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[CITE: 5USC8708]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
                       CHAPTER 87--LIFE INSURANCE
 
Sec. 8708. Government contributions

    (a) For each period in which an employee is insured under a policy 
of insurance purchased by the Office of Personnel Management under 
section 8709 of this title, a sum equal to one-half the amount which is 
withheld from the pay of the employee under section 8707 of this title 
shall be contributed from the appropriation or fund which is used to pay 
him.
    (b) When an employee is paid by the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives, the Chief Administrative Officer may 
contribute the sum required by subsection (a) of this section from the 
applicable accounts of the House of Representatives.
    (c) When the employee is an elected official, the sum required by 
subsection (a) of this section is contributed from an appropriation or 
fund available for payment of other salaries of the same office or 
establishment.
    (d)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, for each 
period in which an employee continues life insurance after retirement or 
while in receipt of compensation under subchapter I of chapter 81 of 
this title because of disease or injury to the employee, as provided 
under section 8706(b) of this title, a sum equal to one-half of the 
amount which is withheld from the employee's annuity or compensation 
under section 8707 of this title shall be contributed by the Office from 
annual appropriations which are authorized to be made for that purpose 
and which may be made available until expended.
    (2) Contributions under this subsection--
        (A) shall not be made other than with respect to individuals who 
    retire, or commence receiving compensation, after December 31, 1989;
        (B) shall not be made with respect to any individual for months 
    after the calendar month in which such individual becomes 65 years 
    of age; and
        (C) shall, in the case of any individual who elects coverage 
    under subparagraph (B) of section 8706(b)(3) of this title, be equal 
    to the amount which would apply under this subsection if such 
    individual had instead elected coverage under subparagraph (A) of 
    such section.

    (3) The United States Postal Service shall pay the contributions 
required under this subsection with respect to any individual who--
        (A) first becomes an annuitant by reason of retirement from 
    employment with the United States Postal Service after December 31, 
    1989; or
        (B) commences receiving compensation under subchapter I of 
    chapter 81 of this title (because of disease or injury to the 
    individual) after December 31, 1989, if the position last held by 
    the individual before commencing to receive such compensation was 
    within the United States Postal Service.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 595; Pub. L. 90-206, title IV, 
Sec. 403, Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 647; Pub. L. 95-454, title IX, 
Sec. 906(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224; Pub. L. 101-303, Sec. 2, 
May 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 250; Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 215(18), 
Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1746.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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(a), (c)...........  5 U.S.C. 2094(b).             Aug. 17, 1954, ch.
                                                    752, Sec.  5(b), 68
                                                    Stat. 738.
(b)................  2 U.S.C. 128.                 Aug. 5, 1955, ch.
                                                    568, Sec.  101 (4th
                                                    par. under
                                                    ``Administrative
                                                    Provisions''), 69
                                                    Stat. 513.
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    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

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, the Chief 
Administrative Officer may contribute the sum required by subsection (a) 
of this section from the applicable accounts of the House of 
Representatives.'' for ``Clerk of the House of Representatives, the 
Clerk may contribute the sum required by subsection (a) of this section 
from the contingent fund of the House.''
    1990--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-303 added subsec. (d).
    1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-454 substituted ``Office of Personnel 
Management'' for ``Civil Service Commission''.
    1967--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-206 substituted provisions setting the 
sum to be withheld at one-half the amount withheld from the pay of the 
employee under section 8707 of this title for provisions setting the sum 
to be withheld at a rate to be determined by the Commission not to 
exceed one-half of the amount withheld under section 8707 of this title.


                    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.


                    Effective Date of 1967 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-206 effective on first day of first pay 
period which begins on or after sixtieth day following December 16, 
1967, see section 405(a) of Pub. L. 90-206, set out as a note under 
section 8704 of this title.


                  Retroactive Effect of 1967 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-206 to have no effect in case of an employee 
who died, was finally separated, or retired prior to Dec. 16, 1967, see 
section 405(c) of Pub. L. 90-206, set out as a note under section 8704 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 8707, 8714, 8714a, 8714d of 
this title; title 2 section 162b; title 40 section 214d.
