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[CITE: 10USC1444a]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER 73--ANNUITIES BASED ON RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY
 
        SUBCHAPTER I--RETIRED SERVICEMAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION PLAN
 
Sec. 1444a. Regulations regarding payment of annuity to a 
        representative payee
        
    (a) The regulations prescribed pursuant to section 1444(a) of this 
title shall provide procedures for the payment of an annuity under this 
subchapter in the case of--
        (1) a person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has been 
    appointed; and
        (2) a minor, mentally incompetent, or otherwise legally disabled 
    person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has not been 
    appointed.

    (b) Those regulations may include the provisions set out in section 
1455(d)(2) of this title.
    (c) An annuity paid to a person on behalf of an annuitant in 
accordance with the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) 
discharges the obligation of the United States for payment to the 
annuitant of the amount of the annuity so paid.

(Added Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title VI, Sec. 654(b)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 
105 Stat. 1390; amended Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1073(a)(26), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1901.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-85 substituted ``section 1455(d)(2)'' 
for ``section 1455(c)''.
