows certain former DC Government employees who work for the Federal Government to continue their DC Government insurance.

311

105

Oct. 30, 1998

112 Stat. 2950

Eliminates the maximums on Basic and Option B; allows coverage of foster children under Option C; makes erroneous coverage valid, if it has been in effect for at least 2 years and the individual has paid the applicable premiums; allows direct payment of premiums for any employee, annuitant, or compensationer whose pay is too small to make withholdings; allows retiring employees to elect unreduced Options B and C; allows certain employees whose coverage terminates to port Option B (3-year demonstration project); and increases Option C coverage to 1-5 multiples of the current amounts.

113

106

Nov. 29, 1999

113 Stat. 1501

Amends title 28 to require the Judiciary to pay on behalf of Justices and judges of the United States any increases in FEGLI premiums imposed after April 24, 1999.

398

106

Oct. 30, 2000

114 Stat. 1654

Allows Department of Defense employees who waived or cancelled Basic insurance to elect it within 60 days of being designated emergency essential under section 1580 of title 10 U.S.C.

522

106

Nov. 22, 2000

114 Stat. 2440

Allows the Court Services and Offender Supervision Trustee and the trustee's employees to be treated as Federal employees for the purpose of FEGLI.


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