[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 285 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 285

     To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize voluntary 
  withholding of State income tax from monthly annuity payments under 
 programs providing annuities for survivors of retired members of the 
                          uniformed services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mrs. Morella introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize voluntary 
  withholding of State income tax from monthly annuity payments under 
 programs providing annuities for survivors of retired members of the 
                          uniformed services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. VOLUNTARY WITHHOLDING OF STATE INCOME TAX FROM MILITARY 
              SURVIVOR BENEFIT ANNUITY PAYMENTS.

    (a) Authority for Withholding.--Subsection (a) of section 1045 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, or from the 
monthly annuity payment of any annuity beneficiary,'' after ``entitled 
to such pay''.
    (b) Definitions.--Subsection (e) of such section is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) The term `annuity payment' means a payment made under 
        a program providing annuities for survivors of members and 
        former members of the uniformed services, including chapter 73 
        of this title, section 4 of Public Law 92-425, section 5 of 
        Public Law 96-402, and section 653 of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100-456; 10 
        U.S.C. 1448 note).
            ``(4) The term `annuity beneficiary' means a beneficiary of 
        a program referred to in paragraph (3).
            ``(5) The term `member' includes a former member entitled 
        to retired pay under chapter 67 of this title.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Such section is further amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``or former 
                member'';
                    (B) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking 
                ``former member'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``annuity beneficiary''; and
                    (C) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) by striking ``former member''; 
                                and
                                    (II) by inserting ``, or any 
                                annuity beneficiary entitled to monthly 
                                annuity payments,'' after ``retired or 
                                retainer pay''; and
                            (ii) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by 
                        inserting ``or from monthly annuity payments'' 
                        after ``retired or retainer pay''.
            (2) The heading of such section is amended to read as 
        follows:
``Sec. 1045. Voluntary withholding of State income tax from retired or 
              retainer pay and from annuity payments''.
            (3) The item relating to such section in the table of 
        sections at the beginning of chapter 53 of such title is 
        amended to read as follows:

``1045. Voluntary withholding of State income tax from retired or 
                            retainer pay and from annuity payments.''.

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