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5 U.S.C. 8704: Group insurance; amounts

Created in 1966 by Public Law 89-554. Changed by 6 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 5 U.S.C. 8714a.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1988

    • Pub. L. 100–238 inserted "or 8401(17)" after "8331(20)". · (c)

    1980

    • Pub. L. 96–427, §2(b), substituted new formula for group life insurance to be computed by multiplying the basic insurance with a factor to be obtained from the table based on age for provisions calling for group life insurance and an equal amount of death and dismemberment insurance in… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 96–427, §2(c), inserted provision that an employee eligible for insurance is entitled to be insured for group accidental death and dismemberment insurance in accordance with this subsection and substituted reference to employee's basic insurance amount for reference to the amou… · (b)
    • Pub. L. 96–427, §2(d), expanded definition of "annual pay" to include premium pay under section 5545(c)(2) of this title with respect to a law enforcement officer as defined in section 8331(20) of this title. · (c)

    1978

    • Pub. L. 95–454, §906(a)(2), (3), substituted "Office of Personnel Management" and "Office" for "Civil Service Commission" and "Commission", respectively, wherever appearing. · (b), (c)
    • Pub. L. 95–454, §801(a)(3)(E), substituted "subchapter VI of chapter 53" for "section 5337". · (d)

    1972

    • Pub. L. 92–392 substituted "section 5344 or 5349 of this title" for "section 5343 of this title" and added the exception. · (d)

    1967

    • Pub. L. 90–206, in material preceding the table, struck out reference to an approximate relationship between the amount of group life insurance and the eligible employee's annual pay and inserted reference to an automatic extension of the schedule correspondingly by the amounts of incr… · (a)

    1966

    • Pub. L. 89–737 inserted provision that, for the purpose of this chapter, "annual pay" includes premium pay under section 5545(c)(1) of this title. · (c)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.