TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN COVERAGE OF FORMER SPOUSES

SEC. 652. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN COVERAGE OF FORMER SPOUSES (a) Inclusion of Former Spouses in Savings Provision.—Section 1451(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out “widow or widower” in subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof “widow, widower, or former spouse”; and (2) by inserting “or former spouse” in subparagraph (B) after “A spouse”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to payments under the Survivor Benefit Plan established under subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, for periods after February 28, 1986.