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116TH CONGRESS I
1st Session J
SENATE
Calendar No. 135
REPORT
116-54
TO ALLOW TRIBAL GRANT SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM
JULY 9, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 279]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 279) to allow tribal grant schools to participate in the Federal
Employee Health Benefit program, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that
the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The bill is intended to improve the education of students by al-
lowing Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) tribal grant school em-
ployees to be eligible for participation in the Federal Employee
Health Benefits (FEHB) and the Federal Employees Group Life In-
surance (FEGLI) programs.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The BIE administers a school system that serves approximately
47,000 elementary and secondary students attending 183 schools
and dormitories located in 23 states.1 The BIE directly operates 54
schools. Indian Tribes operate BIE contract schools through the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
' The Bureau also supports post-secondary institutions in Indian Country, including two feder-
ally-operated post-secondary schools.
89-010
AUTHENTICATEO
U.S. GOVERNMENT
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