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Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, an employee who enters on approved leave without pay to serve as a full-time officer or employee of an organization composed primarily of employees as defined by section 8701
(a) of this title, within 60 days after entering on that leave without pay, may elect to continue his insurance and arrange to pay currently into the Employees’ Life Insurance Fund, through his employing agency, both employee and agency contributions from the beginning of leave without pay. The employing agency shall forward the premium payments to the Fund. If the employee does not so elect, his insurance will continue during nonpay status and stop as provided by subsection (a) of this section.
An employee who enters on approved leave without pay in the circumstances described in paragraph (2) may elect to have such employee’s life insurance continue (beyond the end of the 12 months of coverage provided for under subsection (a)) for an additional 12 months and arrange to pay currently into the Employees’ Life Insurance Fund, through such employee’s employing agency, both employee and agency contributions, from the beginning of that additional 12 months of coverage. The employing agency shall forward the premium payments to the Fund. If the employee does not so elect, such employee’s insurance will continue during nonpay status and stop as provided by subsection (a). An individual making an election under this subsection may cancel that election at any time, in which case such employee’s insurance will stop as provided by subsection (a) or upon receipt of notice of cancellation, whichever is later.
This subsection applies in the case of any employee who—
is a member of a reserve component of the armed forces called or ordered to active duty under a call or order that does not specify a period of 30 days or less; and
enters on approved leave without pay to perform active duty pursuant to such call or order.
If the insurance of an employee stops because of separation from the service or suspension without pay, and the separation or suspension is thereafter officially found to have been erroneous, the employee is deemed to have been insured during the period of erroneous separation or suspension. Deductions otherwise required by section 8707 of this chapter shall not be withheld from any backpay awarded for the period of separation or suspension unless death or accidental dismemberment of the employee occurs during such period.
Under regulations prescribed by the Office, each policy purchased under this chapter shall provide that an insured employee or former employee may make an irrevocable assignment of the employee’s or former employee’s incidents of ownership in the policy.
A court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation, or the terms of a court-approved property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation, may direct that an insured employee or former employee make an irrevocable assignment of the employee’s or former employee’s incidents of ownership in insurance under this chapter (if there is no previous assignment) to the person specified in the court order or court-approved property settlement agreement.
If the insurance of a former employee receiving a disability annuity under section 8337 of this title stops because of the termination of such annuity, and such annuity is thereafter restored under the second or third sentence of subsection (e) of such section, such former employee may, under regulations prescribed by the Office, elect to resume the insurance coverage which was so stopped.
The insurance of an employee under a policy purchased under section 8709 shall not be invalidated based on a finding that the employee erroneously became insured, or erroneously continued insurance upon retirement or entitlement to compensation under subchapter I of chapter 81 of this title, if such finding occurs after the erroneous insurance and applicable withholdings have been in force for 2 years during the employee’s lifetime.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 595; Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(92),Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 219; Pub. L. 92–529, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1050; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), (3),Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224; Pub. L. 95–583, § 1(a),Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2481; Pub. L. 96–427, § 3(a),Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1832; Pub. L. 98–353, title II, §§ 206, 208,July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 351, as amended by Pub. L. 99–336, § 7(1),June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 639; Pub. L. 99–53, § 3(b),June 17, 1985, 99 Stat. 95; Pub. L. 99–335, title II, § 207(k)(2),June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 597; Pub. L. 99–336, § 7(1),June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 639; Pub. L. 102–378, § 2(74),Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1355; Pub. L. 103–336, § 4,Oct. 3, 1994, 108 Stat. 2662; Pub. L. 105–205, § 2,July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 683; Pub. L. 105–311, § 5,Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2951; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XI, § 1102,Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 345.)
Derivation U.S. Code Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large (a)–(c) 5 U.S.C. 2095. Aug. 17, 1954, ch. 752, § 6, 68 Stat. 739.
Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 794, § 2(a), 69 Stat. 677.
May 28, 1956, ch. 328, § 1, 70 Stat. 213.
Sept. 23, 1959, Pub. L. 86–377, § 4(c), 73 Stat. 701.
(d) 5 U.S.C. 2091(c). Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 837, § 501(c)(1) (less applicability to § 2(b)), 70 Stat. 882.
Section of title 5 Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 8706(e) 5 App.: 2095(d). July 18, 1966, Pub. L. 89–504, § 406(a), 80 Stat. 298.
The words “subsections (a)–(c) of this section” are substituted for “the foregoing” to reflect the codification of former 5 U.S.C. 2095. The word “officer” is omitted as included in “employee.” The words “as defined by section 8701
(a) of this title” are substituted for “as defined in section 2 of the Act” to reflect the codification of that section in 5 U.S.C. 8701
(a). The words “Employees’ Life Insurance Fund” and “Fund” are substituted for “fund” and “fund established by section 5 of this Act”, respectively.
2008—Subsecs. (d) to (h). Pub. L. 110–181added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsecs. (d) to (g) as (e) to (h), respectively.
1998—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105–205designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 105–311added subsec. (g).
1994—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–336substituted “employee or former employee” for “Federal judge”, “employee’s or former employee’s” for “judge’s”, and “purchased” for “purchase”.
1992—Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 102–378redesignated subsec. (g) as (f).
