---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 8989"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "8989"
heading: "Preemption"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/8989"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities"
  - "Chapter 89B — Enhanced Vision Benefits"
---

# §8989. Preemption


The terms of any contract that relate to the nature, provision, or extent of coverage or benefits (including payments with respect to benefits) shall supersede and preempt any [State](/usc/5/8521.md?p=a-3) or local law, or any regulation issued thereunder, which relates to vision benefits, insurance, plans, or contracts.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 108–496, § 3, Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 4010.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### 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.