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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Jun 24, 1997
Amends Federal law concerning Government organization and employees to require that any amount of group life insurance and group accidental death insurance that would otherwise be paid under the order of precedence named, be paid in whole or in part, by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to another person if and to the extent expressly provided for in the terms of any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation, or the terms of any court order or court-approved property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation. Prohibits a decree, order, or agreement from being effective unless it is received, before the date of the covered employee's death, by the employing agency, or, if the employee has separated from service, by OPM. Prohibits a designation with respect to any person from being changed except: (1) with the written consent of such person, if received as described; or (2) by modification of the decree, order, or agreement, as the case may be, if received as described. Permits a court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation, or the terms of a court-approved property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation, to direct that an insured employee or former employee make an irrevocable assignment of the employee's or former employee's incidents of ownership in insurance (if there is no previous assignment) to the person specified in the court order or court-approved property settlement agreement.
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Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3] · R–GA
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Became Public Law No: 105-205.
Became Public Law No: 105-205.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6638)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6638)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 265.
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Thompson without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Thompson without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by voice vote.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.
The previous question was ordered on the amendment and the bill.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the bill and the amendment.
Considered from the Corrections Calendar. (consideration: CR H4232-4234)
Called up from the Corrections Calendar for consideration.
Placed on the Corrections Calendar, Calendar No. 2.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 105-134.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 105-134.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E641)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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