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–353, § 206, as amended generally by Pub. L. 99–336, § 7(1), inserted sentence which deemed justices and judges described in section 8701
Subsecs. (c) to (f). Pub. L. 99–335struck out subsec. (c) and redesignated subsecs. (d) to (f) as (c) to (e), respectively. Former subsec. (c) provided that insurance granted an employee stops, except for a 31-day extension of life insurance coverage, on the day immediately before his entry on active duty or active duty for training unless the period is covered by military leave with pay but does not stop during a period of inactive duty training and defined “active duty”, “active duty for training”, and “inactive duty training” as having the meanings given them by section 101 of title 38.
1985—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 99–53added subsec. (g).
1984—Pub. L. 98–353, § 208(b), inserted “; assignment of ownership” in section catchline.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 98–353, § 208(a), added subsec. (f).
1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–427added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows:
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–583, § 1(a)(1), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “If on the date the insurance would otherwise stop the employee retires on an immediate annuity and—
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–583, § 1(a)(1), (2), struck out “If on the date the insurance would otherwise stop the employee is receiving benefits under subchapter I of chapter 81 of this title because of disease or injury to himself, his life insurance only may be continued, without cost to him, under conditions determined by the Commission while he is receiving the benefits and is held by the Department of Labor to be unable to return to duty.” and redesignated subsec. (d) as (c).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–583, § 1(a)(2), (3), redesignatedsubsec. (e) as (d) and substituted reference to “subsections (a) and (b) of this section” for “subsections (a)–(c) of this section”. Former subsec. (d) redesignated (c).
Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 95–583, § 1(a)(2), redesignatedsubsecs. (e) and (f) as (d) and (e), respectively.
1972—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 92–529added subsec. (f).
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–311effective in any case in which a finding of erroneous insurance coverage is made on or after Oct. 30, 1998, see section 11(c) ofPub. L. 105–311, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.
Pub. L. 98–353, title II, § 207,July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 351, as amended generally by Pub. L. 99–336, § 7(2), provided that: “The amendments to chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, made by section 206 of this Act [which, as amended generally by Pub. L. 99–336, § 7(1), amended this section and sections 8714a to 8714c of this title] shall apply in the case of any justice or judge who is retired under section 371
(a) or 371
(a) of title 28, United States Code. The amendments apply to those who retire on or after January 1, 1982.”
Pub. L. 98–353, title II, § 209,July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 351, provided that:
“(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments made by this Act to section 8706 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to policies purchased by judges after the date of enactment of this Act [July 10, 1984].
“(b) If a company which issued a policy which is in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act agrees, the amendments made by this Act [probably should be ‘made by this Act to section 8706 of title 5’] shall apply to such policy.”
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–427applicable only in case of an employee who retires or becomes entitled to receive compensation for work injury on or after 180th day following Oct. 10, 1980, or any earlier date that Office of Personnel Management may prescribe which is at least 60 days after Oct. 10, 1980, see section 10(c) ofPub. L. 96–427, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.
Pub. L. 95–583, § 3,Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2482, provided that: “The amendments made by this Act [amending this section and sections 8705, 8714a, and 8901 of this title] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 2, 1978].”
Pub. L. 99–53, § 3(c),June 17, 1985, 99 Stat. 95, provided that:
“(1) The amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 8908 of this title] shall apply with respect to any individual whose disability annuity is or was restored under section 8337
(e) of title 5, United States Code, after December 31, 1983.
“(2)(A) The Office of Personnel Management shall notify each individual under subparagraph (B) of any rights which such individual may have under section 8706
(g) orsection 8908
(c) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this section, including any procedures or deadlines which may apply with respect to the exercise of those rights.
“(B) Notification under this paragraph shall be provided to any individual who, as of the 90th day after the date of enactment of this Act [June 17, 1985], is receiving a disability annuity which was restored to such individual under section 8337
“(B) This paragraph applies with respect to any individual receiving a disability annuity which is or was restored under section 8337
(e) of title 5, United States Code, after December 31, 1983, and before the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act [June 17, 1985].”
Pub. L. 89–504, title IV, § 406(c),July 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 298, provided that: “An officer or employee who is on approved leave without pay and serving as a full-time officer or employee of an organization composed primarily of employees, as defined in section 2 of the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2091) [section 8701 of this title] or section 2 of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959, as amended (5 U.S.C. 3001) [section 8901 of this title] as the case may be, may, within sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act [July 18, 1966], file with his employing agency an election (1) to continue any insurance status or health benefits enrollment, or both, that he has on the date of enactment of this Act [July 18, 1966], (2) to reacquire any insurance status or health benefits enrollment, or both, which he may have lost while on leave without pay, or (3) to acquire as insured status or enroll in a health benefits plan, or both, if he was never previously eligible to do so, by arranging to pay currently and continuously into the employees’ life insurance fund and the employees’ health benefits fund, as appropriate, through his employing agency, both employee and agency contributions. The employing agency shall forward such payments to the employees’ life insurance fund and the employees’ health benefits fund, as appropriate. If he does not so elect, his insurance status and health benefits enrollment will continue and terminate as for other employees in nonpay status, or he will remain ineligible for insurance and health benefits, as the case may be, as though this paragraph had not been enacted. The United States Civil Service Commission is authorized to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this paragraph.”
[Provision effective July 18, 1966, see section 410(1) ofPub. L. 89–504.]