An Act to amend chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, to establish a survivor benefit plan, and for other purposes
PL 92-425 (H.R.10670), enacted 09/21/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-425-SEPT. 21, 1972 
[86 
STAT. 
Public Law 92-425 
September 21, 1972 
[H. R. 10670] 
Armed Forces. 
Survivor Bene-
fit Plan, estab-
lishment. 
10 u s e 1431. 
AN ACT 
70A Stat. 110; 
82 Stat. 752. 
Repeals. 
7 0A Stat. 111. 
75 Stat. 811. 
81 Stat. 652; 
83 Stat. 83 7. 
To amend chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, to establisli a SurA'ivor 
Benefit Plan, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou-^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Co^igress assemhled., That chapter 73 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) The title of the chapter is amended by adding "; SURVIVOR 
BENEFIT PLAN" after "PAY", and by inserting the following after 
the revised title: 
"Subchapter 
Sec. 
"I. Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan 
1431 
"II. Survivor Benefit Plan 
1447 
"Subchapter I.—Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan". 
(2) Subchapter I is amended as follows: 
(A) Sections 1435,1436,1437, 1438,1439,1440.1441,1442,1444 (a) 
and (c), 1445, and 1446 are each amended by striking out "chapter" 
wherever it appears and inserting in place thereof "subchapter''. 
(B) Section 1443 is repealed and the corresponding item in the sub-
chapter analysis for that section is stricken. 
(C) Section 1444(b) is repealed and the catchline and subchapter 
analysis item for section 1444 are each amended by striking out "re-
ports to Congress;". 
(3) The following new subchapter is added after section 1446: 
"Subchapter II.—Survivor Benefit Plan 
"Sec. 
"1447. Definitions. 
"1448. Application of Plan. 
"1449. Mental incompetency of member. 
"1450. Payment of annuity: beneficiaries. 
"1451. Amount of annuity. 
"1452. Reduction in retired or retainer pay. 
"1453. Recovery of annuity erroneously paid. 
"1454. Correction of administrative deficiencies. 
"1455. Regulations. 
"§ 1447. Definitions 
"In this subchapter: 
"(1) 'Plan' means the Survivor Benefit Plan established by this 
subchapter. 
"(2) 'Base amount'means— 
"(A) the amount of monthly retired or retainer pay to which 
a person— 
"(i) was entitled when he became eligible for that pay; or 
"(ii) later became entitled by being advanced on the 
retired list, performing active duty, or being transferred 
from the temporary disability retired list to the permanent 
disability retired list; or 
"(B) any amount less than that described by clause (A) 
designated by that person on or before the first day for which 
he became eligible for retired or retainer pay. but not less than 
as increased from time to time under section 1401a of this title. 
"(3) 'Widow' means the surviving wife of a person who, if not 
married to the person at the time he became eligible for retired or 
retainer pay— 
"(A) was married to him for at least two years immediately 
before his death; or 
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"(B) is the mother of issue by that iiuirriage. 
"(4) 'Widower" means the surviving husband of a person who, if 
not married to the person at the time she became eligible for retired 
or retainer pay— 
"(A) was married to her for at least two years immediately 
before her death; or 
"(B) is the father of issue by that marriage. 
" (5) 'Dependent child' means a person who is— 
"(A) unmarried; 
"(B) (i) under 18 years of age; (ii) at least 18, but under 22, 
years of age and pursuing a full-time course of study or training 
in a high school, trade school, technical or vocational institute, 
junior college, college, university, or comparable recognized edu-
cational institution; or (iii) incapable of supporting himself 
because of a mental or physical incapacity existing before his 
eighteenth birthday or incurred on or after that birthday, but 
before his tAventy-second birthday, while pursuing such a full-
time course of study or training; and 
"(C) the child of a person to whom the Plan applies, including 
(i) an adopted child, and (ii) a stepchild, foster child, or recog-
nized natural child who lived with that person in a regular parent-
child relationship. 
