AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORMED SERVICES FORMER SPOUSES’ PROTECTION ACT.

SEC. 636. AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORMED SERVICES FORMER SPOUSES’ PROTECTION ACT. (a) Manner of Service of Process.— Subsection (b)(1)(A) of section 1408 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out “certified or registered mail, return receipt requested” and inserting in lieu thereof “facsimile or electronic transmission or by mail”. (b) Subsequent Court Order From Another State.— Subsection (d) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(6) (A) The Secretary concerned may not accept service of a court order that is an out-of State modification, or comply with the provisions of such a court order, unless the court issuing that order has jurisdiction in the manner specified in subsection (c)(4) over both the member and the spouse or former spouse involved. “(B) A court order shall be considered to be an out-of-State modification for purposes of this paragraph if the order— “(i) modifies a previous court order under this section upon which payments under this subsection are based; and “(ii) is issued by a court of a State other than the State of the court that issued the previous court order.”.