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106 STAT. 2742 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 period beginning on the date of the retirement of the member or former member and ending the number of years (including any fraction of a year) after that (Uite which when added to the number of years (including any fraction of a year) of service credited for purposes of computing the retired pay of the member or former member upon retirement equals 20 years. (b) SBP ANNUITIES. —(1) Effective on the first day of the first month after a member or former member of the Armed Forces retired under a provision of law referred to in subsection (a)(D attains 62 years of age or, in the event of death before attaining that age, would have attained that age, the base amount applicable under section 1447(2) of title 10, United States Code, to any Survivor Benefit Plan annuity provided by that member or former member shall be recomputed. For the recomputation the total years (including any fraction of a year) of the member's or former member's active service shall be treated as having included the member's or former member's years (including any fraction of a year) of employment referred to in subsection (a)(1) as of the date when the member or former member became eligible for retired pay under this section. (2) In this subsection, the term "Survivor Benefit Plan" means the plan established under subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code. SEC. 4465. TRAINING, ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE, AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR DISCHARGED MILITARY PERSONNEL, TERMINATED DEFENSE EMPLOYEES, AND DISPLACED EMPLOYEES OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS. (a) IN GENERAL. — Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 325 the following new section: 29 USC 1662d-l. 'SEC. 325A. DEFENSE DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAM. "(a) IN GENERAL.— From the amount made available under section 4465(c) of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, may make grants to States, substate grantees, employers, representatives of employees, labor-management committees, and other employer-employee entities to provide for training, adjustment assistance, and employment services to eligible individuals described in subsection (b) and to develop plans for defense diversification or conversion assistance to affected facilities located within an area directly affected by reductions in expenditures by the United States for defense or by closures of United States military facilities.

    • (b) INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR TRAINING, ASSISTANCE, AND

SERVICES.— "(1) CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.— A member of the Armed Forces shall be eli^ble for training, adjustment assistance, and employment services under this section if the member— (A) was on active duty or full-time National Guard duty on September 30, 1990; "(B) during the 5-year period beginning on that date— "(i) is involuntarily separated (as defined in section 1141 of title 10, United States Code) from active duty or full-time National Guard duty; or