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Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-102

§8990 Studies, Reports, and Audits

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities › CHAPTER 89B — ENHANCED VISION BENEFITS › § 8990

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Contracts must include clauses that make a qualified company send the Office any reasonable reports the Office needs and let the Office and the Government Accountability Office inspect the company’s records. Each federal agency must keep records, make required certifications, and give the Office, the qualified company, or both the information and reports the Office asks for. The Office must regularly review the plans, including comparing vision benefits to those in chapter 89, to keep the plans competitive. The Office must work with the Government Accountability Office on regular evaluations of the program.

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Title 5, §8990

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Each contract shall contain provisions requiring the qualified company to—
(1)furnish such reasonable reports as the Office determines to be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under this chapter; and
(2)permit the Office and representatives of the Government Accountability Office to examine such records of the qualified company as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b)Each Federal agency shall keep such records, make such certifications, and furnish the Office, the qualified company, or both, with such information and reports as the Office may require.
(c)The Office shall conduct periodic reviews of plans under this chapter, including a comparison of the vision benefits available under chapter 89, to ensure the competitiveness of plans under this chapter. The Office shall cooperate with the Government Accountability Office to provide periodic evaluations of the program.

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Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 23, 2004, and applicable to contracts that take effect with respect to the calendar year 2006, see section 7 of Pub. L. 108–496, set out as a note under section 8951 of this title.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 8990

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102