,i  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #agai  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,m>* #ac1 #bjai,ms4   
,johnson ( ,texas introduc$ ! foll[+    
bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on   
,ov]sight & ,re=m  ,a ,,bill  ,to am5d  
regulations relat+ to ! eligibility (   
,f$]al employees1 dur+ a ,gov]nm5t      
%utd[n1 = supplem5tal vision & d5tal    
cov]age1 & = o!r purposes4  #a4 ,ma9ta9+
 supplem5tal vision & d5tal cov]age =   
,f$]al employees dur+ a ,gov]nm5t %utd[n
  7a7 ,9 g5]al ,n lat] ?an #cj days aft]
 ! date ( enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 !        
,director ( ! ,(fice ( ,p]sonnel        
,managem5t %all am5d section #hid4fja ( 
title #e1 ,code ( ,f$]al ,regulations1  
by add+ at ! end ( subsection 7b7 !     
foll[+3 ,not)/&+ ! prec$+ s5t5ce1 if y g
 into a p]iod ( nonpay or insuffici5t   
pay z a result 9 a lapse (              
appropriations ( ! ag5cy at :i* y are   
employ$1 & y d n make direct premium    
paym5ts dur+ t lapse1 y\r ,,f$vip       
cov]age cont9ues dur+ su* lapse1 b 9 no 

case may su* cov]age be cont9u$ "u ?is  
s5t5ce = a p]iod ( a lapse 9            
appropriations long] ?an #a ye>44  7b7  
,application ,! am5dm5t made by         
subsection 7a7 %all apply to any        
contract = d5tal or vision b5efits "u   
*apt] #hi;,a or #hi;,b1 respectively1 ( 
title #e1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code1 ent]$    
into aft] ! date ( enactm5t ( ?is ,act4