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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

under section 8708 of this title shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Employees' Life Insurance Fund. The F u n d is available without fiscal year limitation for— (1) premium payments under an insurance policy purchased under this chapter; and (2) expenses incurred by the Civil Service Commission in the administration of this chapter within the limitations that may be specified annually by appropriation acts. (b) The Secretary of the Treasury may invest and reinvest any of the money in the Fund in interest-bearing obligations of the United States, and may sell these obligations for the purposes of the Fund. The interest on and the proceeds from the sale of these obligations, and the income derived from dividend or premium rate adjustments from insurers, become a part of the Fund. § 8715. Jurisdiction of courts The district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction, concurrent with the Court of Claims, of a civil action or claim against the United States founded on this chapter. § 8716. Regulations (a) The Civil Service Commission may prescribe regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) The regulations of the Commission may prescribe the time at which and the conditions under which an employee is eligible for coverage under this chapter. The Commission, after consulting the head of the agency or other employing authority concerned, may exclude an employee on the basis of the nature and type of his employment or conditions pertaining to it, such as short-term appointment, seasonal, intermittent or part-time employment, and employment of like nature. The Commission may not exclude— (1) an employee or group of employees solely on the basis of the hazardous nature of employment; or (2) a teacher in the employ of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, whose pay is fixed by section 1501 of title 31, District of Columbia Code, on the basis of the fact that the teacher is serving under a temporary appointment if the teacher has been so employed by the Board for a period or periods totaling not less than two school years. (c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe regulations to effect the application and operation of this chapter to an individual named by section 8701(a)(8) of this title. CHAPTER 89—HEALTH INSURANCE Sec.

8901. 8902. 8903. 8904. 8905. 8906. 8907. 8908. 8909. 8910. 8911. 8912. 8913.

Definitions. Contracting authority. Health benefits plans. Types of benefits. Election of coverage. Contributions. Information to employees. Coverage of restored employee. Employees Health Benefits Fund. Studies, reports, and audits. Advisory committee. Jurisdiction of courts. Regulations.

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