,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #d1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,connolly introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code1 to provide that 
payments under the ,federal employees'  
group life insurance program shall be   
made in a lump sum1 unless the insured  
or the recipient elects otherwise4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,federal ,life ,insurance           
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,amendment     
relating to form of payment  7a7 ,in    
general ,section #hgje of title #e1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7f7   
7#a7 ,group life insurance and group    
accidental death insurance payable under
 this chapter1 by reason of the death of
 an employee1 shall be paid in the form 
determined as follows3  7,a7 ,in the    
form of payment elected by the person to

 whom the payment is to be made4  7,b7  
,in the absence of an election under    
subparagraph 7,a71 in the form of       
payment elected by the employee4  7,c7  
,in the absence of an election under    
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71 in the form
 of a lump-sum payment4  7#b7 ,an       
election under subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b7
 of paragraph 7#a7 shall not be         
effective unless it is made in such form
 and manner as the ,office may require4 
7#c7 ,the ,office shall prescribe any   
regulations necessary to carry out this 
subsection4 ,such regulations shall     
provide for at least #a alternative form
 of payment besides the form of payment 
described in paragraph 7#a77;,c74  4    
7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment made 
by subsection 7a7 shall apply in the    
case of any employee 7as defined by     
section #hgja of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code7 who becomes insured in   
any calendar year beginning at least #c 
months after the date of enactment of   
this ,act4