Military Survivor Benefit Plan: Background and Issues for Congress : Congressional Research Service (CRS) , June 29, , 2021
Military Survivor Benefit Plan: Background and Issues for Congress : Congressional Research Service (CRS) , June 29, , 2021
From the introduction: “The Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP), enacted in 1972, provides cash benefits to a surviving spouse or other eligible recipient(s) of a retiree or deceased member of the uniformed services.1 The original intent of the SBP (and its antecedents) was to “ensure that the surviving dependents of military personnel who die in retirement or after becoming eligible for retirement will continue to have a reasonable level of income.” 2 Coverage was later expanded to those who die while on active service. Under the SBP, a military retiree can have a portion of his or her monthly retired pay withheld in order to provide a beneficiary with a monthly survivor benefit.”
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