Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner notify the Clerk of whether that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner elects to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.

Amends Rule XXVI (Financial Disclosure) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member) to notify the Clerk of the House of whether that Member elects to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) or to change such an election.

Requires the notifications to be made under the same terms as the financial disclosure statement required under the Rule.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 169 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 169

 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that a 
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner notify the Clerk of whether 
 that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner elects to participate 
            in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2011

   Mr. Crowley (for himself, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. 
   Edwards, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, and Mr. Stark) submitted the following 
        resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that a 
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner notify the Clerk of whether 
 that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner elects to participate 
            in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.

    Resolved, That rule XXVI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
    ``4.(a) Not later than 60 days after taking the oath of office or 
15 days after the adoption of this clause, a Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner shall notify the Clerk of whether that Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner elects to participate in the Federal 
Employee Heath Benefits Program. Not later than 15 days after changing 
any such election, that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
shall so notify the Clerk.
    ``(b) The notifications made pursuant to paragraph (a) shall be 
made under the same terms as the financial disclosure statement 
required under this rule.''.
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