S.3681

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CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5
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July 12, 1954
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REGULATION
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Approved For lease 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-018453R000200150'93t 83D CONGRESS 2D SESSION Union Calendar No. 885 S. 3681 [Report No. 2579] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES J-trzy 12, 1954 Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service JULY 30, 1954 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed AN ACT To authorize the Civil Service Commission to make available group life insurance for civilian officers and employees in the Federal service, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent a- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Employees' 4 5 SEC. 2. (a) Except as provided in (b) or this section, 6 each appointive or elective officer or employee (hereinafter 7 called employee) in or under the executive, judicial, or legis- 8 lative branch of the United States Government, including 9 a Government owned or controlled corporation (but not in- Group Life Insurance Act of 1954." Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 Approved Per Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP08-00453R000200150003-5 2 1 eluding any corporation under the supervision of the Farm 2 Credit Administration of which corporation any member of 3 the board of directors is elected or appointed by private in- 4 terests) , and of the municipal government of the District of 5 Columbia shall, at such time and under such conditions of 6 eligibility as the Civil Service Commission (hereinafter 7 called the Commission) may by regulation prescribe, come 8 within the purview of this Act. Such regulations may pro- 9 vide for the exclusion of employees on the basis of the nature 10 and type of employment or conditions pertaining thereto 11 such as, but not limited to, short term appointments, seasonal 12 or intermittent employment, part-time employment, and 13 employment of like nature, and shall be issued only after 14 consultation with the head of the department, establishment, 15 agency, or other employing authority concerned: Provided, 16 That no employee or group of employees shall be excluded 17 solely on the basis of the hazardous nature of employment. 18 (b) This Act shall not apply to noncitizen employees 19 whose permanent duty station is located outside a State of 20 the United States or the District of Columbia, nor shall it 21 apply to commissioned officers and enlisted personnel on ac- 22 tive duty in or with the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 23 Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States, who have 24 indemnity coverage under the Servicemen's Indemnity Act 25 of 1951 (65 Stat. 33) . Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R0943200150003-5 3 1 SEC. 3. (a) Each employee to whom this Act applies 2 shall be eligible to be insured for an amount of group life 3 insurance approximating his annual compensation not ex- 4 ceeding $20,000 plus an equal amount of group accidental 5 death and dismemberment insurance, in accordance with the 6 following schedule: If annual compensation is- The amount of group life insurance shall be- The amount of group accidental death and dis- memberment insurance shall be- Greater than But not greater than 0 $1, 000 $1, 000 $1, 000 $ L, 000 2, 000 2, 000 2, 000 2, 000 3, 000 3, 000 3, 000 3, 000 4, 000 4, 000 4, 000 4, 000 5, 000 5, 000 5, 000 5, 000 6, 000 6,000 6, 000 6, 000 7, 000 7, 000 7, 000 7, 000 8, 000 8, 000 8, 000 8, 000 9, 000 9, 000 9, 000 9, 000 10, 000 10, 000 10, 000 10,000 11,000 11,000 11,000 11, 000 12, 000 12, 000 12, 000 12,000 13,000 13,000 13,000 13, 000 14, 000 14, 000 14, 000 19, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15, 000 15,000 16,000 16,000 16,000 16, 000 17, 000 17, 000 17, 000 17,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18, 000 19, 000 19, 000 19, 000 19, 000 20, 000 20, 000 7 (b) Subject to the conditions and limitations of the 8 policy or policies purchased by the Commission under this 9 Act, as may be approved by the Commission, the group 10 accidental death and dismemberment insurance shall provide 11 payments as follows: Loss Amount payable For loss of life. Full amount shown in the schedule in (a) of this section. Loss of one hand or of one foot or One-half the amount shown in the loss of sight of one eye. schedule in (a) of this section. Loss of two or more such members. Full amount shown in the schedule in (a) of this section. Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 Aft, Approved For Release 2000/08/25: CIA-RDP500453R000200150003-5 1 2 3 shall not exceed the amount shown in the schedule in (It) 4 of this section. 5 (c) The Commission shall by regulation provide for tie 6 conversion of other than annual rates of compensation to in 7 annual basis, and shall further specify the types of compen a- 8 tion to be included in annual compensation. 