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[CITE: 22USC4071k]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                       CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
 
       SUBCHAPTER VIII--FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
 
                 Part II--Foreign Service Pension System
 
Sec. 4071k. Spousal agreements

    A spousal agreement is any written agreement (properly authenticated 
as determined by the Secretary of State) between a participant or former 
participant and his or her spouse or former spouse on file with the 
Secretary of State. A spousal agreement shall be consistent with the 
terms of this chapter and applicable regulations and, if executed at the 
time a participant or former participant is currently married, shall be 
approved by such current spouse. It may be used to fix the level of 
benefits payable under this part to a spouse or former spouse.

(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 862, as added Pub. L. 99-335, title IV, 
Sec. 415, June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 621.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'', 
meaning Pub. L. 96-465, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071, as amended, known 
as the Foreign Service Act of 1980, which is classified principally to 
this chapter (Sec. 3901 et seq.). For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3901 of this 
title and Tables.
