[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3528 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3528

 To require any department, agency, or instrumentality that contracts 
  with the Federal Government to offer a health plan and pension plan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 1996

 Ms. Lofgren introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require any department, agency, or instrumentality that contracts 
  with the Federal Government to offer a health plan and pension plan.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Employee Protection Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE 
              HEALTH AND PENSION PLANS.

    No department, agency, or instrumentality may directly or 
indirectly receive a contract from the Federal Government unless such 
department, agency, or instrumentality offers a group health plan and 
an employee pension benefit plan.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Group health plan.--The term ``group health plan'' has 
        the meaning given such term in section 607(1) of the Employee 
        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1167(1)).
            (2) Employee pension benefit plan.--The term ``employee 
        pension benefit plan'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
        1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(2)).
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