Sec. 672. Authority for payment of pay and allowances and retired and retainer pay pursuant to power of attorney
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Section 602 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking , in the opinion of a board of medical officers or physicians, ; and by striking use or benefit and all that follows through any person designated and inserting the following: “use or benefit to— a legal committee, guardian, or other representative that has been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction; an individual to whom the member has granted authority to manage such funds pursuant to a valid and legally executed durable power of attorney; or any person designated ; in subsection (b)— by striking The board shall consist and inserting An individual may not be designated under subsection (a)(3) to receive payments unless a board consisting ; and by inserting determines that the member is mentally incapable of managing the member's affairs.
Any such board shall be after treatment of mental disorders, ; in subsection (c), by striking designated and inserting authorized to receive payments ; is subsection (d), by inserting , unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders payment of such fee, commission, or other charge before the period; by striking subsection (e); by redesignating subsection
(f)as subsection (e); and in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (6)— by inserting under subsection (a)(3) after who is designated ; and by striking $1,000 and inserting $25,000 .