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A-44004 1 (1973-04-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadvi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AtC 6 /0)IC5- rno l- COMPTIOLER GENERAL OF THE UNITE1 TATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 0WI- A.4p04 ril27, 1973 Id The Honorab!. la . ot L. Richardon The Secretary of Dofenus Dear Mrs Secretary: Further reference is made to latter dated March 5,- 1973, frcm the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), in which a deci- sion is requested as to whether ezisting procedure perti.uin to the inscrption unrearried widow en cheks payable to widows under the Retired Servicetw'a Family Protection Plan and the Surztvor Benefit Plan, Chapter 73, of title 10, United Stateu Code, may be amnded by obtaining a one-time certifictia fro= te widow at the tima the widowu payments are established Am lieu of present procedure. Depart- ment of Dfeuse Military Pay and Allovance Com ttee Action o. 469, coutaling a discussion of the matter is enclosed with the letter. The Comittee Action explains that under the Retired LVerviceman'a Fvntly Protection .Plar and the Survivor anefit Plan, a mmber of the arzd forces may elect to accept reduced retired or retainer pay in order to provide an annuity to certain specified beneficiaries upon his death, An annuity payable to or on behalf of the vurviving spouse ceases upon the death or regarriage of the survving spouse, with the exception that if rerarriage occurs after the surv±vJ4g spoutse attains age 60 the mmuity rill ccmtinue undisturbed, It iastated that wrder current procedure of the military services, the sinoriptionu ot checka payable to widows under the Plans boar the qualifyinj legend unremarried widcrw This legend, it io indicated, althouh not required by statutory authority, in designed to provide a rcviadcr to the payee and second endorsee that the payee i' fntitled to the proceeds of the eck only while the unrenarried status continues to exist, And, by endorsing the check with such inscription,, the payee in effect certifiee to the continued unremarried status, It is pointed out in the Comittoe Action that military services have been inforund that the Social Security Adniastration and the Departmat of H1ealth, Education and Welfaret have disccntinued the practice of using the legend unremarried widow on the checks payable to widows while they romaid unrerarried, although such inscription had Es OJ GJAVAIM

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