,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ac1 #bjai,ms4
 ,johnson of ,texas introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend regulations      
relating to the eligibility of ,federal 
employees1 during a ,government         
shutdown1 for supplemental vision and   
dental coverage1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,maintaining supplemental vision  
and dental coverage for ,federal        
employees during a ,government shutdown 
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #cj days
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act1 the ,director of the ,office of   
,personnel ,management shall amend      
section #hid4fja of title #e1 ,code of  
,federal ,regulations1 by adding at the 
end of subsection 7b7 the following3    
,notwithstanding the preceding sentence1
 if you go into a period of nonpay or   
insufficient pay as a result in a lapse 
of appropriations of the agency at which

 you are employed1 and you do not make  
direct premium payments during that     
lapse1 your ,,fedvip coverage continues 
during such lapse1 but in no case may   
such coverage be continued under this   
sentence for a period of a lapse in     
appropriations longer than #a year44    
7b7 ,application ,the amendment made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply to any       
contract for dental or vision benefits  
under chapter #hi;,a or #hi;,b1         
respectively1 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 entered into after the   
date of enactment of this ,act4