Sec. 622. Technical corrections in calculation and publication of special survivor indemnity allowance cost of living adjustments
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(2)of section 1450(m) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subparagraph (I), by striking December and inserting November ; and in subparagraph (J), by striking for months during any calendar year after 2018 and inserting for months after November 2018 . Paragraph
(6)of such section is amended— in the paragraph heading, by striking and inserting after 2018 ; and after November 2018 by striking subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)and inserting the following new subparagraphs: Whenever retired pay is increased for a month under section 1401a of this title (or any other provision of law), the amount of the allowance payable under paragraph
(1)for that month shall also be increased. With respect to an eligible survivor of a member of the uniformed services, the increase for a month shall be— the amount payable pursuant to paragraph
(2)for months during the preceding 12-month period; plus an amount equal to a percentage of the amount determined pursuant to clause (i), which percentage is the percentage by which the retired pay of the member would have increased for the month, as described in subparagraph (A), if the member was alive (and otherwise entitled to such pay). The monthly amount of an allowance payable under this subsection, if not a multiple of $1, shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of $1. Whenever an increase in the amount of the allowance payable under paragraph
(1)is made pursuant to this paragraph, the Secretary of Defense shall publish the amount of the allowance so payable by reason of such increase, including the months for which payable. . The amendments made by this section shall take effect on December 1, 2018.