Pub. L. 102-90, tit. III, sec. 311

Sec. 311. (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to any individual who is employed by the Senate day care center (known as the “Senate Employee Child Care Center” and hereafter in this section referred to as the “Center”) established pursuant to Senate Resolution 269, Ninety-eighth Congress, and section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize appropriations for the American Folklife Center for fiscal years 1985 and 1986, and for other purposes”, approved August 21, 1984 (40 U.S.C 214b; Public Law 98–392; 98 Stat. 1362). (b) Any individual described under subsection (a) who is employed by the Center on or after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed an employee under section 8901(1) of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of health insurance coverage under chapter 89 of such title. An individual described under subsection (a) who is an employee of the Center of the date of the enactment of this Act may elect coverage under this subsection during the 31-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and during such periods as determined by the Office of Personnel Management for employees of the Center employed after such date. (c) The Center shall make such deductions and withholdings from the pay of an individual described under subsection (a) who is an employee of the Center in accordance with subsection (d) of this section. (d) The Center shall— (1) maintain records on all employees covered under this section in such manner as the Secretary of the Senate may require for administrative purposes; and (2) after consultation with the Secretary of the Senate— (A) make deductions from the pay of employees of amounts determined in accordance with section 8906 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) transmit such deductions to the Secretary of the Senate for deposit and remittance to the Office of Personnel Management. (e) Government contributions for individuals receiving benefits under this section, as computed under section 8906 of title 5, United States Code, shall be made by the Secretary of the Senate from the appropriations account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, “miscellaneous items”. (f) The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.