9 (d) Each of such amounts of insurance shall be redu ed 10 by 2 per centum thereof at the end of each full calemflar 11 month following the date the employee attains age sixty-five, 12 subject to minimum amounts prescribed by the Commissibn, 4 For any one accident the aggregate amount of group ac dental death and dismeMberment insurance that may be pa id 13 but not less than 25 per centum of the insurance in fo ce 14 immediately preceding the first reduction provided her in: 15 Provided, That the amounts of insurance in force from fme 16 to time on an employee who becomes insured under this Act 17 after having attained the age of sixty-five shall be the sairl as 18 would be in force had he been insured at age sixty-five, pnd 19 shall be based on the lesser of his annual compensation 1) 20 at the time he becomes so insured, or (2) at age sixty- ye, 21 provided he was eligible at that time to be insured u der 22 this Act. 23 SEC. 4. Any amount of group life insurance and g oup 24 accidental death insurance in force on any employee at the 25 date of his death shall be paid, upon the establishment f a Approved For Release 2000/08/25: CIA-RDP58-00453R000 00150003-5 Approved For Re!eau, 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453X000200150003-5 5 1 valid claim therefor, to the person or persons surviving at the 2 date of his death, in the following order of precedence: 3 First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries as the employee 4 may have designated by a writing received in the employing 5 office prior to death; 6 Second, if there be no such beneficiary, to the widow 7 or widower of such employee; 8 Third, if none of the above, to the child or children 9 of such employee and descendants of deceased children by 10 representation; 11 Fourth, if none of the above, to the parents of such em- 12 ployee or the survivor of them; 13 Fifth, if none of the above, to the duly appointed execu- 14 tor or administrator of the estate of such employee; 15 Sixth, if none of the above, to other next of kin of such 16 employee entitled under the laws of domicile of such em- 17 ployee at the time of his death. 18 If any person otherwise entitled to payment under this 19 section does not make claim therefor within one year after 20 the death of the employee, or if payment to such person 21 within that period is prohibited by Federal statute or regula- 22 tion, payment may be made in the order of precedence as 23 if such person had predeceased the employee, and any such 24 payment shall be a bar to recovery by any other person. 25 SEC. 5. (a) During any period in which an employee Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 AbA Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-06t3R00000150003-5 6 1 under age sixty-five is insured under a policy of insurance 2 purchased by the Commission as authorized in section 7 of 3 this Act, there shall be withheld from each salary payment 4 of such employee, as his share of the cost of his group lifel and 5 accidental death and dismemberment insurance, an amount 6 determined by the Commission, but not to exceed the rate of /1)/ 4/ /17 25 cents biweekly foreach 1.QO of his group life insur+ce : 8 Provided, That an employee who is paid on other th n 9 biweekly basis shall have an amount so withheld, determined 10 at a proportionate rate, which rate shall be adjusted to the 11 nearest cent. 12 Any policy of insurance purchased by the Commissicin as 13 authorized in section 7 of this Act shall provide that all em- 14 ployees eligible under the terms of this Act will be ruto- 15 matically insured thereunder commencing on the date they 16 first become so eligible: Provided, That any employe de- 17 siring not to be so insured shall, on an appropriate forijn to 18 be prescribed by the Commission, give written notice te his 19 employing office that he desires not to be insured. If 1.1ch 20 notice is received before the employee shall have become in- 21 sured under such policy, he shall not be so insured; if it is 22 received after he shall have become insured, his insur nee 23 under the policy will cease effective with the end of the pay 24 period during which the notice is received by the emplo mg 25 office. Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000 00150003-5 Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 7 1 (b) For each period in which an employee is insured 2 under a policy of insurance purchased by the Commission as 3 authorized in section 7 of this Act, there shall be contributed 4 from the respective appropriation or fund which is used for 5 payment of his salary, wage, or other compensation (or, in 6 the case of an elected official, from such appropriation or fund as may be available for payment of other salaries of the same office or establishment) a sum computed at a rate determined 9 by the Commission, but not to exceed one-half the amount 10 withheld from the employee under this section. 11 (c) The sums withheld from employees under sub- 12 section (a) and the sums contributed from appropriations 13 and funds under subsection (b) shall be deposited in the 14 Treasury of the United States to the credit of a fund which 15 is hereby created. Said fund is hereby made available with- 16 out fiscal year limitation for premium payments under any 17 insurance policy or policies purchased as authorized in sections 18 7 and 10 of this Act, and for any expenses incurred by the 19 Commission in the administration of this Act within such limi- 20 tations as may be specified annually in appropriation acts: 21 Provided, That appropriations available to the Commission 22 for salaries and expenses for the fiscal year 1955 shall be 23 available on a reimbursable basis for necessary administrative 24 expenses of carrying out the purposes of this Act until said 25 fund shall be sufficient to provide therefor. The income Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00053R000200150003-5 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 derived from any dividends or premium rate adjustments I received from insurers shall constitute a part of said fUnd. I SEC. 6. Each policy purchased under this Act shall 1 contain a provision in terms