For the purpose of this clause, a child whose twenty-second birthday 
occurs before July 1 or after August 31 of a calendar year, and while 
he is regularly pursuing such a course of study or training, is con-
sidered to have become 22 years of age on the first day of July after 
that birthday. A child who is a student is considered not to have 
(teased to be a student during an interim between school years if the 
interim is not more than 150 days and if he shows to the satisfaction 
of the Secretary of Defense that he has a bona fide intention of con-
tinuing to pursue a course of study or training in the same or a different 
school during the school semester (or other period into which the 
school year is divided) immediately after the interim. Under this 
Foster child, 
clause, a foster child, to qualify as the dependent child of a person to 
whom the Plan applies, must, at the time of the death of that person, 
also reside with, and receive over one-half of his support from, that 
person, and not be cared for under a social agency contract. The 
temporary absence of a foster child from the residence of that person, 
while he is a student as described in this clause, will not be considered 
to affect the residence of such a foster child. 
"§ 1448. Application of plan 
" (a) The Plan applies to a person who is married or has a dependent 
child when he becomes entitled to retired or retainer pay unless he 
elects not to participate in the Plan before the first day for which he 
is eligible for that pay. If a person who is married elects not to partic-
ipate in the Plan at the maximum level, that person's spouse shall be 
notified of the decision. An election not to participate in the Plan is 
irrevocable if not revoked l)efore the date on which the person first 
becomes entitled to retired or retainer pay. However, a person who 
is not married when be becomes entitled to retired or retainer pay but 
who later marries, or acquires a dependent child, may elect to partic-
ipate in the Plan but his election must be written, signed by him, and 
received by the Secretary concerned within one year after he marries, 
or acquires that dependent child. Such an election may not be revoked. 
His election is effective as of the first day of the month after his Effective date. 
election is received by the Secretary concerned. 
"(b) A ])erson wlio is not married and does not have a dependent 
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child when he becomes entitled to retired or retainer pay may elect 
to provide an annuity to a natural person with an insurable interest 
in that person. 
"(c) The application of the Plan to a person whose name is on the 
temporary disability retired list terminates when his name is removed 
from that list and he is no longer entitled to retired pay. 
"(d) If a member of an armed force dies on active duty after he 
has become entitled to retired or retainer pay, or after he has qualified 
for that pay except that he has not applied for or been granted that 
pay, and his spouse is eligible for dependency and indemnity compen-
85 Stat. 660. 
sation under section 411(a) of title 38 in an amount that is less than 
the annuity the spouse would have received under this subchapter 
if it had applied to the member when he died, the Secretary concerned 
shall pay to the spouse an annuity equal to the difference between 
that amount of compensation and 55 percent of the retired or retainer 
pay to which the otherwise eligible spouse described in section 1450 
(a) (1) of this title would have been entitled if the member had been 
entitled to that pay based upon his years of active service when he died. 
*'§ 1449. Mental incompetency of member 
"If a person to whom section 1448 of this title applies is determined 
to be mentally incompetent by medical officers of tlie armed force con-
cerned or of the Veterans' Administration, or by a court of competent 
jurisdiction, any election described in the first sentence of subsection 
(a), or subsection (b), of section 1448 of this title may be made on 
behalf of that person by the Secretary concerned. If the person for 
whom the Secretary has made an election is later determined to be 
mentally competent by an authority named in the first sentence, he 
may, within 180 days after that determination revoke that election. 
Any deductions made from retired or retainer pay by reason of such 
an election will not be refunded. 
"§ 1450. Payment of annuity: beneficiaries 
"(a) Effective as of the first day after the death of a person to 
whom section 1448 of this title applies, a monthly annuity under sec-
tion 1451 of this title shall be paid to— 
"(1) the eligible widow or widower; 
"(2J the surviving dependent children in equal shares, if the 
eligible widow or widower is dead, dies, or otherwise becomes 
ineligible under this section; or 
"(3) the natural person designated under section 1448(b) of 
this title at the time the person to whom section 1448 applies 
became entitled to retired or retainer pay, if there is no eligible 
beneficiary under clause (1) or (2). 
Termination. 
