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PUBLIC LAW 103-66—AUG. 10, 1993 107 STAT. 411 or Member. The reduction shall, to the extent prac- ticable, be designed so that the present value of the future reduction is actuarially equivalent to the deposit required under this paragraph, except that the total reductions in the annuity of an employee or Member to pay deposits required by the provisions of this para- graph, paragraph (5), or subsection (kX2) shall not exceed 25 percent of the annuity computed imder sub- sections (a) through (i), (n), and (q), including adjust- ments under section 8340. The reduction, which shall be effective on the same date as the election under this paragraph, shall be permanent and unaffected by any future termination of the entitlement of the former spouse. Such reduction shall be independent of and in addition to the reduction required under the first sentence of this paragraph."; and (B) in paragraph (5XC)— (i) in clause (ii) by striking ", within 2 years after the date of the remarriage or, if later, the death or remarriage of the former spouse (or of the last such surviving former spouse),"; and (ii) by amending clause (iii) to read as follows: "(iii) The Office shall, by regulation, provide for pay- ment of the deposit required imder clause (ii) by a reduction in the annuity of the employee or Member. The reduction shall, to the extent practicable, be designed so that the {>resent value of the future reduction is actuarially equiva- ent to the deposit required under clause (ii), except that total reductions in the annuity of an employee or Member to pay deposits required by the provisions of this paragraph or paragraph (3) shall not exceed 25 percent of the annuity computed under subsections (a) through (i), (n), and (q), including adjustments under section 8340. The reduction required by this clause, which shall be effective on the same date as the election under clause (i), shall be perma- nent and unaffected by any future termination of the marriage. Such reduction shall be independent of and in addition to the reduction required under clause (i).". (2) REDUCTION RELATING TO FORMER SPOUSE.—Section 8339(k)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii) by striking "Within 2 years after the date of the marriage, the" and inserting "The"; and (B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: "(C) The Office shall, by regulation, provide for payment of the deposit required under subparagraph (BXii) by a reduc- tion in the annuity of the employee or Member. The reduction shall, to the extent practicable, be designed so that the present value of the future reduction is actuarially equivalent to the deposit required under subparagraph (BXii), except that total reductions in the annuity of an employee or Member to pay deposits required by this subsection or subsection (jX3) shall not exceed 25 percent of the annuity computed under sub- sections (a) through (i), (n), and (q), including adjustments under section 8340. The reduction required by this subpara- graph, which shall be effective on the same date as the election unoer subparagraph (A), shall be permanent and unaffected