Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Amendments of 1985

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1984 to apply the guidelines regarding the termination of annuity benefits for survivors of Federal retirees who remarry before age 55, and the guidelines regarding restoration of such benefits upon dissolution of such remarriages, to: (1) remarriages occurring on or after the date of enactment of such Act (November 8, 1984); and (2) periods beginning on or after such date. (This would permit survivors who were widowed before May 8, 1985, the effective date of the guidelines, to remarry at age 55 without losing their benefits.) Provides that a survivor's annuity shall be either 55 percent of the Federal retiree's annuity or that portion which the retiree has designated for survivor annuity benefits. Permits a Federal retiree to elect a survivor's annuity for a former spouse within 18 months of the effective date of certain regulations under this Act (thus granting an 18 month extension to annuitants who wish to modify a previous election.) Allows Federal retirees who have elected a survivor's annuity for a former spouse before certain implementing regulations become …