"(I3) ^ji annuity payable to the beneficiary terminates effective as 
of the first day of the month in which eligibility is lost. An annuity 
for a widow or widower shall be paid to the widow or widower white 
the widow or widower is living or, if the widow or widower remarries 
before reaching age 60, until the widow or widower remarries. If the 
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widow or widower remarries before reaching age 60 and that marriage 
I 
is terminated by death, annulment, or divorce, payment of the annuity 
I 
will be resumed effective as of the first day of the month in which the 
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marriage is so terminated. However, if the widow or widower is also 
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entitled to an annuity under this section based upon the marriage so 
terminated, the widow or widower may not receive both annuities but 
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must elect which to receive. 
"(c) If, upon the death of a person to whom section 1448 of this 
title applies, the widoAV oi- widower of that person is also entitled 
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to compensation under section 411 (a) of title 88, the widow or widower 
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may be paid an annuity under this section, but only in the amount 
that the annuity otherwise payable imder this section would exceed 
that compensation. 
"(d) If, upon the death of a person to whom section 1448 of this 
Retired or re-
title applies, that person had in effect a waiver of his retired or retainer *°^"^'" ^^^ '^aiver. 
pay for the purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, an 
so stat. 564. 
annuity under this section shall not be payable unless^ in accordance 
^ "^^ ^^^^' 
with section 8339 (i) of title 5, he notified the Civil Service Commission 
Ante, P. i44. 
that he did not desire any spouse surviving him to receive an annuity 
under section 8341 (b) of that title. 
"(e) If no annuity under this section is payable because of sub- 
Refunds. 
section (c), any amounts deducted from the retired or retainer pay 
of the deceased under section 1452 of this title shall be refunded to the 
widow or widower. If, because of subsection (c), the annuity payable 
is less than the amount established under section 1451 of this title, the 
annuity payable shall be recalculated under that section. The amount 
of the reduction in the retired or retainer pay required to provide 
that recalculated annuity shall be computed under section 1452 of this 
title, and the difference between the amount deducted prior to the 
computation of that recalculated annuity and the amount that would 
have been deducted on the basis of that recalculated annuity shall be 
refunded to the widow or widower. 
"(f) An unmarried person who elects to provide an annuity to a 
person designated by him under subsection (a) (3), but who later mar-
ries or acquires a dependent child, may change that election and 
provide an annuity to his spouse or dependent child. A change of elec-
tion under this subsection is subject to the rules with respect to 
execution, revocation, and effectiveness set forth in the last three 
sentences of section 1448 (a) of this title. 
" (g) Except as provided in section 1449 of this title or in subsection 
Restriction. 
(f) of this section, an election under this section may not be changed 
or revoked. 
"(h) Except as provided in section 1451 of this title, an annuity 
under this section is in addition to any other payment to which a 
person is entitled under any other provision of law. Such annuity 
,.,, ^ 
shall be considered as income under laws administered by the Veterans' 
Administration. 
"(i) An annuity under this section is not assignable or subject to 
execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process. 
"§ 1451. Amount of annuity 
"(a) If the widow or widower is under age 62 or there is a dependent 
child, the monthly annuity payable to the widow, widower, or depend- 
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ent child, under section 1450 of this title shall be equal to 65 percent 
of the base amount. However, when the widow has one dependent 
child, the monthly annuity shall be reduced by an amount equal to the 
mother's benefit, if any, to which the widow would be entitled under 
subchapter I I of chapter 7 of title 42 based solely upon service by the 
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person concerned as described in section 410(1) (1) of title 42 and 
7ostat. 870; 
calculated assuming that the person concerned lived to age 65. When '''* ^'°*" ^^^" 
the widow or widower reaches age 62, or there is no longer a dependent 
child, whichever occurs later, the monthly annuity shall be reducedl 
by an amount equal to the amount of the survivor benefit, if any, to 
which the widow or widower would be entitled under subchapter I I 
of chapter 7 of title 42 based solely upon service by the person con-
cerned as described in section 410(1) (1) of title 42 and calculated 
assuming that the person concerned lived to age 65. For the purpose 
of the preceding sentence, a widow or widower shall be considered as 
entitled to a benefit under subchapter I I of chapter 7 of title 42 even 
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STAT. 
