CHILD SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN MINOR CHILDREN OF RETIREMENT-ELIGIBLE MEMBERS CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESULTING IN DEATH OF CHILD’S OTHER PARENT.

SEC. 665. CHILD SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN MINOR CHILDREN OF RETIREMENT-ELIGIBLE MEMBERS CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESULTING IN DEATH OF CHILD’S OTHER PARENT.(a) Authority for Court-Ordered Payments.—Section 1408(h) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) in paragraph (1)—(A) by inserting “(A)” after “(1)”; and(B) by adding at the end of such paragraph the following:“(B) If, in the case of a member or former member of the armed forces referred to in paragraph (2)(A), a court order provides for the payment as child support of an amount from the disposable retired pay of that member or former member (as certified under paragraph (4)) to an eligible dependent child of the member or former member, the Secretary concerned, beginning upon effective service of such court order, shall pay that amount in accordance with this subsection to such dependent child.”;(2) in paragraph (2)—(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “, or a dependent child,” after “former spouse”;(B) in subparagraph (B)—(i) by inserting “in the case of eligibility of a spouse or former spouse under paragraph (1)(A),” after “(B)”; and(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and119 STAT. 3318(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:“(C) in the case of eligibility of a dependent child under paragraph (1)(B), the other parent of the child died as a result of the misconduct that resulted in the termination of retired pay.”;(3) in paragraph (4), by inserting “, or an eligible dependent child,” after “former spouse”;(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting “, or the dependent child,” after “former spouse”; and(5) in paragraph (6), by inserting “, or to a dependent child,” after “former spouse”.(b) Effective Date.—A court order authorized by the amendments made by this section may not provide for a payment attributable to any period before the date of the enactment of this Act, or the date of the court order, whichever is later.