AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES AND RETIRED AND RETAINER PAY PURSUANT TO POWER OF ATTORNEY.

SEC. 645. AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES AND RETIRED AND RETAINER PAY PURSUANT TO POWER OF ATTORNEY. Section 602 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “, in the opinion of a board of medical officers or physicians,”; and (B) by striking “use or benefit” and all that follows through “any person designated” and inserting the following:“use or benefit to— “(1) a legal committee, guardian, or other representative that has been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction; “(2) an individual to whom the member has granted authority to manage such funds pursuant to a valid and legally executed durable power of attorney; or “(3) any person designated” ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “The board shall consist” and inserting “An individual may not be designated under subsection (a)(3) to receive payments unless a board consisting”; and (B) by inserting “determines that the member is mentally incapable of managing the member’s affairs. Any such board shall be” after “treatment of mental disorders,”; (3) in subsection (c), by striking “designated” and inserting “authorized to receive payments”; (4) in subsection (d), by inserting “, unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders payment of such fee, commission, or other charge” before the period; (5) by striking subsection (e); (6) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e); and (7) in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (6)— (A) by inserting “under subsection (a)(3)” after “who is designated”; and (B) by striking “$1,000” and inserting “$25,000”.