53 Stat. 1367; 
Ante, pp.41 0-415. 
Monthly annuity. 
Annuity in-
crease. 
81 Stat. 652; 
83 Stat. 837. 
Limitation. 
Waiver. 
80 Stat. 564. 
5 u s e 8331. 
Ante, 
p. 144. 
Refunds, 
striction. 
tliougli that benefit has been offset by deductions under section 403 of 
title 42 on account of work. 
''(b) The monthly annuity payable under section 1450(a) (3) of this 
title shall be 55 percent of the retired or retainer pay of the person 
who elected to provide that annuity after the reduction in that retired 
or retainer pay in accordance with section 1452(c) of this title. 
"(c) Whenever retired or retainei pay is increased under section 
1401a of this title, each annuity that is payable under this section, or 
r^ection 1448(d) of this title, on the day before the effective day of that 
increase shall be increased at the same time by the same total percent. 
The amount of the increase shall be based on the monthly annuity 
payable before any reduction under section 1448(d) or 1450(c) of 
this title, or subsection (a) of this section. 
"§ 1452. Reduction in retired or retainer pay 
"(a) The retired or retainer pay of a person to whom section 1448 
of this title applies who has a spouse, or who has a spouse and a 
dependent child, and who has not elected to provide an annuity to a 
person designated by him under section 1450(a) (3) of this title, or 
who had elected to provide such an annuity to such a person but has 
changed his election in favor of his spouse under section 1450(f) of 
this title, shall be reduced each month by an amount equal to 2i/^ per-
cent of the first $300 of the base amount plus 10 percent of the 
remainder of the base amount. As long as there is an eligible spouse 
and a dependent child, that amount shall be increased by an amount 
prescribed under regulations of the Secretary of Defense. 
"(b) The retired or retainer pay of a person to whom section 
1448 of this title applies who has a dependent child but does not have 
an eligible spouse, shall, as long as he has an eligible dependent child, 
be reduced by an amount prescribed under regulations of the Secre-
tary of Defense. 
"(c) The retired or retainer pay of a person who has elected to 
provide an annuity to a person designated by him under section 1450 
(a) (3) of this title shall be reduced by 10 percent plus 5 percent for 
each full 5 years the individual designated is younger than that person. 
However, the total reduction may not exceed 40 percent. 
"(d) If a person who has elected to participate in the Plan has 
been awarded retired or retainer pay and is not entitled to that pay 
for any period, he must deposit in the Treasury the amount that would 
otherwise have been deducted from his pay for that period, except 
when he is called or ordered to active duty for a j)eriod of more than 
30 days. 
"(e) When a person who has elected to participate in the Plan 
waives his retired or retainer pay for the purposes of subchapter III 
of chapter 83 of title 5, he shall not be required to make the deposit 
otherwise required by subsection (d) as long as that waiver is in effect 
unless, in accordance with section 8339 (i) of title 5, he has notified the 
Civil Service Commission that he does not desire any spouse surviving 
him to receive an annuity under section 8341 (b) of title 5. 
"(f) Except as provided in section 1450(e) of this title, a person is 
not entitled to any refunds of amounts deducted from retired or 
retainer pay under this section unless the amounts were deductexl 
through administrative error. 
"§ 1453. Recovery of annuity erroneously paid 
"In addition to other methods of recovery provided by law, the Sec-
retary concerned may authorize the recovery, by deduction from later 
payments to a person, of any amount erroneously paid to him under 
this subchapter. However, recovery is not required if, in the judgment 
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of the Secretary concerned and the Comptroller General, there has 
been no fault by the person to whom the amount was erroneously paid 
and recovery would be contrary to the purposes of this subchapter or 
against equity and good conscience. 
"§ 1454. Correction of administrative deficiencies 
''The Secretary concei-ned may, under regulations prescribed under 
section 1455 of this title, correct or revoke any election under this 
subchapter when he considers it necessary to correct an administrative 
error. Except when procured by fraud, a correction or revocation 
under this section is final and conclusive on all officers of the Ignited 
States. 
