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 119 STAT. 3318

10 USC 1408 note.

PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(C) in the case of eligibility of a dependent child under paragraph (1)(B), the other parent of the child died as a result of the misconduct that resulted in the termination of retired pay.’’; (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, or an eligible dependent child,’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’; (4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or the dependent child,’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’; and (5) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, or to a dependent child,’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—A court order authorized by the amendments made by this section may not provide for a payment attributable to any period before the date of the enactment of this Act, or the date of the court order, whichever is later. SEC. 666. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON ACTUARIAL SOUNDNESS OF THE SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN.

(a) REPORT.—Not later than July 31, 2006, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the actuarial soundness of the Survivor Benefit Plan program under subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code. (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An assessment of the implications for the actuarial soundness of the Survivor Benefit Plan program of recent improvements to that program, including the implications of such improvements for the actuarial soundness of that program with respect to various categories of participants in the program and with respect to the program as a whole. (2) An assessment of the implications for Government contributions and payments to the Survivor Benefit Plan program of the improvements to that program covered by paragraph (1), including the implications of such improvements on such contributions and payments with respect to various categories of participants in the program and with respect to the program as a whole. (3) An assessment of the implications for the actuarial soundness of the Survivor Benefit Plan program, and for Government contributions and payments to that program, of— (A) enactment of a law permitting participants in that program to designate an insurable interest beneficiary if a previously designated beneficiary dies; and (B) enactment of a law repealing the provisions of sections 1450(c) and 1451(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, that require the reduction of an annuity paid to a beneficiary under that program by the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation paid to the same beneficiary under section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code. (c) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.—In making the assessments under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b), the Comptroller General, in considering the Government contributions to the Survivor Benefit Plan program, shall consider both the Government’s

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