80 FR 69623 - Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Providing Option C Coverage for Children of Same-Sex Domestic Partners; Withdrawal

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 217 (November 10, 2015)

The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hereby withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) regulations to allow children of same-sex domestic partners living in states that do not allow same- sex couples to marry to be covered as family members under an eligible individual's FEGLI Option C enrollment.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28569]


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Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Providing Option 
C Coverage for Children of Same-Sex Domestic Partners; Withdrawal

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hereby 
withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Federal 
Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) regulations to allow children 
of same-sex domestic partners living in states that do not allow same-
sex couples to marry to be covered as family members under an eligible 
individual's FEGLI Option C enrollment.

DATES: The proposed rule, published on October 15, 2014, in the Federal 
Register (79 FR 61788 -61790), is withdrawn as of November 10, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Brown, Policy Analyst, (202) 
606-0004, or by email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Personnel Management is 
withdrawing the proposed rule published October 15, 2014 entitled, 
``Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Providing Option C 
Coverage for Children of Same-Sex Domestic Partners'' (79 FR 61788-
61790). The proposed regulation would have allowed children of same-sex 
domestic partners living in states that do not allow same-sex couples 
to marry to be covered as family members under an eligible individual's 
FEGLI Option C enrollment. On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme 
Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that the Fourteenth Amendment 
requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same 
sex and to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when 
their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-State. As a 
result, all states are required to allow same-sex couples to marry, 
meaning no additional children would be eligible for coverage based on 
the proposed rule. For this reason, the Office of Personnel Management 
withdraws the proposed rule to amend the FEGLI regulation to allow 
children of same-sex domestic partners living in states that do not 
allow same-sex couples to marry to be covered as family members under 
an eligible individual's FEGLI Option C enrollment.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Beth F. Cobert,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-28569 Filed 11-9-15; 8:45 am]
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