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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1456. Supplemental spouse coverage: establishment of plan; definitions
(a) Establishment of Supplemental Survivor Benefit Plan. -
(1) Plan. - The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program
in accordance with this subchapter to enable participants in the
Survivor Benefit Plan who are providing coverage for a spouse or
former spouse beneficiary under that Plan to also provide a
supplemental annuity for that spouse or former spouse beginning
when the participant dies or when the spouse or former spouse
becomes 62 years of age, whichever is later, in order to offset
the effects of the two-tier annuity computation under the
Survivor Benefit Plan.
(2) Name of plan. - The program under this subchapter shall be
known as the Supplemental Survivor Benefit Plan.
(b) Definitions. -
(1) Incorporation of definitions applicable to survivor benefit
plan. - The definitions in section 1447 of this title apply in
this subchapter.
(2) Supplemental spouse annuity defined. - In this subchapter,
the term "supplemental spouse annuity" means an annuity provided
to a spouse or former spouse under this subchapter.
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