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   SA 4270. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4899, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table, as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXTENSION OF DEPENDENT COVERAGE UNDER FEHBP.

       (a) Provisions Relating to Age.--Chapter 89 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in section 8901(5)--
       (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking ``22 
     years of age'' and inserting ``26 years of age''; and
       (B) in the matter after subparagraph (B), by striking ``age 
     22'' and inserting ``age 26''; and
       (2) in section 8905(c)(2)(B)--
       (A) in clause (i), by striking ``22 years of age'' and 
     inserting ``26 years of age''; and
       (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``age 22'' and inserting 
     ``age 26''.
       (b) Provisions Relating to Marital Status.--Chapter 89 of 
     title 5, United States Code, is further amended--
       (1) in section 8901(5) and subsections (b)(2)(A), 
     (c)(2)(B), (e)(1)(B), and (e)(2)(A) of section 8905a, by 
     striking ``an unmarried dependent'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``a dependent''; and
       (2) in section 8905(c)(2)(B), by striking ``unmarried 
     dependent'' and inserting ``dependent''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall become effective as if included in the enactment of 
     section 1001 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
     Act (Public Law 111-148), except that the Director of the 
     Office of Personnel Management may implement such amendments 
     for such periods before the effective date otherwise provided 
     in section 1004(a) of such Act as the Director may specify.
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