"§ 1455. Regulations 
"The President shall prescribe regulations to carry out this sub-
chapter. Those regulations shall, so far as practicable, be uniform for 
the armed forces, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration, and the Public Health Service. Those regulations shall— 
"'(l) provide that, when the notification referred to in section 
1448(a) of this title is required, the member and his spouse shall, 
before the date the member becomes entitled to retired or retainer 
pay, be informed of the elections available and the effects of such 
elections; and 
''(2) establish procedures for depositing the amounts referred 
to in section 1452(d) of this title."' 
SEC. 2. The chapter analysis of subtitle A and the analysis of part 
II of subtitle A of title 10, Ignited States Code, are each amended by 
amending the item relating to chapter 78 by adding ''; Survivor 
Benefit Plan" after "Pay". 
SKC. 8. (a) The Survivor Benefit Plan established pursuant to clause 
(8) of the first section of this Act applies to any person who initially 
^nte, p. 706. 
becomes entitled to retired or retainer pay on or after the effective 
date of this Act. An election made before that date by such a person 
under section 1481 of title 10. I'nited States Code, is canceled. How- 
^s stat. sio; 
ever, a person who initially becomes entitled to retired or retainer 
[)ay within 180 days after the effective date of this Act may. within 
180 days after becoming so entitled, elect— 
(1) not to participate in such Survivor Benefit Plan if he is 
married or has a dependent child; or 
(2) to participate in that Plan, if he is a person covered by 
section 1448 (b) of title 10,1'nited States Code. 
(b) Any person who is entitled to retired or retainer pay on the 
effective date of this Act may elect to participate in the Survivor 
Benefit Plan established pursuant to clause (3) of the first section of 
this Act before the first anniversary of that date. However, such a per-
son who is receiving retired or retainer pay reduced under section 
1486(a) of title 10, IJnited States Code, or who is depositing amounts 
^nte, p. yoe. 
under section 1438 of that title, may elect before the first anniversary 
of the effective date of this Act— 
(1) to participate in the Plan and continue his participation 
under chapter 78 of that title as in effect on the day before the 
effective date of this Act, except that the total of the annuities 
elected may not exceed 100 percent of his retired or retainer pay; 
or 
(2) to participate in the Plan and, notwithstanding section 
1436(b) of that title, terminate his participation under chapter 
78 of that title as in effect on the day before the effective date of 
this Act. 
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Ante, p. 706. 
"Base amount." 
81 Stat. 652; 
83 Stat. 837. 
Effective date. 
76 Stat. 451; 
82 Stat. 1314. 
Ante, pp. 708, 
710, 711. 
Annuity pay-
ments , eligibility. 
72 Stat. 1137; 
81 Stat. 180. 
38 u s e 531. 
38 u s e 521 
note. 
72 Stat. 1108; 
84 Stat. 1864. 
A person who elects under clause (2) of this subsection is not entitled 
to a refund of amounts previously deducted from his retired or 
retainer jDay under chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, as in 
effect on the day before the effective date of this Act, or any payments 
made thereunder on his behalf. A person who is not married or does 
not have a dependent child on the first anniversary of the effective 
date of this Act, but who later marries or acquires a dependent child, 
may elect to participate in the Plan under the fourth sentence of sec-
tion 1448 (a) of that title. 
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Survivor Benefit Plan 
established pursuant to clause (3) of the first section of this Act, and 
except as otnerwise provided in this section, subchapter I of chapter 
73 of title 10, United States Code (other than the last two sentences 
of section 1436(a), section 1443, and section 1444(b)), as in effect on 
the day before the effective date of this Act, shall continue to apply 
in the case of persons, and their beneficiaries, who have elected 
annuities under section 1431 or 1432 of that title and who have not 
elected under subsection (b) (2) of this section to participate in that 
Plan. 
