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 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1799 commencement of payment of retired pay to the participant precedes that effective date. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— Section 1448a of title 10, United States lo use I448a Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect 180 days after note. the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 642. TIME IN WHICH CHANGE IN SURVIVOR BENEFIT COVERAGE FROM FORMER SPOUSE TO SPOUSE MAY BE MADE. (a) EXTENSION OF TIME FOR CHANGE. —Section 1450(f)(1)(C) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a change of election under this subsection to provide an annuity to a spouse instead of a former spouse may (subject to paragraph (2)) be made at any time after the person providing the annuity remarries without regard to the time limitation in section 1448(a)(5)(A) of this title.". (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 10 USC 1450 shall apply with respect to marriages occurring before, on, or after note. the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 643. REVIEW OF FEDERAL FORMER SPOUSE PROTECTION LAWS. 10 USC 1408 (a) REVIEW REQUIRED. — The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a comprehensive review (including a comparison) of— (1) the protections, benefits, and treatment afforded under Federal law to members and former members of the uniformed services and former spouses of such persons; and (2) the protections, benefits, and treatment afforded under Federal law to employees and former employees of the Government and former spouses of such persons. (b) MILITARY PERSONNEL MATTERS TO BE REVIEWED.—In the case of members and former members of the uniformed services and former spouses of such persons, the review under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) All provisions of law (principally those originally enacted in the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (title X of Public Law 97-252)) that— (A) establish, provide for the enforcement of, or otherwise protect interests of members and former members of the uniformed services and former spouses of such persons in retired or retainer pay of members and former members; or (B) provide other benefits for members and former members of the uniformed services and former spouses of such persons. (2) The experience of the uniformed services in administering those provisions of law, including the adequacy and effectiveness of the legal assistance provided by the Department of Defense in matters related to the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act. (3) The experience of members and former members of the uniformed services and former spouses of such persons in the administration of those provisions of law. (4) The experience of members and former members of the uniformed services and former spouses of such persons in the application of those provisions of law by State courts. (5) The history of State statutes and State court interpretations of the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act and other provisions of Federal law described in paragraph

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