PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Director must write rules so a previous spouse who divorced a participant, former participant, or retired participant after September 29, 1988 can get a survivor annuity. The rules must give that former spouse the same rights, and as much as possible the same conditions — including any reductions to the participant’s annuity — that apply to former spouses under the Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1984 (see title 5, section 8331(23) for the term “former spouse”).

Title 50, §2036

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The Director shall prescribe regulations under which a previous spouse who is divorced after September 29, 1988, from a participant, former participant, or retired participant shall be eligible for a survivor annuity to the same extent and, to the greatest extent practicable, under the same conditions (including reductions to be made in the annuity of the participant) applicable to former spouses (as defined in section 8331(23) of title 5) of participants in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System (CSRS) as prescribed by the Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1984.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1984, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 98–615, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3195. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 1984 Amendment note set out under section 8331 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and Tables.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 226 of Pub. L. 88–643, as added Pub. L. 100–453, title III, § 302(a), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1906; amended Pub. L. 102–88, title III, § 304(b), (c), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 431, 432; Pub. L. 102–183, title III, § 306(a), (b), Dec. 4, 1991, 105 Stat. 1265, related to survivor annuities for previous spouses and second chance to elect survivor annuity for certain spouses and was set out as a note under section 403 of this title prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 88–643 by section 802 of Pub. L. 102–496.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on first day of fourth month beginning after Oct. 24, 1992, see section 805 of Pub. L. 102–496, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.

§2036 Survivor Annuities for Previous Spouses