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SEC. 654. CHILD SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN MINOR CHILDREN 
OF RETIREMENT-ELIGIBLE MEMBERS CON-
VICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESULTING 
IN DEATH OF CHILD’S OTHER PARENT. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR COURT-ORDERED PAYMENTS.— 
Section 1408(h) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end of such para-
graph the following: 
‘‘(B) If, in the case of a member or former member 
of the armed forces referred to in paragraph (2)(A), a 
court order provides for the payment as child support of 
an amount from the disposable retired pay of that member 
or former member (as certified under paragraph (4)) to 
an eligible dependent child of the member or former mem-
ber, the Secretary concerned, beginning upon effective 
service of such court order, shall pay that amount in ac-
cordance with this subsection to such dependent child.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘, or a dependent child,’’ after 
‘‘former spouse’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
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(i) by inserting ‘‘in the case of eligi-
bility of a spouse or former spouse under 
paragraph (1)(A),’’ after ‘‘(B)’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) in the case of eligibility of a dependent 
child under paragraph (1)(B), the other parent of 
the child died as a result of the misconduct that re-
sulted in the termination of retired pay.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, or an eligi-
ble dependent child,’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or the de-
pendent child,’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, or to a de-
pendent child,’’ after ‘‘former spouse’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—A court order authorized by 
the amendments made by this section may not provide for 
a payment attributable to any period before October 1, 
2005, or the date of the court order, whichever is later.
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SEC. 655. CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF VETERANS DIS-
ABILITY COMPENSATION AND MILITARY RE-
TIRED PAY. 
Section 1414(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, and in the case of a qualified retiree receiving 
veterans’ disability compensation at the rate payable for 
a 100 percent disability by reason of a determination of 
individual unemployability, payment of retired pay to such 
veteran is subject to subsection (c) only during the period 
beginning on January 1, 2004, and ending on September 
30, 2009’’. 
SEC. 656. MILITARY SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN BENE-
FICIARIES 
UNDER 
INSURABLE 
INTEREST 
COVERAGE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ELECT NEW BENEFICIARY.— 
Section 1448(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or under subparagraph (G) of 
this paragraph’’ in the second sentence of subpara-
graph (E) before the period at the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(G) ELECTION
OF
NEW
BENEFICIARY 
UPON DEATH OF PREVIOUS BENEFICIARY.—
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‘‘(i) AUTHORITY FOR ELECTION.—If 
the reason for discontinuation in the Plan 
is the death of the beneficiary, the partici-
pant in the Plan may elect a new bene-
ficiary. Any such beneficiary must be a 
natural person with an insurable interest 
in the participant. Such an election may be 
made only during the 180-day period be-
ginning on the date of the death of the 
previous beneficiary. 
‘‘(ii) PROCEDURES.—Such an election 
shall be in writing, signed by the partici-
pant, and made in such form and manner 
as the Secretary concerned may prescribe. 
Such an election shall be effective the first 
day of the first month following the month 
in which the election is received by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(iii) VITIATION
OF
ELECTION
BY 
PARTICIPANT
WHO
DIES
WITHIN
TWO 
YEARS
OF
ELECTION.—If a person pro-
viding an annuity under a election under 
clause (i) dies before the end of the two- 
year period beginning on the effective date 
of the election—
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‘‘(I) the election is vitiated; and 
‘‘(II) the amount by which the 
person’s retired pay was reduced 
under section 1452 of this title that is 
attributable to the election shall be 
paid in a lump sum to the person who 
would have been the deceased person’s 
beneficiary under the vitiated election 
if the deceased person had died after 
the end of such two-year period.’’. 
(b) CHANGE IN PREMIUM FOR COVERAGE OF NEW 
BENEFICIARY.—Section 1452(c) of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) RULE FOR DESIGNATION OF NEW INSUR-
ABLE INTEREST BENEFICIARY FOLLOWING DEATH 
OF ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall prescribe in regulations premiums which 
a participant making an election under section 
1448(b)(1)(G) of this title shall be required to pay 
for participating in the Plan pursuant to that elec-
tion. The total amount of the premiums to be paid 
by a participant under the regulations shall be equal 
to the sum of the following: 
‘‘(A) The total additional amount by which 
the retired pay of the participant would have