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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§8587 Election of Annuity for Self and Beneficiary

Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART III — EDUCATION AND TRAINING › CHAPTER 857 — RETIREMENT OF CIVILIAN MEMBERS OF THE TEACHING STAFFS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AND UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL › § 8587

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a civilian retires under this law, they can choose a smaller lifetime annuity for themselves plus a payment to a named beneficiary after their death. The beneficiary payment can be either the same as the retiree’s reduced annuity or 50 percent of it. Together the two payments must have, on the retirement date, the same actuarial value as the normal annuity under section 8585 or 8586, using tables from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. The retiree must name the beneficiary in writing and file that choice with the Secretary when retiring. The beneficiary’s annuity stops when the beneficiary dies.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8587

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)At the time of his retirement, a civilian member retiring under this chapter may elect to receive instead of the amount payable annually by the Secretary of the Navy under section 8585 or 8586 of this title a reduced annuity for his life and an annuity payable after his death to his beneficiary in either—
(1)an amount equal to his reduced annuity; or
(2)an amount equal to 50 percent of his reduced annuity.
The annuities payable to principal and beneficiary, under either election, shall be in amounts that have, on the date of the retirement of the civilian member, a combined actuarial value equal to the actuarial value of the annuity payable by the Secretary under section 8585 or 8586 of this title, as determined under actuarial tables prepared by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
(b)If the civilian member elects to take a reduced annuity under this section, he shall, at the time of his retirement, designate the beneficiary in writing and file the designation with the Secretary.
(c)The annuity payable under this section to the beneficiary of a deceased civilian member shall be terminated upon the death of the beneficiary.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

1956 Act Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 708734 U.S.C. 1073c–3.Jan. 16, 1936, ch. 3, § 4C; added Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 740, 60 Stat. 805. In subsection (a) the words “under actuarial tables prepared by the Civil Service Commission” are substituted for the words “under the provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act” because that Act, as amended in 1948, no longer provides for the computation of actuarial values. The Secretary of the Navy, in administering the provisions of law codified in this section, uses tables prepared by the Civil Service Commission prior to the 1948 amendment. 1982 ActThis amends 10:7087(a) to reflect the

Transfer of Functions

from the Civil Service Commission to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management under section 102 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 (eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 92 Stat. 3783).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(c)(1), renumbered section 7087 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 8585 or 8586” for “section 7085 or 7086” in introductory provisions and concluding provisions. 1982—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–295 substituted “Director of the Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8587

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110