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[CITE: 31USC771]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE I--GENERAL
 
                  CHAPTER 7--GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
 
                         SUBCHAPTER V--ANNUITIES
 
Sec. 771. Definitions

    In this subchapter--
        (1) ``dependent child'' means an unmarried dependent child 
    (including a stepchild or adopted child) who is--
            (A) under 18 years of age;
            (B) incapable of self-support because of physical or mental 
        disability; or
            (C) between 18 and 22 years of age and is a student 
        regularly pursuing a full-time course of study or training in 
        residence in a high school, trade school, technical or 
        vocational institute, junior college, college, university, or 
        comparable recognized educational institution. For the purposes 
        of this subchapter, a child whose 22nd birthday occurs before 
        July 1 or after August 31 of a calendar year, and while such 
        child is regularly pursuing such a course of study or training, 
        is deemed to have become 22 years of age on the first day of 
        July after that birthday. A child who is a student is deemed not 
        to have ceased to be a student during an interim period between 
        school years if the interim period is not more than 5 months and 
        if such child shows to the satisfaction of the General Counsel 
        of the General Accounting Office that such child has a bona fide 
        intention of continuing 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 period.

        (2) ``surviving spouse'' means a surviving spouse of an 
    individual who was a Comptroller General or retired Comptroller 
    General and the spouse--
            (A) was married to the individual for at least 1 year 
        immediately before the individual died; or
            (B) has not remarried before age 55 and is the parent of 
        issue by the marriage.

        (3) service as a Comptroller General equals the number of years 
    and complete months an individual is Comptroller General.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 902; Pub. L. 100-426, title 
II, Sec. 202, Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1600.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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771(1), (2)..........................  31:43b(g).                      June 10,
 1921, ch. 18, 42 Stat. 20, Sec.
                                                                        319(g),
 (p); added July 13, 1959, Pub.
                                                                        L. 86-8
7, 73 Stat. 198, 200.
771(3)...............................  31:43b(p).
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    In this subchapter, the words ``surviving spouse'', ``spouse'', 
``surviving spouse's'', and ``parent'' are substituted for ``widow'', 
``wife'', ``surviving widow's'', and ``mother'', respectively, because 
of 5:7202(c).
    In clause (3), the words ``or retired Comptroller General'' are 
omitted as executed because a retired Comptroller General could elect 
survivor benefits and include retirement service only if the Comptroller 
General had retired by July 13, 1959. The word ``total'' is omitted as 
surplus. The words ``complete months'' are substituted for ``twelfth 
parts thereof, excluding from the aggregate the fractional part of a 
month, if any'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``an 
individual is Comptroller General'' are added for clarity.


                               Amendments

    1988--Par. (1)(C). Pub. L. 100-426, Sec. 202(a), added subpar. (C).
    Par. (2)(A). Pub. L. 100-426, Sec. 202(b)(1), substituted ``1 year'' 
for ``2 years''.
    Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 100-426, Sec. 202(b)(2), inserted ``before age 
55'' after ``remarried''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-426 effective after end of 60-day period 
beginning Sept. 9, 1988, with certain exceptions, see section 208 of 
Pub. L. 100-426, set out as a note under section 772 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 775, 776 of this title.
