10 U.S.C. § 1456
Section 1456 · 1456 to 1460b. Repealed. Pub. L. 108375, div. A, title VI, 644(b)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1961]
Amended 1 time on record
(a) Establishment of Supplemental Survivor Benefit Plan.—
(1) Plan.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program in accordance with this subchapter to enable participants in the Survivor Benefit Plan who are providing coverage for a spouse or former spouse beneficiary under that Plan to also provide a supplemental annuity for that spouse or former spouse beginning when the participant dies or when the spouse or former spouse becomes 62 years of age, whichever is later, in order to offset the effects of the two-tier annuity computation under the Survivor Benefit Plan.
(2) Name of plan.—The program under this subchapter shall be known as the Supplemental Survivor Benefit Plan.
(b) Definitions.—
(1) Incorporation of definitions applicable to survivor benefit plan.—The definitions in section 1447 of this title apply in this subchapter.
(2) Supplemental spouse annuity defined.—In this subchapter, the term “supplemental spouse annuity” means an annuity provided to a spouse or former spouse under this subchapter.
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Effective Date
Section 1404(a)(1) of Pub. L. 101–189, as amended by Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title VI, §631(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1580, provided that this subchapter is effective Apr. 1, 1992.