5 U.S.C. § 8905
Election of coverage
United States · Title 5 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · Status: effective
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- 5 U.S.C. § 8905, Election of coverage, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/427594
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An employee may enroll in an approved health benefits plan described in section 8903 or 8903a—
An annuitant who at the time he becomes an annuitant was enrolled in a health benefits plan under this chapter—
as an employee for a period of not less than—
A former spouse may—
Coverage for self plus one or for self and family under this subsection shall be limited to—
unmarried dependent natural or adopted children (or, in the case of self plus one coverage, not more than 1 such child) of the former spouse and the employee who are—
Under regulations prescribed by the Office, the Office shall, before the start of any contract term in which—
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Civil Service Reform Act of 1978House: 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
- Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Employees Health Benefits Amendments Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Technical and Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
- Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020