94 STAT. 1706
Ante, p. 1705.
26 USC 6413.
10 USC 1448.
Plan participation, discontinuance request.
Request withdrawal.
PUBLIC LAW 96-402—OCT. 9, 1980
an amount emial to 40 percent of the amount of the monthly annuity as determmed under paragraph (1). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, a widow or widower shall not be considered as entitled to a benefit under title n of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) to the extent that such benefit has been offset by deductions under section 203 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 403) on account of work. "(4) In the computation of any reduction made under paragraph (2) or (3), there shall be excluded any period of service described in section 210aXl) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 410(1)(1)) which was performed after the effective date of the Uniformed Services Survivor Benefits Amendments of 1980 and which involved periods oiF service of less than 30 continuous days for which the person concerned is entitled to receive a refund under section 6413(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 of the social security tax which he had paid.". (b) Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (1) by striking out "section, or section 1448(d) of this title, on the day before the effective day of that increase" in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "section or under section 1448(d) of this title"; and (2) by striking out "title, or" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "title or under". (c) Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking out "(a)(2)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(a)(l)(B)". SEC. 4. Section 1452 of title 10, United States Code, relating to reductions in retired and retainer pay, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "^)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter but subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), any person who has elected to participate in the Plan and who is suffering from a service-connected disability rated by the Veterans* Administration as totally disabling and has suffered from such disability while so rated for a continuous period of 10 or more years (or, if so rated for a lesser period, has suffered from such disability while so rated for a continuous period of not less than 5 years from the date of such person's last discharge or release from active duty) may discontinue participation in the Plan by submitting to the Secretary concerned a request to discontinue participation in the Plan. An^ such person's participation in the Plan shall be discontinued effective on the first day of the first month following the month in which a request under this paragraph is received by the Secretary concerned. Effective on such date, the Secretary concerned shall discontinue the reduction being made in such person's retired or retainer pay on account of participation in the Plan or, in the case of a person who has been required to make deposits in the Treasury on account of participation in the Plan, such person may discontinue making such deposits effective on such date. Any request under this paragraph to discontinue participation in the Plan shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the Secretary concerned may req^uire by regulation. "(2) A person described in paragraph (1) may not discontinue participation in the Plan under such paragraph without the written consent of the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such person under the Plan. "(3) The Secretary concerned shall famish promjjtly to each person who files a request under paragraph (1) to discontinue participation in the Plan a written statement of the advantages of participating in the Plan and the possible disadvantages of discontinuing participation. A person may withdraw a request made under paragraph (1) if it
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