H.R. 6175: Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act
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H.R. 6175: Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act
111th Congress · introduced 2010-09-22 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-09-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act
Plain summary
Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act - Requires payments to beneficiaries of death claims under the federal employees' group life insurance program to be made in a lump sum, unless the insured or the beneficiary elects an alternative form of payment (which may be in addition to or instead of a lump-sum payment), as prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Permits the insured employee to elect such an alternative form of payment; but allows a beneficiary (or beneficiaries) to elect settlement by any other form of payment available to the employee, regardless of the employee's election. Applies this Act only to employees who first become insured in any calendar year beginning at least three months after enactment of this Act.
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Official text
Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr6175.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr6175 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111