Notice: The uscode.house.gov website is currently operating in a temporary format. While the United States Code remains available from its authoritative source, some website features and functionality are temporarily unavailable.
The United States Code Online is current through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
Search & Browse Currency and Updating Classification Tables Popular Name Tool Positive Law Codification Editorial Reclassification Downloads
10 U.S.C. 1444a: Regulations regarding payment of annuity to a representative payeeText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESCHAPTER 73-ANNUITIES BASED ON RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY
Jump To: Source CreditEditorial NotesAmendments

§1444a. Regulations regarding payment of annuity to a representative payee

(a)  The regulations prescribed pursuant to section 1444(a) of this title shall provide procedures for the payment of an annuity under this subchapter in the case of⁠—

(1)  a person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has been appointed; and

(2)  a minor, mentally incompetent, or otherwise legally disabled person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has not been appointed.

(b)  Those regulations may include the provisions set out in section 1455(d)(2) of this title.

(c)  An annuity paid to a person on behalf of an annuitant in accordance with the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) discharges the obligation of the United States for payment to the annuitant of the amount of the annuity so paid.

(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VI, § 654(b)(1) , Dec. 5, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1390 ; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1073(a)(26) , Nov. 18, 1997 , 111 Stat. 1901 .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1997⁠—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “section 1455(d)(2)” for “section 1455(c)”.