Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act

II Calendar No. 135 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 279 [Report No. 116–54] To allow tribal grant schools to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 30, 2019 Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. BAR- RASSO, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs JULY 9, 2019 Reported by Mr. HOEVEN, without amendment A BILL To allow tribal grant schools to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal School Federal 4 Insurance Parity Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jul 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S279.RS S279 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 279 RS SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE INDIAN HEALTH CARE IM- 1 PROVEMENT ACT. 2 Section 409 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 3 Act (25 U.S.C. 1647b) is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 4 Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 5 et seq.)’’ after ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jul 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S279.RS S279 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jul 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S279.RS S279 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 135 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 279 [Report No. 116–54] A BILL To allow tribal grant schools to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program. JULY 9, 2019 Reported without amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jul 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S279.RS S279 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS