5 U.S.C. § 8902
Contracting authority
United States · Title 5 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · Status: effective
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- 5 U.S.C. § 8902, Contracting authority, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/427587
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A contract for a plan described by section 8903(1) or (2) of this title shall require the carrier—
A contract for a plan described by section 8903(1), (2), or (3), or section 8903a, shall require the carrier—
to implement hospitalization-cost-containment measures, such as measures—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to increase the contribution of the Government to the costs of health benefits for Federal employees, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to provide for access to all duly licensed clinical psychologists and optometrists without prior referral in the Federal employee health benefits program.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to establish time limitations in applying for civil service retirement benefits, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to establish uniformity in Federal employee health benefits and coverage by preempting certain State or local laws which are inconsistent with such contracts, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Civil Service Reform Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to amend the provisions of chapters 83 and 89 of title 5, United States Code, which relate to survivor benefits for certain dependent children, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to permit Employee Organizations, which are not eligible to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program solely because of the requirement that applications for approval be filed before January 1, 1980, to apply for approval to offer a health benefits plan.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1988, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Employees Health Benefits Amendments Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991
- Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1993
- Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997
- Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act of 1998House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 41, United States Code, "Public Contracts".House: 385–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally