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title: "22 U.S.C. § 4132"
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title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
chapter_number: "52"
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section: "4132"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 4132 - Grievances concerning former members or their survivors

## Text

Within the time limitations of section 4134 of this title, a former member of the Service or the surviving spouse (or, if none, another member of the family) of a deceased member or former member of the Service may file a grievance under this subchapter only with respect to allegations described in section 4131(a)(1)(G) of this title.

(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 1102, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2143.)