,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #digg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #h1  
#bjbj,mr4 ,lankford 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,sinema7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to amend title #e1 ,united ,states     
,code1 to require that a court decree1  
court order1 or other similar process   
expressly provides for an annuity       
supplement payment4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,retirement ,annuity ,supplement        
,clarity ,act4  #b4 ,court orders  7a7  
,court orders ,section #hdfg of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 
7#a7 by redesignating subsection 7c7 as 
subsection 7d72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7b7 the following3  7c7
 ,if a court decree1 court order1 or    
agreement described in paragraph 7#a7 of
 subsection 7a7 expressly divides an    
annuity under subchapter ,,ii1 an       

annuity supplement payment made under   
section #hdba shall be included in the  
computation of that division1 unless the
 court decree1 court order1 or agreement
 expressly excludes division of the     
annuity supplement4  4  7b7 ,technical  
and conforming amendment ,section #hbda 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is  
amended by striking subsection 7c74  7c7
 ,applicability  7#a7 ,in general ,the  
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply to all annuity supplement payments
 under section #hdba of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code1 that begin on1 or
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act4  7#b7 ,retroactive payments  7,a7 
,definition ,in this paragraph3 7i7     
,annuity supplement ,the term annuity   
supplement means an annuity supplement  
under section #hbda of title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code4  7ii7 ,covered annuitant
 ,the term covered annuitant means any  
annuitant-- 7,i7 who was retired on or  
before the date of enactment of this    
,act2  7,,ii7 who is or was entitled to 

an annuity supplement2  7,,iii7 whose   
annuity was subject to a court order    
described in section #hdfg7;a77#a7 that 
was silent regarding the annuity        
supplement or that included language    
that expressly excluded the annuity     
supplement from division2 and  7,,iv7   
whose annuity supplement was recomputed 
by the ,office of ,personnel ,management
 during the period beginning on ,june   
#cj1 #bjaf1 and ending on the date of   
enactment of this ,act to retroactively 
include the annuity supplement in the   
division of the annuity4  7,b7 ,payment 
,the ,office of ,personnel ,management  
shall pay a one-time payment from the   
,civil ,service ,retirement and         
,disability ,fund established under     
section #hcdh of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 to a covered annuitant   
who received an annuity supplement under
 section #hdba of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 before the date of       
enactment of this ,act an amount        
7without interest7 equal to the amount  

deducted from the annuity of the covered
 annuitant as a result of including the 
annuity supplement in the computation of
 a court-ordered division or other      
scenario described in subparagraph      
7,a77ii77,,iii77bb74  7#c7 ,no repayment
 ,overpayments paid to a covered        
annuitant1 or any overpayments of       
apportionment paid to a former spouse of
 a covered annuitant 7as the case may   
be71 before the date of enactment of    
this ,act1 which resulted from excluding
 the covered annuitant's annuity        
supplement in the computation of a      
court-ordered apportionment1 shall be   
waived4