FEHB, Credit Card Measures offered

Among the bills introduced in Congress recently are: HR-1256, by Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., to increase the average government contribution to FEHB premiums from 72 to 80 percent; S-773, by Sen. John Warner, R-Va., to allow federal retirees to pay their FEHB premiums with pre-tax money as active employees may do; and S-789, by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, to set stricter standards on the use of government-issued credit cards and to impose stronger disciplinary actions in cases of abuse.