# 119-hr-2193: FEHB Protection Act of 2025

119-hr-2193, FEHB Protection Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2193
- Congress: 119
- Title: FEHB Protection Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-03-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Strengthens eligibility verification and fraud oversight across the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program.** This bill would create new checks and audits to verify family members, require removal of ineligible enrollees, and expand OPM and Inspector General oversight. - Federal employees and their families would face stricter checks when adding family members. Ineligible family members could be removed through a new disenrollment process. - Employing offices would coordinate a three-year Family Member Eligibility Verification Audit and must help verify documents like birth and marriage certificates. - The Office of Personnel Management would have set deadlines to implement verification rules and would create a removal process; the bill also expands the Inspector General's audit role. *This bill would authorize new federal spending for oversight, including specified annual caps for an OPM oversight fund (starting at $36.8 million in FY2026 and rising to about $59.8 million by FY2034), an $80.0 million pool available in FY2026 to conduct the required audit, and an OIG allocation starting at $5.1 million in FY2026 that would grow 2.2 percent annually thereafter.*

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGuire, John J. [R-VA-5] (R-VA), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stable funding for FEHB oversight: benefit, low. This bill would provide capped, ongoing funds for OPM to run and oversee FEHB and Postal Service enrollment systems. Caps would be $36.792 million in FY2026, rising to about $59.844 million by FY2034; from FY2035 forward, the cap would grow 2.2% each year. OPM’s Inspector General would get up to $5…
- Tighter checks on FEHB family coverage: mixed, medium. This bill would tighten who can be added to a federal worker’s FEHB plan. Within 1 year, OPM would set rules to verify life events and confirm that added people are true family members, including during open season. Starting 1 year after enactment, a 3-year audit would review marriage, birth, and o…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2193 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2193)

## Related
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2193 (as of 2025-12-21).