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 PUBLIC LAW 96-465—OCT. 17, 1980

94 STAT. 2121

not been an annuity reduction (or a salary reduction or payment under section 814(c)(3)); or (ii) is otherwise inconsistent with the requirements of this chapter. (2) Except with respect to obligations between participants and former spouses, pa3mients under this chapter which would otherwise be made to a participant or annuitant based upon his or her service shall be paid (in whole or in part) by the Secretary of State to another individual to the extent expressly provided for in the terms of any order or any court decree of legal separation, or the terms of any court order or court-approved property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of legal separation. (3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply only to payments made under this chapter for periods beginning after the date of receipt by the Secretary of State of written notice of such decree, order, or agreement, and such additional information and such documentation as the Secretary of State may require. (4) Any payment under this subsection to an individual bars recovery by any other individual. (5) The 10-year requirement of section 80403)(6), or any other provision of this chapter, shall not be construed to affect the rights any spouse or individual formerly married to a participant or annuitant may have, under any law or rule of law of any State or the District of Columbia, with respect to an annuity of a participant or annuitant under this chapter. (c) None of the moneys mentioned in this chapter shall be assignable either in law or equity, except under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, except as otherwise may be provided by Federal law. SEC. 821. PAYMENTS FOR FUTURE BENEFITS.—(a) Any statute which authorizes— (1) new or liberalized benefits payable from the Fund, including annuity increases other than under section 825; (2) extension of the benefits of the System to new groups of employees; or (3) increases in salary on which benefits are computed; is deemed to authorize appropriations to the Fund to finance the unfunded liability created by that statute, in 30 equal annual installments with interest computed at the rate used in the then most recent valuation of the System and with the first payment thereof due as of the end of the fiscal year in which each new or liberalized benefit, extension of benefits, or increase in salary is effective. (b) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund for each fiscal year an amount equal to the amount of the Foreign Service normal cost for that year which is not met by contributions to the Fund under section 805(a). SEC. 822. UNFUNDED LIABILITY OBLIGATIONS.—(a) At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of State shall notify the Secretary of the Treasury of the amount equivalent to— (1) interest on the unfunded liability computed for that year at the interest rate used in the then most recent valuation of the System, and (2) that portion of disbursement for annuities for that year which the Secretary of State estimates is attributable to credit allowed for military and naval service. (b) Before closing the accounts for each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall credit such amounts to the Fund, as a Government

22 USC 406I.

Appropriation authorization, 22 USC 4062.

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