(d) In this section, "base amount" means— 
(1) the monthly retired or retainer pay to which a person— 
(A^ is entitled on the effective date of this Act; or 
(B) later becomes entitled by being advanced on the retired 
list, performing active duty, or being transferred from the 
temporary disability retired list to the permanent disability 
retired list; or 
(2) any amount less than that described in clause (1) desig-
nated by that person at the time he makes an election under 
subsection (a)(2) or (b) of this section, but not less than $300; 
as increased from time to time under section 1401a of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(e) An election made under subsection (a) or (b) of this section 
is effective on the date it is received by the Secretary concerned, as 
defined in section 101(5) of title 37, United States Code. 
(f) Sections 1449, 1453, and 1454 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by clause (3) of the first section of this Act, are applicable 
to persons covered by this section. 
SEC. 4. (a) A person— 
(1) who, on the effective date of this Act is, or within one 
calendar year after that date becomes, a widow of a person who 
was entitled to retired or retainer pay when he died; 
(2) who is eligible for a pension under subchapter I I I of chap-
ter 15 of title 38, United States Code, or section 9(b) of the 
Veterans' Pension Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 436); and 
(3) whose annual income, as determined in establishing that 
eligibility, is less than $1,400; 
shall fc^ paid an annuity by the Secretary concerned unless she is 
eligible to receive an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan estab-
lished pursuant to clause (3) of the first section of this Act. However, 
such a person who is the widow of a retired ofiicer of the Public Health 
Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and 
who would otherwise be eligible for an annuity under this section 
except that she does not qualify for the pension described in clause (2) 
of this subsection because the service of her deceased spouse is not 
considered active duty under section 101(21) of title 38, United States 
Code, is entitled to an annuity under this section. 
(b) The annuity under subsection (a) of this section shall be in an 
amount which when added to the widow's income determined under 
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subsection (a) (3) of this section, plus the amount of any annuity 
being received under sections 1431-1436 of title 10, United States 
Code, but exclusive of a pension described in subsection (a) (2) of this 
^"te, p. roe. 
section, equals $1,400 a year. In addition, the Secretary concerned shall 
paj to the widow, described in the last sentence of subsection (a) of 
this section, an amount equal to the pension she would otherwise have 
been eligible to receive under subchapter III of chapter 15 of title 38, 
United States Code, if the service of her deceased spouse was consid- 
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ered active duty under section 101 (21) of that title. 
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SEC. 5. Section 3 (a) (4) of the Act of August 10,1966, chapter 1041, 
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4 stat. i864. 
as amended (33 U.S.C. 857a(a) (5)), and section 221(a) (5) of the 
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A stat. 619; 
Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 213a(a) (5)), are " ^'^'' '^s-
each amended to read as follows: 
"Chapter 73, Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan; 
Survivor Benefit Plan." 
SEO. 6. Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 415(g) (M) is amended to read as follows: 
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4 stat. 1584. 
" (M) payments of annuities elected under suMiapter I of chap-
ter 73 of title 10." 
(2) Section 503(17) is amended to read as follows: 
" (17) payments of annuities elected under sulx^hapter I of chap-
ter 73 of title 10.". 
Approved September 21, 1972. 
Public Law 92-426 
AN ACT 
September21, 1972 
To establish a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sfiencen and to 
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provide scholarships to selected persons for education in medicine, dentistry, 
and other health professions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the /Senate g,nd House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may ij.^rHe'^th 1"^ 
be cited as the "Uniformed Services Health Professions Revitaliza- fessions^Revitai-
tion Act of 1972". 
^""0" Act o
f 
SEC. 2. (a) Title 10, United States (^ode, is amended by adding the ' ^
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following new chapters after chapter 103: 
78 stat. io64. 
10 use 2101, 
"Chapter 104.—UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF 
THE HEALTH SCIENCES 
•'Sec. 
•'2112. Establishment. 
•'2113. Board of regents. 
"2114. Students: selection; status; obligation. 
"2115. Graduates: limitation on number electing to i)erf()rm civilian Federal duty, 
"2116. Reports to Congress. 
•'2117. Authorization for appropriations. 
"§2112. Establishment 
" (a) There is hereby authorized to be established within 25 miles of