‘‘§ 8709a. Temporary employees
‘‘(a)(1) The Office of Personnel Management shall
prescribe regulations under which temporary employees
meeting the requirements of paragraph (2) shall be eligible
for insurance under this chapter.
‘‘(2) To be eligible for insurance under this chapter,
a temporary employee must have completed 6 months of
current continuous employment, excluding any break in
service of 5 days or less.
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 8707
or 8708—
‘‘(1) during each period in which a temporary
employee is insured under a policy purchased by the
Office under section 8709, based on such employee’s
meeting the requirements for eligibility under sub-
section (a), there shall be withheld from the employ-
ee’s pay an amount equal to the withholdings re-
quired under section 8707 and the Government con-
tribution required under section 8708 in connection
with the employee’s group life insurance and acci-
dental death and dismemberment insurance; and
‘‘(2) the employing agency of the employee shall
not pay the Government contribution under section
8708 for such employee for any period referred to in
paragraph (1).
‘‘(c) Nothing in this section shall be considered to
apply with respect to any temporary employee described
in section 8716(b)(4)(B).’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of
sections for chapter 87 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 8709 the following:
‘‘8709a. Temporary employees.’’.
SEC. 4. RETIREMENT.
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—The sec-
ond sentence of section 8347(g) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘3401(2) of this title).’’ and
inserting ‘‘3401(2)) or any temporary employee who, in
the aggregate, has completed 4 years of service as a tem-
porary employee (in the same or different positions), as
determined under chapter 90.’’.
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
Section 8402(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘3401(2)).’’ and inserting ‘‘3401(2))
or a temporary employee who, in the aggregate, has com-
pleted 4 years of service as a temporary employee (in the
same or different positions), as determined under chapter
90.’’.
SEC. 5. PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING AGGREGATE
SERVICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart G of part III of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘CHAPTER 90—TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
‘‘Sec.
‘‘9001. Definitions; applicability.
‘‘9002. Regulations.
‘‘§ 9001. Definitions; applicability
‘‘(a) For the purpose of this chapter—
‘‘(1) the term ‘service performed as a tem-
porary employee’ means, with respect to a benefit,
service performed as a temporary employee which is
creditable for purposes of determining eligibility for
such benefit; and
‘‘(2) the terms ‘eligible’ and ‘eligibility’, as used
with respect to a benefit, include being eligible or
having eligibility by virtue of satisfying the require-
ments for being considered a non-excludable em-
ployee for purposes of such benefit.
‘‘(b) This chapter applies with respect to any benefit,
eligibility for which is based on the completion, in the ag-
gregate, of at least a certain amount of service as a tem-
porary employee (in the same or different positions), but
only if the provisions of this chapter are specifically cited
as the means for determining whether that service require-
ment has been met.
‘‘§ 9002. Regulations
‘‘(a) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
scribe regulations for determining, for purposes of any
benefit with respect to which this chapter applies, whether
an employee satisfies the service requirement necessary to
be eligible for such benefit.
‘‘(b) The regulations shall accomplish at least the
following:
‘‘(1) Establish procedures setting forth the
time, form, and manner in which a temporary em-
ployee may apply for any benefit with respect to
which this chapter applies, including provisions re-
lating to any documentation or other supporting evi-
dence which may be necessary to establish that the
service requirement has been met.
‘‘(2) Require agencies to take such measures,
both on an intraagency and interagency basis, as
may be necessary to allow current or prospective
temporary employees to readily ascertain, and obtain
supporting evidence as to, the aggregate amount of
temporary service such employee has performed in
any agency.
‘‘(3) Require agencies to take appropriate
measures to ensure that temporary employees are
notified as to—
‘‘(A) any benefits for which they may be
eligible by virtue of the amendments made by
the James Hudson Temporary Employee Eq-
uity Act of 1993, and the procedures for estab-
lishing eligibility (if appropriate); and
‘‘(B) any resources or assistance which
may be available to them in connection with ob-
taining those benefits.
‘‘(4) Establish procedures to ensure that appli-
cations are considered, and that final decisions on
applications are rendered, in the most expeditious
manner possible.
‘‘(5) Consistent with applicable provisions of
law, specify the time and manner in which a benefit
begins or becomes available if a favorable decision
under paragraph (4) is rendered.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
The analysis for part III of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter
89 the following:
‘‘90. Temporary Employment ....................................................... 9001’’.