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 96 STAT. 1922

Definitions.

42 USC 3121 note.

Ante, p. 1761.

PUBLIC LAW 97-377—DEC. 21, 1982

increased above the rates as in effect immediately before such increase. (2) The amount of the benefit payable to any person under subsection (a) or (b) and the amount of any increase in any such benefit made pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of this subsection, if not a multiple of $1, shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of $1. (f) Payments under subsections (a) and (b) shall be made only for months after the month in which this section is enacted. (g)(1) During fiscal year 1983 the Secretary of Defense shall transfer from time to time from the "Retired Pay, Defense" account of the Department of Defense to the head of the agency such amounts as the head of the agency determines to be necessary to pay the benefits provided for under subsections (a) and (b) during such fiscal year and to pay the administrative expenses incurred in paying such benefits during such fiscal year. The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds under this subsection in advance of the payment of benefits and expenses by the head of the agency. (2) The head of the agency shall establish on the books of the agency over which he exercises jurisdiction a new account to be used for the payment of benefits under subsections (a) and (b) and shall credit to such account all funds transferred to him for such purpose by the Secretary of Defense. (h) The head of the agency and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may enter into an agreement to provide for the payment by the Secretary or the head of the agency of benefits provided for under subsection (a) and benefits provided for under section 202(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(g)) in a single monthly payment and for the payment by the Secretary or the head of the agency of benefits provided for under subsection (b) and benefits provided for under section 202(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)) in a single monthly payment, if the head of the agency and the Secretary agree that such action would be practicable and cost effective to the Government. (i) For the purposes of this section: (1) The term "head of the agency" means the head of such department or agency of the Government as the President shall designate to administer the provisions of this section. (2) The terms " active military, naval, or air service" and "service-connected" have the meanings given those terms in paragraphs (24) and (16), respectively, of section 101 of title 38, United States Code, except that for the purposes of this section such terms do not apply to any service in the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. SEC. 157. Upon request of the city of Tacoma, Washington, the Secretary of Commerce shall authorize such city to sell or lease to any person the Pantages Centre for the Performing Arts building, without affecting the Federal assistance provided under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (project numbered 07-11-02513), if such transfer documents provide for the operation of such facility as a performing arts center for at least twenty-five years after such transfer. SEC. 158. For activities of the White House Conference on Productivity, including the conduct of regional and local conferences throughout the United States, as authorized by Public Law 97-367, $1,500,000.

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