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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
116TH CONGRESS [REPT. 116-505
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
TRIBAL SCHOOL FEDERAL INSURANCE PARITY ACT
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 895]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 895) to allow tribal grant schools to participate in the
Federal Employee Health Benefits program, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 895 is to allow tribal grant schools to par-
ticipate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 895 amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act1
(IHCIA) to specifically authorize Indian tribes and tribal organiza-
tions operating under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 2
(TCGSA) to access the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB)
program.
Prior to 2010, tribal employers generally lacked access to FEHB
benefits for their employees. In 2010, with the passage of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Congress authorized
tribes and tribal organizations that utilize Indian Self-Determina-
'Pub. L. No. 94-437, 90 Stat. 1400 (1976), https://uscode.house.gov/
statviewer.htm?volume=90&page= 1400 (codified as amended at 25 U.S.C. § § 1601 et seq., https://
uscode.house.gov/table3/94 437.htm) (statutory compilation as amended through P.L. 115-91 at
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-1406/pdf/COMPS-1406.pdf).
2Pub. L. No. 100-297, tit.V, pt. B, 102 Stat. 130, 385 (1988), https://uscode.house.gov/
statviewer.htm?volume=102&page=385 (codified as amended at 25 U.S.C. §§2501-11, https://
uscode.house.gov/table3/100 297.htm) (statutory compilation as amended through P.L. 107-110
at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-759/pdf/COMPS-759.pdf).
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