[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2858 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2858

To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide 
that any survivor annuity for a child that terminates by reason of such 
 child marrying shall resume, absent any other disqualifying event or 
               condition, if and when that marriage ends.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1996

   Mr. Smith of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide 
that any survivor annuity for a child that terminates by reason of such 
 child marrying shall resume, absent any other disqualifying event or 
               condition, if and when that marriage ends.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8341(e) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) If the annuity of a child under this subchapter terminates 
under paragraph (3)(E) because of marriage, then, if such marriage 
ends, such annuity shall resume on the first day of the month in which 
it ends, but only if--
            ``(A) any lump sum paid is returned to the Fund; and
            ``(B) that individual is not otherwise ineligible for such 
        annuity.''.
    (b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--Section 8443(b) of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the following: ``If the annuity 
of a child under this subchapter terminates under subparagraph (E) 
because of marriage, then, if such marriage ends, such annuity shall 
resume on the first day of the month in which it ends, but only if any 
lump sum paid is returned to the Fund, and that individual is not 
otherwise ineligible for such annuity.''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with respect to any 
termination of marriage taking effect on or after November 1, 1993, 
except that any recomputation of benefits shall be payable only with 
respect to amounts accruing for periods beginning on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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