PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996
110 STAT. 2569
title by reason of the service of a person who first became
a member of a uniformed service before September 8, 1980,
the retired pay of the person providing the annuity shall
for the purposes of paragraph (1) be computed on the basis
of the rates of basic pay in effect on the effective date of
the annuity.
" (d) REDUCTION OF ANNUITIES AT AGE 62. —
"(1) REDUCTION REQUIRED. — The annuity of a person whose
annuity is computed under subparagraph (A) of subsection
(a)(1), (a)(2), or (c)(1) shall be reduced on the first day of
the month after the month in which the person becomes 62
years of age.
" (2) AMOUNT OF ANNUITY AS REDUCED.—
"(A) 35 PERCENT ANNUITY.— Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the reduced amount of the annuity shall
be the amount of the annuity that the person would be
receiving on that date if the annuity had initially been
computed under subparagraph (B) of that subsection.
" (B) SAVINGS PROVISION FOR BENEFICIARIES ELIGIBLE
FOR SOCIAL SECURITY OFFSET COMPUTATION.— In the case
of a person eligible to have an annuity computed under
subsection (e) and for whom, at the time the person becomes 62 years of age, the annuity computed with a reduction under subsection (e)(3) is more favorable than the
annuity with a reduction described in subparagraph (A),
the reduction in the annuity shall be computed in the
same manner as a reduction under subsection (e)(3).
" (e) SAVINGS PROVISION FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES.—
"(1) PERSONS COVERED. —The following beneficiaries under
the Plan are eligible to have an annuity under the Plan computed under this subsection:
"(A) A beneficiary receiving an annuity under the Plan
on October 1, 1985, as the surviving spouse or former
spouse of the person providing the annuity.
"(B) A spouse or former spouse beneficiary of a person
who on October 1, 1985—
"(i) was a participant in the Plan;
"(ii) was entitled to retired pay or was qualified
for that pay except that he had not applied for and
been granted that pay; or
"(iii) would have been eligible for reserve-component retired pay but for the fact that he was under
60 years of age.
"(2) AMOUNT OF ANNUITY.— Subject to paragraph (3), an
annuity computed under this subsection is determined as
follows:
"(A) STANDARD ANNUITY.—In the case of the beneficiary
of a standard annuity, the annuity shall be the amount
equal to 55 percent of the base amount.
"(B) RESERVE-COMPONENT ANNUITY. — In the case of the
beneficiary of a reserve-component annuity, the annuity
shall be the percentage of the base amount that—
"(i) is less than 55 percent; and
"(ii) is determined under subsection (f).
" (C) BENEFICIARIES OF PERSONS DYING DURING A PERIOD
OF SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR SBP.— In the case of the beneficiary of an annuity under section 1448(d) or 1448(f) of
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