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PUBLIC LAW 86-724-SEPT. 8, 1960

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necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under this Act. The carrier shall furnish such reports when requested and permit the Commission and representatives of the General Accounting Office to examine such records of the carriers as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. (c) The Commission's regulations may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) exclusions of retired employees from coverage; (2) beginning and ending dates of coverage, and conditions of eligibility; (3) methods of filing the elections required by section 7 of this Act and other information; (4) methods of making contributions authorized by section 6, and withholdings required by section 5 of this Act; (5) changes in enrollment; ^6) questions of dependency; (7) certificates and other information to be furnished to retired employees; (8) contributions and withholding during periods of suspension of annuity payments and in other extraordinary situations; (9) when, and under what conditions, an election not to participate in the programs offered under this Act may be withdrawn; and (10) under what conditions and to what extent the cost of a plan shall be considered a cost attributable to the retired employee. (d) Each agency of the United States or the District of Columbia which administers a retirement system for annuitants shall keep such records, make such certifications, and furnish the Commission with such information and reports as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its functions under this Act. (e) There are hereby authorized to be expended from the Employees Life Insurance Fund, without regard to limitations on expenditures from that Fund, for any fiscal years from the date of enactment through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, inclusive, such sums as may be necessary to pay administrative expenses incurred by the Commission in carrying out the health benefits provisions ot this Act. Keimbursements to the Employees Life Insurance Fund for sums so expended, together with interest at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be made from the Ketired Employees Health Benefits Fund which is hereby made available for this purpose. APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 10. The amounts authorized by this Act to be contributed by the Government shall be paid from annual appropriations which are hereby authorized to be made for such purpose. ANNUAL

REPORT

SEC. 11. The Commission shall transmit to the Congress annually a report concerning the operation of this Act. EFFECTIVE

DATE

SEC. 12. The health benefits program provided for by this Act shall take effect July 1, 1961. The contributions and withholdings provided for by this Act shall take effect on June 1, 1961, with respect to annuity or compensation accruing for periods beginning on and after that date. Approved September 8, 1960.

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