Excerpt from Auxiliary Member Advisory Committee (AMAC)

National Project Briefing to MOAA Board of Directors, July 2012

SBP–DIC OFFSET UNREMARRIED

SURVIVING SPOUSES

SBP-DIC OFFSET

Total SBP Recipients 327,184

Total SBP Recipients Offset 57,134

Average SBP Offset Per Month $ 976.00 Information Per DoD Office of Actuary Report Dated 9/30/11

SBP–DIC OFFSET SBP RECIPIENTS

Survivors

<65 50,869 >65 276,315

327,184

16%

84%

Source: DoD Office of Actuary Report-September 30, 2011 Does Not Include Coast Guard

SBP-DIC OFFSET

7.3%

10.2%

327,184 Total SBP Recipients

Full/Partial Offset by DIC

23,854 Survivors Partial Offset

33,280Survivors Full DIC Offset

SBP-DIC OFFSETDIC OFFSET BY AGE

Survivors<65 12,636 >65 44,498 57,134

SBP-DIC OFFSET: CHAPTER COMMENTS• THERE ARE 3,480 WIDOWED SPOUSES AFFECTED BY OFFSET IN

NEVADA

• HR 178 AND S 260 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION AMENDMENTS (ELIMINATE THE SPB – DIC OFFSET) NEED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT THIS YEAR

• PLEASE CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS AND ASK THEM TO FIGHT TO INCLUDE THE AMENDMENTS IN THE FINAL NDAA LEGISLATION

Call the US Capitol at 1-866-272-6622 toll free (MOAA) or commercial, (202) 224-3121 ; ask for the office of:

Senator Heller Senator Reid Representative Mark Amodei (If you’re from Dist. 2) Representative Shelley Berkley (If you’re from Dist. 1) Representative Joe Heck (If you’re from Dist. 3)