,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #a1 #bjai,mr4 
,cummings 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 
,mr4 ,meadows1 ,ms4 ,clark of           
,massachusetts1 ,mr4 ,young1 and ,mr4   
,taylor7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1  
to continue supplemental dental and     
vision benefits and long-term care      
insurance coverage for ,federal         
employees affected by a ,government     
shutdown1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,ensuring ,,fedvip and ,,fltcip     
,coverage ,during ,shutdowns ,act4  #b4 
,continuing supplemental dental and     
vision benefits and long-term care      
insurance coverage during a ,government 
shutdown  7a7 ,in general ,title #e1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in section #hief1 by adding at the 
end the following3  7d7 ,coverage under 

a dental benefits plan under this       
chapter for any employee enrolled in    
such a plan and who1 as a result of a   
lapse in appropriations1 is furloughed  
or excepted from furlough and working   
without pay shall continue during such  
lapse and may not be cancelled as a     
result of nonpayment of premiums or     
other periodic charges due to such      
lapse4  2  7#b7 in section #hihf1 by    
adding at the end the following3  7d7   
,coverage under a vision benefits plan  
under this chapter for any employee     
enrolled in such a plan and who1 as a   
result of a lapse in appropriations1 is 
furloughed or excepted from furlough and
 working without pay shall continue     
during such lapse and may not be        
cancelled as a result of nonpayment of  
premiums or other periodic charges due  
to such lapse4  2 and  7#c7 in section  
#ijjc1 by adding at the end the         
following3  7e7 ,effect of ,government  
shutdown ,coverage under a master       
contract under this chapter for         

long-term care insurance for an employee
 or member of the uniformed services    
enrolled under such contract and who1   
due to a lapse in appropriations1 is    
furloughed or excepted from furlough and
 working without pay shall continue     
during such lapse and may not be        
cancelled as a result of nonpayment of  
premiums or other periodic charges due  
to such lapse4  4  7b7 ,regulations ,the
 ,director of the ,office of ,personnel 
,management shall prescribe regulations 
under which premiums for supplemental   
dental1 supplemental vision1 or         
long-term care insurance under chapter  
#hi;,a1 #hi;,b1 or #ij 7respectively7 of
 title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 7as   
amended by subsection 7a77 that are     
unpaid by an employee or member of the  
uniformed services 7as the case may be71
 as a result of that employee or member 
being furloughed or excepted from       
furlough and working without pay as a   
result of a lapse in appropriations1 are
 paid to the applicable carrier from    

back pay made available to the employee 
or member as soon as practicable upon   
the end of such lapse4  7c7 ,application
 ,the amendments made by subsection 7a7 
shall apply to any contract for         
supplemental dental1 supplemental       
vision1 or long-term care insurance     
under chapter #hi;,a1 #hi;,b1 or #ij    
7respectively7 of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 entered into before1 on1 
or after the date of enactment of this  
,act4