PUBLIC LAW 99-514—OCT. 22, 1986
100 STAT. 2957
"(B) SPOUSE MAY WAIVE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (2).—In the case of any participant described in paragraph (2), the surviving spouse of such participant may waive the provisions of paragraph (2). Such waiver shall be made on or before the close of the second plan year to which the amendments made by section 103 of this Act apply. Such a waiver shall not be treated as a transfer of property for purposes of chapter 12 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and shall not be treated as an assignment or alienation for purposes of section 401(a)(13) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or section 206(d) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974." (B) Section 2503 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(0 WAIVER OF CERTAIN PENSION RIGHTS.—If any individual waives, before the death of a participant, any survivor benefit, or right to such benefit, under section 401(a)(ll) or 417, such waiver shall not be treated as a transfer of property by gift for purposes of this chapter." (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 303(e)(2) of the Retirement Equity Act of 1984 (relating to treatment of certain participants who perform services on or after January 1, 1976) is amended by striking out "in the firs-t plan year" and inserting in lieu thereof "in any plan year". (3) Paragraph (2) of section 303(c) of the Retirement Equity Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "In the case of a profit-sharing or stock bonus plan to which this paragraph applies, the plan shall be treated as meeting the requirements of the amendments made by sections 103 and 203 with respect to any participant if the plan made a distribution in a form other than a life annuity to the surviving spouse of the participant of such participant's nonforfeitable benefit." (i) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO SECTION 408(d) OF ERISA,— (1) Subsection (d) of section 408 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by striking out "(a),". (2) The amendment made by pargigraph (1) shall apply to transactions after the date of the enactment of this Act. (j) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, any amendment made by this section shall take effect as if included in the provision of the Retirement Equity Act of 1984 to which such amendment relates. CHAPTER 3—AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENTS OF 1984 SEC. 1899. AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENTS OF 1984.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 457(b)(3) of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting "or administrative" after "court". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section shall become effective on the date of the enactment of this Act
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