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Vol. 70, No. 229 

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 890 

RIN 3203–AK90 

Suspension of Enrollment in the 

Federal Employees Health Benefits 

(FEHB) Program for Peace Corps 

Volunteers 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Interim rule. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel 

Management is issuing an interim 

regulation to allow Peace Corps 

volunteers who are FEHB Program 

enrolled annuitants, survivors, and 

former spouses to suspend their FEHB 

enrollments and then return to the 

FEHB Program during the Open Season, 

or return to FEHB coverage 

immediately, if they involuntarily lose 

health benefits coverage under the Peace 

Corps. The intent of this rule is to allow 

these beneficiaries to avoid the expense 

of continuing to pay FEHB Program 

premiums while they have other health 

coverage as Peace Corps volunteers, 

without endangering their ability to 

return to the FEHB Program in the 

future. 

DATES: Effective Date: Effective 

December 30, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael W. Kaszynski, Policy Analyst, 

Insurance Policy, OPM, Room 3425, 

1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20415–0001. Phone number: 202–606– 

0004. E-mail: mwkaszy@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Personnel Management (OPM) allows 

certain Medicare, Medicaid, CHAMPVA 

or TRICARE or TRICARE-for-Life 

eligible FEHB Program annuitants, 

survivors, and former spouses to 

suspend their FEHB enrollments and 

then return to the FEHB Program during 

the Open Season; or return to FEHB 

coverage immediately, if they 

involuntarily lose coverage. This has 

allowed these beneficiaries to avoid the 

expense of continuing to pay FEHB 

Program premiums while they are using 

certain Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE 

or TRICARE-for-Life or CHAMPVA 

coverage without endangering their 

ability to return to the FEHB Program in 

the future. We have determined that 

individuals eligible for coverage under 

the Peace Corps should be allowed the 

same right to suspend FEHB coverage 

and reenroll in the FEHB Program as we 

afford these other groups. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

I certify that this regulation will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities 

because the regulation affects only 

health insurance carriers under the 

Federal Employees Health Benefits 

Program. 

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 

Review 

This regulation has been reviewed by 

the Office of Management and Budget in 

accordance with Executive Order 12866. 

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 890 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Government employees, 

Health facilities, Health insurance, 

Health professionals, Hostages, Iraq, 

Kuwait, Lebanon, Military Personnel, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Retirement. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Linda M. Springer, 

Director. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, OPM is amending 5 CFR Part 

890 as follows: 

PART 890—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 

HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 890 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8913, sec. 890.803 also 

issued under 50 U.S.C. 403p, 22 U.S.C. 4069c 

and 4069c-1; subpart L also issued under sec. 

599C of Pub. L. 101–513, 104 Stat. 2064, as 

amended; sec. 890.102 also issued under 

secs. 11202(f), 11232(e), 11246 (b) and (c) of 

Pub. L. 105–33, 111 Stat. 251; and sec. 721 

of Pub. L. 105–261, 112 Stat. 2061, unless 

otherwise noted. 

Subpart C and Subpart H—[Amended] 

■ 2. In part 890, subparts C and H, add 

the phrase ‘‘Peace Corps or’’ before the 

acronym ‘‘CHAMPVA’’ each time it 

appears. 

[FR Doc. 05–23429 Filed 11–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 

7 CFR Part 457 

RIN 0563–AC07 

Common Crop Insurance Regulations, 

Basic Provisions 

AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation, USDA. 

ACTION: Interim rule. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation (FCIC) amends the 

Common Crop Insurance Regulations, 

Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions) to 

conform to the requirements of section 

780 of the Agriculture, Rural 

Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2006 (2006 

Appropriations Act) regarding written 

agreements and the use of similar 

agricultural commodities. 

EFFECTIVE DATES: This rule is effective 

November 25, 2005. Written comments 

and opinions on this rule will be 

accepted until the close of business 

January 30, 2006 and will be considered 

when the rule is to be made final. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

the Director, Product Development 

Division, Risk Management Agency, 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, 6501 Beacon Drive, Stop 

0812, Room 421, Kansas City, MO 

64133–4676. Comments titled ‘‘Basic 

Provisions Interim Rule’’ may be sent 

via the Internet to 

DirectorPDD@rm.fcic.usda.gov, or the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. A 

copy of each response will be available 

for public inspection and copying from 

7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., c.s.t., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays, at the 

above address.