# § 771. Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8512(a)(15), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4759
Section, , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to benefits for surviving spouses of Lighthouse Service employees, death of employee during retirement, and amount of payment.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Savings
For continuation of benefit payments notwithstanding repeals made by , see , set out as a note under .
### Increase in Widows Benefits and Effective Date of Increase
> **“Sec. 2.**
>
> The increases under this Act shall apply to benefits which commence before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 1975], but no increase in benefits shall be paid for any period prior to the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 1975], or the date on which the eligibility for benefits commences, whichever is later.”
, , , provided:
### Cost-of-Living Adjustment to Widow’s Annuity
> “Each annuity payable under the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide benefits for widows of certain persons who were retired or are eligible for retirement under section 6 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize aids to navigation and for other works in the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes”, approved
>
> , as amended’, approved
>
> (
>
> ), and each annuity payable under section 6 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to authorize aids to navigation and for other works in the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes’, approved
>
> (
>
> ), shall be increased by the same percentage, adjusted to the nearest dollar, and on the same effective date, as each increase hereafter allowed under the cost-of-living annuity adjustment provisions of
>
> , United States Code.”
, , , provided that:
### Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .
## Executive Documents
### Transfer of Functions
Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse Service was a part, transferred and consolidated with Coast Guard under Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, § 2(a), eff. , 4 F.R. 2731, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Functions of Secretary of the Treasury relating to Coast Guard transferred to Secretary of Transportation by . See , Transportation.