OPM also will have to issue implementing regulations on provisions in that same law (PL 108-447) to
give employees greater flexibility in how they pay relocation, recruitment and retention payments and
to raise the maximum amounts available in certain circumstances. Those changes will not be effective
until May, however. OPM also must craft and issue bid solicitations for new vision and dental benefits
to be made available to employees, retirees and certain family members under a separate law (PL
108-496). The Congressional Budget Office recently projected that the contract award will be issued in
the last quarter of the current fiscal year
