To amend subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, to prevent cost-of-living increases in the survivor annuity contributions of uniformed services retirees from becoming effective before related cost-of-living increases in retired pay become payable.

Provides that pay reductions for cost of living increases in contributions to the military Survivor Benefit Plan shall not be effective until the initial payment date of related cost of living increases in military retired or retainer pay.

[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 4046 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4046

 To amend subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, 
      to prevent cost-of-living increases in the survivor annuity 
 contributions of uniformed services retirees from becoming effective 
 before related cost-of-living increases in retired pay become payable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 1994

 Mrs. Thurman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, 
      to prevent cost-of-living increases in the survivor annuity 
 contributions of uniformed services retirees from becoming effective 
 before related cost-of-living increases in retired pay become payable.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES IN SBP CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE 
              EFFECTIVE CONCURRENTLY WITH PAYMENT OF RELATED RETIRED 
              PAY COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES.

    (a) Survivor Benefit Plan.--Section 1452(h) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(h)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), when the initial payment of 
an increase in retired pay under section 1401a of this title (or any 
other provision of law) to a person is later than the effective date of 
that increase by reason of the application of subsection (b)(2)(B) of 
such section, then the amount of the reduction in the person's retired 
pay shall be effective on the date of that initial payment of the 
increase in retired pay rather than the effective date of the increase 
in retired pay.
    ``(B) Subparagraph (A) may not be construed as delaying, for 
purposes of determining the amount of a monthly annuity under section 
1451 of this title, the effective date of an increase in a base amount 
under subsection (h) of such section from the effective date of an 
increase in retired pay under section 1401a of this title to the date 
on which the initial payment of that increase in retired pay is made in 
accordance with subsection (b)(2)(B) of such section 1401a.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect with respect to retired pay payable for months beginning on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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