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31 U.S.C. § 776

Payment of survivor benefits

United States · Title 31 — MONEY AND FINANCE · Status: effective

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31 U.S.C. § 776, Payment of survivor benefits, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467482
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An accrued annuity unpaid when the annuity of a survivor ends— when a survivor dies, shall be paid in the following order of precedence:

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 97-258(H.R. 6128)1982-09-13
    A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance".
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-426(H.R. 4318)1988-09-09
    General Accounting Office Personnel Amendments Act of 1988
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 108-271(H.R. 2751)2004-07-07
    GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004
    House: 382–43Senate: no recorded tally