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[CITE: 5USC8702]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
                       CHAPTER 87--LIFE INSURANCE
 
Sec. 8702. Automatic coverage

    (a) An employee is automatically insured on the date he becomes 
eligible for insurance and each policy of insurance purchased by the 
Office of Personnel Management under this chapter shall provide for that 
automatic coverage.
    (b) An employee desiring not to be insured shall give written notice 
to his employing office on a form prescribed by the Office. If the 
notice is received before he has become insured, he shall not be 
insured. If the notice is received after he has become insured, his 
insurance stops at the end of the pay period in which the notice is 
received.
    (c) Notwithstanding a notice previously given under subsection (b), 
an employee of the Department of Defense who is designated as an 
emergency essential employee under section 1580 of title 10 shall be 
insured if the employee, within 60 days after the date of the 
designation, elects to be insured under a policy of insurance under this 
chapter. An election under the preceding sentence shall be effective 
when provided to the Office in writing, in the form prescribed by the 
Office, within such 60-day period.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 593; Pub. L. 95-454, title IX, 
Sec. 906(a)(2), (3), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224; Pub. L. 106-398, 
Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, Sec. 1134(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 
1654, 1654A-318.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 2094(a) (less 1st    Aug. 17, 1954, ch.
                      par.).                        752, Sec.  5(a)
                                                    (less 1st par.), 68
                                                    Stat. 738.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``eligible for insurance'' are 
coextensive with and substituted for ``eligible under the terms of this 
chapter''.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-398 added subsec. (c).
    1978--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 95-454 substituted ``Office of 
Personnel Management'' for ``Civil Service Commission'' and ``Office'' 
for ``Commission''.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, 
see section 907 of Pub. L. 95-454, set out as a note under section 1101 
of this title.


                              Applicability

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, Sec. 1134(b)], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-318, provided that: ``For purposes of 
section 8702(c) of title 5, United States Code (as added by subsection 
(a)), an employee of the Department of Defense who is designated as an 
emergency essential employee under section 1580 of title 10, United 
States Code, before the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 
2000] shall be deemed to be so designated on the date of the enactment 
of this Act.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 8714b, 8714c of this title.
