grants to certain widows and survivor annuity elections

grants to certain widows and survivor annuity elections Sec. 523. (a) A Foreign Service annuitant who was married at the time of retirement, whose service terminated prior to October 16, 1960, and who has not elected any survivor benefit, may, within one hundred and twenty days after the effective date of this title, elect a reduction in his or her annuity of $300 per annum and provide a survivor benefit of $2,400 per annum payable to the annuitant’s surviving spouse provided the marriage had been in effect for at least two years at the time, of death or resulted in the birth of a child. The survivor annuity shall be treated in all respects as if it had been elected under section 821 (b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended by this title. (b) An annuitant who makes an election under subsection (a) of tins section shall pay into the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to $25 times the number of full months between the commencing date of his or her annuity and the first of the month following receipt of notice of election by the Secretary of State. Tins amount may be paid into such Fund by deduction from annuity in multiples of $25 per month. The annuity reduction under subsection (a) of this section and the deduction under this subsection shall commence effective the first of the month following receipt of notice of the election by the Secretary of State. The deduction under this subsection shall continue until the required amount has been paid into such Fund or until the annuitant’s death, whichever occurs first; and if the latter, any remaining portion of such required amount shall be deemed t o have been paid. (c) If a Foreign Service annuitant who separated from the Foreign Service, prior to October 16, I960, died before the effective date of this title, or dies within one hundred and twenty days after such effective date leaving a spouse to whom married at retirement who is not entitled to receive a survivor annuity under the terms of section 8133 of title 5, United States Code, or any law authorizing payment from the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund and who qualifies under section 821(h) of the Foreign Service, Act of 1946, as amended by this title, the Secretary of State shall grant such surviving spouse, if not remarried prior to age sixty, an annuity, to be payable from such Fund in the amount of $2,400 per annum adjusted by all cost-of-living increases received by widows granted annuities under section 4 of the Act of October 31, 1965 (79 Stat, 1130). An annuity to a surviving spouse who remarried prior to age sixty may be initiated or resumed under this subsection in accordance with the provisions of subsections 90 STAT. 848 (b) and (h) of section 821 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended by this title, if such remarriage has terminated or terminates in the future.