AUTHORITY TO DEDUCT SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN PREMIUMS FROM COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION WHEN RETIRED PAY NOT SUFFICIENT.

SEC. 643. AUTHORITY TO DEDUCT SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN PREMIUMS FROM COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION WHEN RETIRED PAY NOT SUFFICIENT. (a) Authority.—Subsection (d) of section 1452 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2): “(2) Deduction from combat-related special compensation when retired pay not adequate. In the case of a person who has elected to participate in the Plan and who has been awarded both retired pay and combat-related special compensation under section 1413a of this title, if a deduction from the person’s retired pay for any period cannot be made in the full amount required, there shall be deducted from the person’s combat-related special compensation in lieu of deduction from the person’s retired pay the amount that would otherwise have been deducted from the person’s retired pay for that period.” . (b) Conforming Amendments to Section 1452.— (1) Subsection (d) of such section is further amended— (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting “or Not Sufficient” after “Not Paid”; (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, except to the extent that the required deduction is made pursuant to paragraph (2)”; and (C) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), by striking “Paragraph (1) does not” and inserting “Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not”. (2) Subsection (f)(1) of such section is amended by inserting “or combat-related special compensation” after “from retired pay”. (3) Subsection (g)(4) of such section is amended— (A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting “or crsc” after “retired pay”; and (B) by inserting “or combat-related special compensation” after “from the retired pay”. (c) Conforming Amendments to Other Provisions of SBP Statute.— (1) Section 1449(b)(2) of such title is amended— (A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting “or crsc” after “retired pay”; and (B) by inserting “or combat-related special compensation” after “from retired pay”. (2) Section 1450(e) of such title is amended— (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting “or CRSC” after “Retired Pay”; and (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting “or combat-related special compensation” after “from the retired pay”.