Title VIII, SEC. 8204. TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS RESIDING ABROAD. 
      (a) In General. After the FEHBP termination date, individuals residing 
    abroad who (but for this subtitle) would be eligible to enroll in a FEHBP 
    plan shall be eligible for health insurance under a program which the 
    Office of Personnel Management shall by regulation establish. 

      (b) Requirement. To the extent practicable, coverage and benefits 
    provided to individuals under such program shall be equal to the coverage 
    and benefits which would be available to them if they were residing in the 
    United States. 

      (c) Government Contributions. Any Government contribution payable under 
    such program shall be made from the appropriation or fund from which any 
    Government contribution would have been payable under FEHBP (if any) on 
    behalf of the individual involved, except that, in the case of an 
    annuitant, any such contribution shall be payable from amounts appropriated 
    pursuant to section 8203(g).