94 STAT. 2114
Reinstated or reemployed annuitant.
Survivor annuity entitlement.
Maximum survivor annuity, limitation.
PUBLIC LAW 96-465—OCT. 17, 1980
spouse, former spouse, or other survivor under this chapter, and in calculating any reduction in the annuity of the participant to provide survivor benefits under subsection (b) or section 806(b)(3). (B) If any annuitant whose annuity is reduced under subparagraph (A) is recalled to service under section 308, or reinstated or reappointed in the Service in the case of a recovered disability annuitant or if any annuitant is reemployed as provided for under section 824, the salary of that annuitant shall be reduced by the same amount as the annuity would have been reduced if it had continued. Amounts equal to the reductions under this subparagraph shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Fund. (6) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), in the case of any former spouse of a disability annuitant— (A) the annuity of that former spouse shall commence on the date the participant would qualify on the basis of his or her creditable service for an annuity under this chapter (other than a disability annuity) or the date the disability annuity begins, whichever is later, and (B) the amount of the annuity of the former spouse shall be calculated on the basis of the annuity for which the participant would otherwise so qualify. (7) An annuity under this subsection shall be treated the same as a survivor annuity under subsection (b) for purposes of section 806(h) or any comparable provision of law. (b)(1) Subject to any election under section 8O60t))(l)(C) and unless otherwise expressly provided by any spousal agreement or court order under section 820(b)(1), if a former participant who is entitled to receive an annuity is survived by a former spouse, the former spouse shall be entitled to a survivor annuity— (A) if married to the participant throughout the creditable service of the participant, equal to 55 percent of the full amount of the participant's annuity, as computed under section 806(a); or (B) if not married to the participant throughout such creditable service, equal to that former spouse's pro rata share of 55 percent of the full amount of such annuity. (2) A former spouse shall not be qualified for an annuity under this subsection if before the commencement of that annuity the former spouse remarries before becoming 60 years of age. (3) An annuity payable from the Fund to a surviving former spouse under this subsection shall commence on the day after the annuitant dies and shall terminate on the last day of the month before the former spouse's death or remarriage before attaining age 60. If such a survivor annuity is terminated because of remarriage, it shall be restored at the same rate commencing on the date such remarriage is terminated if any lump sum paid upon termination of the annuity is returned to the Fund. (4)(A) The maximum survivor annuity or combination of survivor annuities under this section (and section 806(b)(3)) with respect to any participant or former participant may not exceed 55 percent of the full amount of the participant's annuity, as calculated under section 806(a). (B) Once a survivor annuity has been provided for under this subsection for any former spouse, a survivor annuity may thereafter be provided for under this subsection (or section 8O60t»)(3)) with respect to a participant or former participant only for that portion (if any) of the maximum available which is not committed for survivor
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