AUTHORITY FOR RELIEF FROM PREVIOUS OVERPAYMENTS UNDER MINIMUM INCOME WIDOWS PROGRAM.

SEC. 635. [10 U.S.C. 1448 note] AUTHORITY FOR RELIEF FROM PREVIOUS OVERPAYMENTS UNDER MINIMUM INCOME WIDOWS PROGRAM. (a) Authority.—The Secretary of Defense may waive recovery by the United States of any overpayment by the United States described in subsection (b). In the case of any such waiver, any debt to the United States arising from such overpayment is forgiven. (b) Covered Overpayments.—Subsection (a) applies in the case of an overpayment by the United States that— (1) was made before the date of the enactment of this Act under section 4 of Public Law 92–425 (10 U.S.C. 1448 note); and (2) is attributable to failure by the Department of Defense to apply the eligibility provisions of subsection (a) of such section in the case of the person to whom the overpayment was made.