approved by the Commk ssion, to the effect that any insurance thereunder on any er4oyee shall cease upon his separation from _the_service or Avelve I 7 months after discontinuance of his salary payments, hich- ever first occurs, subject to a provision which shall be con- 9 tabled in the policy for temporary extension of coverag and 10 for conversion to aninslividuaLpolicy,. of life insurance inder 11 conditions approved by the Commission, except that if pon 12 such date as the insurance would otherwise cease the em- 13 ployee (a) retires on an immediate annuity, and (b)Iless 14 retired for disability, has had fifteen years of cred4ble 15 civilian service, as determined by the Commission, his life 16 insurance only may, under conditions determined by the 17 18 for which he would have been insured from time to time lad 19 his salary payments continued at the same rate as on he 20 date of cessation. 21 SEC. 7. (a) The Commission is authorized, without re- 22 gard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes as amended, \to 23 purchase from one or more life insurance companies, as deter- 24 mined by it, a policy or policies of group life and accidental 1 25 death and dismemberment insurance to provide the benefits Commission, be continued without cost to him in the amo nts Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 Approved For Reigase 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-002P53R000200150003-5 9 1 specified in this Act: Provided, That any such company must 2 meet the following requirements: (1) Be licensed under the 3 laws of forty-eight of the States of the United States and the 4 District of Columbia to transact life and accidental death and 5 dismemberment insurance, and (2) the amount of its em- 6 ployee group life insurance on the most recent December 31 7 for which information is available to the Commission shall on 8 that date equal at least 1 per centum of the total amount of 9 employee group life insurance in the United States in all life 10 insurance companies. 11 (b) The life insurance company or companies issuing 12 such policy or policies shall establish an administrative office 13 under a name to be approved by the Commission. 14 (c) The Commission shall arrange with the life insur- 15 ance company or companies issuing any policy or policies 16 purchased under this Act to reinsure, under conditions ap- 17 proved by it, portions of the total amount of insurance under 18 the policy or policies, determined as provided in subsection 19 (d) of this section, with such other life insurance companies 20 as may elect to participate in such reinsurance. 21 (d) The Commission shall determine a formula so that 22 the amount of insurance in force to be retained by each issuing 23 company after ceding reinsurance and the total amount of 24 reinsurance ceded to each reinsuring company shall be in S.3681 2 Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-0045A00000150003-5 10 1 1 proportion to the total amount of each such compan 's group I 2 life insurance in force in the United States on Dece ber 31, 3 1953: Provided, That in determining such proporti,ons, that 1 4 portion of any company's group life insurance in Iforce on 5 December 31, 1953, which is in excess of $100,000,)00 shall 6 be reduced by 25 per centum of the first $100,00 ,000 of 7 such excess, 50 per centum of the second $100,000,000 of 8 such excess, 75 per centum of the third $100,001),000 of 9 such excess, and 95 per centum of any excess th6reafter: 10 Provided further, That the amount retained by or !ceded to 11 any company shall not exceed 25 per centum of the amount 12 of that company's total life insurance in force in the United 13 States on December 31, 1953: Provided further, That if, 14 at the end of one year following the date of enactment of 15 this Act, in the case of any issuing company or il.einsurer 16 which insured employees of the Federal Government on De- 17 cember 31 1953, under policies issued to an association of 18 Federal employees, the amount which results from the ap- 19 plication of this formula is less than the decrease, if any, 20 in the amount of such company's insurance under such poli- 21 cies, the amount allocated to such company shall, upon the 22 first reallocation as provided in subsection (e) of this sec- 23 tion, be increased to the amount of such decrease: And pro- 24 vided further, That any fraternal benefit associatio which Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R00000150003-5 Approved For Relaase 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00463R000200150003-5 11 1 is licensed under the laws of a State of the United States 2 or the District of Columbia to transact life insurance and is 3 engaged in issuing insurance certificates on the lives of 4 employees of the Federal Government exclusively shall be 5 eligible to act as a reinsuring company and may be allocated 6 an amount of reinsurance equal to 25 per centum of its 7 total life insurance in force on employees of the Federal 8 Government on December 31, 1953. 9 (e) The companies eligible to participate as rein- 10 11 12 13 14 surers, and the amount of insurance under the policy or policies to be allocated to each issuing company or reinsurer may be redetermined by the Commission for and in advance of any policy year after the first, on a basis consistent with subsections (c) and (d) of this section, with any modifica- 15 tions thereof it deems appropriate to carry out the intent 16 of such subsections, and based on each participating com- 17 pany's group life insurance in force, excluding that under 18 any policy or policies purchased under this Act except in the 19 case of companies covered in the third proviso of subsection 20 (d), in the United States on the most recent December 31 21 for which information is available to it, and shall be so 22 redetermined in a similar manner not less often than every 23 three years or at any time that any participating company 24 withdraws from participation. Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 Aft. Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00451k00000150003-5 12 1 (f) The Commission may at any time disconti ue any 2 policy or policies it has purchased from any 1 surance 3 company. 4 SEC. 8. (a) Each policy or policies purchased under this 5 Act shall include, for the first policy year, basicT bles of 6 premium rates as follows: 7 ( 1 ) For group life insurance, a schedule of basic pre- 8 miurn rates by age which the Commission shall lave de- g termined on a basis consistent with the lowest schedule of 10 basic premium rates generally charged for new group life 11 insurance policies issued to large employers, this schedule of 12 basic premium rates by age to be applied, except as other- 13 wise provided in this section, to the distribution by age of 14 the amounts of group life insurance under the policy at its 15 date of issue to determine an average basic preminm rate 16 per $1,000 of life insurance, and 17 (2) For group accidental death and dismemberment 18 insurance, a basic premium rate which the Commission shall 19 have determined on a basis consistent with the lowest rate 20 generally charged for new group accidental death and dis- 21 memberment insurance policies issued to large employers. 22 Each policy so purchased shall also include prLisions 23 whereby the basic rates of premium determined for the first 24 policy year shall be continued for subsequent policy years, 25 except that they may be readjusted for any subsequet year, Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R00000150003-5 Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00448R000200150003-5 13 1 based on the experience under the policy, such readjustment 2 to be made by the insurance company or companies issuing 3 the policy on a basis determined by the Commission in ad- 4 vance of such year to be consistent with the general prac- 5 tice of life insurance companies under policies of group life 6 and group accidental death and dismemberment insurance 7 issued to large employers. 8 (b) Each policy so purchased shall include a provision 9 that, in the event the Commission determines that ascertain- 10 the actual age distribution of the amounts of group life 11 insurance in force at the date of issue of the policy or at 12 the end of the first or any subsequent year of insurance 13 thereunder would not be possible except at a disproportion- 14 ately high expense, it may approve the determination of a 15 tentative average group life premium rate, for the first or 16 any subsequent policy year, in lieu of using the actual age 17 distribution. Such tentative average premium rate shall be 18 redetermined by the Commission during any policy year 19 upon request by the insurance company or companies issuing 20 the policy, if experience indicates that the assumptions made 21 in determining the tentative average premium rate for that 22 policy year were incorrect. 23 (c) Each policy so purchased shall contain a provision 24 stipulating the maximum expense and risk charges for the 25 first policy year, which charges shall have been determined Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 Ask Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-0048N00000150003-5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 14 by the Commission on a basis consistent with the level of such charges made by life insurance compani general s under policies of .group life and accidental death and dismember- ment insurance issued to large employers. Such maximum charges shall be 'continued from year to year, except that the Commission may redetermine such maximum charges for any year either by agreement with the insuraine com- pany or companies issuing the policy or upon writteii notice given by it to such companies at least one year in advance of the beginning of the year for which such redetermined maxi- mum charges will be effective. (d) Each such policy shall provide for an acrunting to the Commission not later than ninety days after he end iof each policy year, which shall set forth, in a form a )proved by the Commission, (1) the amounts of premiums actually accrued under the policy from its date of issue to the end of such policy year, (2) the total of all mortality aid other claim charges incurred for that period, and (3) the amounts of the insurers' expense and risk charges for that period. Any excess of the total of item (1) over the sum of items (2) and (3) shall be held by the insurance com any or 22 companies issuing the policy as a special contingency reserve 23 to be used by such insurance company or companies for Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R00000150003-5 Approved For ReKase 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-004S8R000200150003-5 15 1 charges under such policy only, such reserve to bear interest 2 at a rate to be determined in advance of each policy year by 3 the insurance company or companies issuing the policy, 4 which rate shall be approved by the Commission as being 5 consistent with the rates generally used by such company or 6 companies for similar funds held under other group life in- 7 surance policies: Provided, That, if and when the Commis- 8 sion determines that such special contingency reserve has 9 attained an amount estimated by it to make satisfactory pro- 10 vision for adverse fluctuations in future charges under the 11 policy, any further such excess shall be deposited in the 12 Treasury of the United States to the credit of the fund. If 13 and when such policy is discontinued, and if after all charges 14 have been made, there is any positive balance remaining 15 in such special contingency reserve, such balance shall be 16 deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit 17 of the fund, subject to the right of the insurance company 18 or companies issuing the policy to make such deposit in 19 equal monthly installments over a period of not more than 20 two years. 