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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-269—SEPT. 27, 1982

96 STAT. 1149

final, whichever is later. The annuity of such former spouse and the right thereto terminate on— "(A) the last day of the month before the former spouse dies or remarries before 60 years of age; or "(B) the date the annuity of the participant terminates (except in the case of an annuity subject to paragraph 4(B)). "(4)(A) The annuity payable to any participant shall be reduced by the amount of an annuity under this subsection paid to any former spouse based upon the service of that participant. Such reduction shall be disregarded in calculating the survivor annuity for any spouse, former spouse, or other survivor under this title, and in calculating any reduction in the annuity of the participant to provide survivor benefits under subsection (b) or section 221(b). "(B) If any annuitant whose annuity is reduced under subparagraph (A) is recalled to service under section 271, or reinstated or reappointed, in the case of a recovered disability annuitant, or if any annuitant is reemployed as provided for under sections 272 and 273, 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. "(5) 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 title (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. "(6) An annuity under this subsection shall be treated the same as a survivor annuity under subsection (b) for purposes of section 221(g)(2) or any comparable provision of law. "(7) No spousal ajgreement or court order under section 263(b) involving any participant may provide for an annuity or any combination of annuities under this subsection which exceeds the annuity of the participant. No such court order relating to an annuity under this subsection may be given effect if it is issued more than 12 months after the date the divorce or annulment involved becomes final. "(b)(1) Subject to any election under section 221(b)(1)(C) and unless otherwise expressly provided by any spousal agreement or court order under section 263(b), 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 221(a), or "(B) if not married to the participant throughout such creditable service, equal to a proportion of 55 percent of the full amount of such annuity which is the proportion that the number of days of the marriage of the former spouse to the former participant during periods of creditable service of such former participant under this Act bears to the total number of days of such creditable service.

Ante, p. 1146. 50 USC 403 note, 50 USC 403 note,

Disability annuity.

Post, p. 1153.

50 USC 403 note.