EFFECTIVE DATE OF COURT-REQUIRED FORMER SPOUSE SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN COVERAGE EFFECTUATED THROUGH ELECTIONS AND DEEMED ELECTIONS.

SEC. 643. EFFECTIVE DATE OF COURT-REQUIRED FORMER SPOUSE SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN COVERAGE EFFECTUATED THROUGH ELECTIONS AND DEEMED ELECTIONS. (a) Elimination of Disparity in Effective Date Provisions.— Section 1448(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 112 STAT. 2048 (1) in subparagraph (C)— (A) by striking out the second sentence; and (B) by striking out “EFFECTIVE DATE,” in the heading; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(E) Effective date of election.— An election under this paragraph is effective as of— “(i) the first day of the first month following the month in which the election is received by the Secretary concerned; or “(ii) in the case of a person required (as described in section 1450(f)(3)(B) of this title) to make the election by reason of a court order or filing the date of which is on or after the date of the enactment of the subparagraph, the first day of the first month which begins after the date of that court order or filing.”. (b) Conformity by Cross Reference.—Section 1450(f)(3)(D) of such title is amended by striking out “the first day of the first month which begins after the date of the court order or filing involved” and inserting in lieu thereof “the day referred to in section 1448(b)(3)(E)(ii) of this title”.