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[CITE: 10USC1461]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
       CHAPTER 74--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY RETIREMENT FUND
 
Sec. 1461. Establishment and purpose of Fund; definition

    (a) There is established on the books of the Treasury a fund to be 
known as the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund (hereinafter 
in this chapter referred to as the ``Fund''), which shall be 
administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Fund shall be used 
for the accumulation of funds in order to finance on an actuarially 
sound basis liabilities of the Department of Defense under military 
retirement and survivor benefit programs.
    (b) In this chapter, the term ``military retirement and survivor 
benefit programs'' means--
        (1) the provisions of this title creating entitlement to, or 
    determining the amount of, retired or retainer pay;
        (2) the programs under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
    Defense providing annuities for survivors of members and former 
    members of the armed forces, including chapter 73 of this title, 
    section 4 of Public Law 92-425, and section 5 of Public Law 96-402; 
    and
        (3) the authority provided in section 1408(h) of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 98-94, title IX, Sec. 925(a)(1), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 
644; amended Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1622(e)(7), Nov. 
29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1605; Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title VI, 
Sec. 653(b)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2428.)

                       References in Text

    Section 4 of Public Law 92-425, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is 
set out as a note under section 1448 of this title.
    Section 5 of Public Law 96-402, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is 
set out as a note under section 1448 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 102-484 added par. (3).
    1989--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-189 inserted ``the term'' after ``In 
this chapter,''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1408 of this title; title 37 
section 203.
