Federal Employee Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004
Latest action · Dec 23, 2004 Became Public Law No: 108-496.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 14, 2004
- Passed SenateNov 20, 2004
- Passed HouseDec 6, 2004
- To the PresidentDec 15, 2004
- Became lawDec 23, 2004
Summary
Federal Employee Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004 - Sets forth provisions for the establishment of programs through which current and retired Federal employees and their family members and dependents may obtain enhanced dental and vision benefits to supplement those available under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB).
Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to submit a report to Congress describing and evaluating options whereby health insurance coverage under FEHB could be made available to unmarried dependent children under 25 years of age who are enrolled as full-time students at institutions of higher education.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 14, 2004 to Nov 18, 2004, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Jul 14, 2004 |
| D-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Jul 16, 2004 | |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Sep 9, 2004 | |
| R-VA | George Allen | Nov 18, 2004 |
Actions 22
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 23, 2004Became Public Law No: 108-496.
- Dec 23, 2004Signed by President.
- Dec 15, 2004Presented to President.
- Dec 6, 2004Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10910-10914)
- Dec 6, 2004DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2657.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4844 | Federal Employee Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004 | Identical bill | Jul 26, 2004 |
| HR 5295 | Federal Employees Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004 | Related bill | Oct 9, 2004 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer complaints
- Consumer education
- Dental care
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Eye care
- Eyeglasses
- Families
- Federal employees
- Federal preemption
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government contractors
- Government employees' health insurance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Grievance procedures
- Health
- Health insurance continuation
- Higher education
- Insurance companies
- Insurance premiums
- Judicial review
- Law
- Medical economics
- Office of Personnel Management
- Productivity in government
- Recruiting of employees
- Retiree health benefits
- Students
- Survivors' benefits
- United States Postal Service
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.