FL S1328

Requests Congress to eliminate the offset for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) that reduces Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) payments to eligible military widows and widowers

Notes that over 53,000 military widows and widowers currently lose SBP benefits due to the DIC-SBP offset, with some having their entire annuities eliminated

Points out that federal civil servants who enroll in the Federal Civil Service survivor benefit plan and die of service-connected causes do not face a similar offset

References a 2009 Federal Court of Appeals decision (Sharp v. United States) that partially repealed the offset for widows and widowers who remarry on or after December 16, 2003 and attain age 57

Directs copies of the memorial to be sent to the President, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and all Florida Congressional delegation members