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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

(b) Each contract entered into under section 8902 of this title shall contain provisions requiring carriers to— (1) furnish such reasonable reports as the Commission determines to be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under this chapter; and (2) permit the Commission and representatives of the General Accounting Office to examine records of the carriers as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (c) Each Government agency 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 chapter. § 8911. Advisory committee The Chairman of the Civil Service Commission shall appoint a committee composed of five members, who serve without pay, to advise the Commission regarding matters of concern to employees under this chapter. Each member of the committee shall be an employee enrolled under this chapter or an elected official of an employee organization. § 8912. 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. §8913. Regulations (a) The Civil Service Commission may prescribe regulations necessary to carry out this chapter. (b) The regulations of the Commission may prescribe the time at which and the manner and conditions under which an employee is eligible to enroll in an approved health benefits plan described by section 8903 of this title. The regulations 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 or intermittent 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 regulations of the Commission shall provide for the beginning and ending dates of coverage of employees and annuitants and members of their families under health benefits plans. The regulations may permit the coverage to continue, exclusive of the temporary extension of coverage described by section 8902(g) of this title, until the end of the pay period in which an employee is separated from the service, or until the end of the month in which an annuitant ceases to be entitled to annuity, and in case of the death of an employee or annuitant, may permit a temporary extension of the coverage of members of his family for not to exceed 90 days. (d) The Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe regulations to effect the application and operation of this chapter to an individual named by section 8901(1)(H) of this title.

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