113 STAT. 668 PUBLIC LAW 106-65 —OCT. 5, 1999 SEC. 656. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF ANNUITIES TO CERTAIN MILITARY SURVIVING SPOUSES. (a) COVERAGE OF SURVIVING SPOUSES OF ALL "GRAY-AREA" RETIREES. —Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 644 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105- 85; 111 Stat. 1800; 10 U.S.C. 1448 note) is amended by striking "during the period beginning on September 21, 1972, and ending on" and inserting "before". (b) PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF ANNUITIES. —Subsection (f) of such section is repealed. 10 USC 1448 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendment made by subsection (a) J^ote. shall apply with respect to annuities payable for months beginning after September 30, 1999. 10 USC 1450 SEC. 657. EFFECTUATION OF INTENDED SEP ANNUITY FOR FORMER note. SPOUSE WHEN NOT ELECTED BY REASON OF UNTIMELY DEATH OF RETIREE. (a) CASES NOT COVERED BY EXISTING AUTHORITY.— Paragraph (3) of section 1450(f) of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall apply in the case of a former spouse of any person referred to in that paragraph who— (1) incident to a proceeding of divorce, dissolution, or annulment— (A) entered into a written agreement on or after August 21, 1983, to make an election under section 1448(b) of such title to provide an annuity to the former spouse (the agreement thereafter having been incorporated in or ratified or approved by a court order or filed with the court of appropriate jurisdiction in accordance with applicable State law); or (B) was required by a court order dated on or after such date to make such an election for the former spouse; and (2) before making the election, died within 21 days after the date of the agreement referred to in paragraph (1)(A) or the court order referred to in paragraph (1)(B), as the case may be. (b) ADJUSTED TIME LIMIT FOR REQUEST BY FORMER SPOUSE.— For the purposes of paragraph (3)(C) of section 1450(f) of title 10, United States Code, a court order or filing referred to in subsection (a)(1) of this section that is dated before October 19, 1984, shall be deemed to be dated on the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 658. SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR SEVERELY DISABLED UNI- FORMED SERVICES RETIREES. (a) AUTHORITY. — (1) Chapter 71 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 1413. Special compensation for certain severely disabled uniformed services retirees "(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary concerned shall pay to each eligible disabled uniformed services retiree a monthly amount determined under subsection (b).
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