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‘‘(I) for providing for the automatic enrollment of a partici-
pant in accordance with section 8432(b)(2)(A); 
‘‘(II) for enrolling a participant in a default investment 
fund in accordance with section 8438(c)(2); or 
‘‘(III) for allowing a participant to invest through the 
mutual fund window or for establishing restrictions applicable 
to participants’ ability to invest through the mutual fund 
window.’’. 
SEC. 107. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after section 8479 the following: 
‘‘§ 8480. Subpoena authority 
‘‘(a) In order to carry out the responsibilities specified in this 
subchapter and subchapter III of this chapter, the Executive 
Director may issue subpoenas commanding each person to whom 
the subpoena is directed to produce designated books, documents, 
records, electronically stored information, or tangible materials in 
the possession or control of that individual. 
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding any Federal, State, or local law, any per-
son, including officers, agents, and employees, receiving a subpoena 
under this section, who complies in good faith with the subpoena 
and thus produces the materials sought, shall not be liable in 
any court of any State or the United States to any individual, 
domestic or foreign corporation or upon a partnership or other 
unincorporated association for such production. 
‘‘(c) When a person fails to obey a subpoena issued under 
this section, the district court of the United States for the district 
in which the investigation is conducted or in which the person 
failing to obey is found, shall on proper application issue an order 
directing that person to comply with the subpoena. The court may 
punish as contempt any disobedience of its order. 
‘‘(d) The Executive Director shall prescribe regulations to carry 
out subsection (a).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 8479 the following: 
‘‘8480. Subpoena authority.’’. 
SEC. 108. AMOUNTS IN THRIFT SAVINGS FUNDS SUBJECT TO LEGAL 
PROCEEDINGS. 
Section 8437(e)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
in the first sentence by striking ‘‘or relating to the enforcement 
of a judgment for the physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing 
a child as provided under section 8467(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
enforcement of an order for restitution under section 3663A of 
title 18, forfeiture under section 8432(g)(5) of this title, or an obliga-
tion of the Executive Director to make a payment to another person 
under section 8467 of this title’’. 
SEC. 109. ACCOUNTS FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES. 
Section 8433(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding section 8424(d), if an employee, Member, 
former employee, or former Member dies and has designated as
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sole or partial beneficiary his or her spouse at the time of death, 
or, if an employee, Member, former employee, or former Member, 
dies with no designated beneficiary and is survived by a spouse, 
the spouse may maintain the portion of the employee’s or Member’s 
account to which the spouse is entitled in accordance with the 
following terms: 
‘‘(A) Subject to the limitations of subparagraph (B), the 
spouse shall have the same withdrawal options under sub-
section (b) as the employee or Member were the employee 
or Member living. 
‘‘(B) The spouse may not make withdrawals under sub-
section (g) or (h). 
‘‘(C) The spouse may not make contributions or transfers 
to the account. 
‘‘(D) The account shall be disbursed upon the death of 
the surviving spouse. A beneficiary or surviving spouse of a 
deceased spouse who has inherited an account is ineligible 
to maintain the inherited spousal account. 
‘‘(3) The Executive Director shall prescribe regulations to carry 
out this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 110. TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES 
UNDER THE THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) members of the uniformed services should have a retire-
ment system that is at least as generous as the one which 
is available to Federal civilian employees; and 
(2) Federal civilian employees receive matching contribu-
tions from their employing agencies for their contributions to 
the Thrift Savings Fund, but the costs of requiring such a 
matching contribution from the Department of Defense could 
be significant. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall report to Congress on— 
(1) the cost to the Department of Defense of providing 
a matching payment with respect to contributions made to 
the Thrift Savings Fund by members of the Armed Forces; 
(2) the effect that requiring such a matching payment 
would have on recruitment and retention; and 
(3) any other information that the Secretary of Defense 
considers appropriate. 
TITLE II—SPECIAL SURVIVOR INDEM-
NITY ALLOWANCE FOR SURVIVING 
SPOUSES OF ARMED FORCES MEM-
BERS 
SEC. 201. INCREASE IN MONTHLY AMOUNT OF SPECIAL SURVIVOR 
INDEMNITY ALLOWANCE FOR WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS OF 
DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AFFECTED 
BY REQUIRED SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN ANNUITY OFFSET 
FOR DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION. 
(a) PAYMENT AMOUNT PER FISCAL YEAR.—Paragraph (2) of 
section 1450(m) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting the following 
new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(F) for months during fiscal year 2014, $150; 
‘‘(G) for months during fiscal year 2015, $200; 
‘‘(H) for months during fiscal year 2016, $275; and 
‘‘(I) for months during fiscal year 2017, $310.’’. 
(b) DURATION.—Paragraph (6) of such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘February 28, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2017’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘March 1, 2016’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.