21 SEC. 9. The Commission shall arrange to have each 22 employee insured under such policy receive a certifi- 23 cate setting forth the benefits to which the employee is Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 gobt Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-0046R00000150003-5 16 1 entitled thereunder, to whom such benefits shall be payable, 2 to whom claims should be submitted, and summarizing the 3 provisions of the policy principally affecting the employee. 4 Such certificate shall be in lieu of the ertificate 5 which the insurance company or companies would otherwise 6 be required to issue. 7 So. 10. (a) The Commission is authorized to arrange 8 with any nonprofit association of Federal emplciyees for 9 the assumption by the fund of any existing life insurance 10 agreements of such association with its members rrtired or 11 otherwise separated from the Federal service and to insure 12 the obligations assumed with any company or companies 13 meeting the requirements of section 7 (a) . 14 (b) Any such arrangement shall provide that payments 15 by such insured Members for life insurance only shall there- 16 after be made at the same rates to the fund, under Such con- 17 ditions as the Commission may prescribe. 18 (c) Any such arrangement shall further provide that 19 there be transferred to and deposited in the fund the lesser of 20 the following amounts: 21 ( 1 ) The total assets of the life insurance fund of 22 such association; or 23 (2) The amount required to meet the iabilities 24 under life insurance agreements assumed, takin into ac- 25 count the payments as provided in paragraph (1). The Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R00000150003-5 Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-0045aR000200150003-5 17 1 determination of this amount shall be based on an ac- 2 tuarial valuation satisfactory to the Commission, pro- 3 cured by the association without expense to the 4 Commission. 5 (d) The arrangements authorized by this section shall be 6 made only with those associations which terminate life insur- 7 ance agreements with all of their members within one year 8 after the date of enactment of this Act, and such arrange- 9 ments shall apply only to life insurance granted to any mem- 10 her by any such association before January 1, 1954. 11 (e) In any case in which the fund assumes a lia- 12 for life insurance as provided in this section in 13 respect to a person who (1) subsequently becomes eli- 14 gible to be insured as an employee under this Act, and 15 (2) does not give notice, as provided in section 5 (a) , 16 of his desire not to be so insured, the life insurance pro- 17 vided under this section shall terminate as of the date 18 such person becomes insured as an employee. 19 SEC. 11. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Corn- 20 mission is hereby authorized to promulgate such regulations 21 as may be necessary and proper to give effect to the intent, 22 purposes, and provisions of this Act. 23 SEC. 12. (a) There is hereby established an Advisory 24 Council on Group Insurance consisting of the Secretary of the 25 Treasury as Chairman, the Secretary of Labor, and the Dire- Approved For For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-004tR000200150003-5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 18 tor of the Bureau of the Budget, who shall servl without additional compensation. The Council shall meet once a year, or oftener at the call of the Commission, and shall re- view the operations of this Act and advise the C mission on matters of policy relating to its activities thereiinder. (b) The Chairman of the Commission shall committee composed of five employees insured unde who shall serve without compensation, to advise the ppoint a this Act, Commis- sion regarding matters of concern to employees 4ider this Act. SEC. 13. The Commission shall report annuall3 to Con- gress upon the operation of this Act. SEC. 14. The district courts of the United Stites shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with the Court of 15 Claims, of any civil action or claim against the Unit 16 founded upon this Act. 17 SEc. 15. The insurance provided by this Act 18 withholdings and contributions for that purpose sha 19 effective when directed by the Commission. Passed the Senate July 8 (legislative day, July Attest: d States and the 1 become ) , 1954. J. MARK TRICE, Secretary. Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 Approved For Re!Rue 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 Approved For Release 2000/08/25 : CIA-RDP58-00453R000200150003-5 83D CONGRESS 2D SESSION Union Calendar No. 885 S. 3681 [Report No. 2579] AN ACT To authorize the Civil Service Commission to make available group life insurance for civilian officers and employees in the Fed- eral service, and for other purposes. Jur y 12, 1954 Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Ci-1l Service JULY 30, 1954 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Approved For Release 2000/08/25