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type: "LegalText"
title: "5 U.S.C. § 8987"
description: "Coverage of restored survivor or disability annuitants"
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title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
chapter_number: "89B"
chapter_name: "ENHANCED VISION BENEFITS"
section: "8987"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 8987"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 5 U.S.C. § 8987 - Coverage of restored survivor or disability annuitants
## Text
A surviving spouse, disability annuitant, or surviving child whose annuity is terminated and is later restored, may continue enrollment in a vision benefits plan subject to the terms and conditions prescribed in regulations issued by the Office.
(Added Pub. L. 108496, § 3, Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 4009.)
## Notes
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective DateSection effective Dec. 23, 2004, and applicable to contracts that take effect with respect to the calendar year 2006, see section 7 of Pub. L. 108496, set out as a note under section 8951 of this title.