; (B) court costs; and (C) reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses. (2) Definitions For purposes of this subsection: (A) Benefit recipient The term benefit recipient means a person with respect to which payments of benefits described under this section are due or are to become due. (B) Pension assignee With respect to a benefit recipient, the term pension assignee means a person who has been assigned the benefits of the benefit recipient in violation of this section. . (b) Military retired pay Section 701 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking Under regulations and inserting Subject to subsection (f) and under regulations ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), for purposes of subsections (a) and (c), in any case where a member is entitled to retired or retainer pay and enters into an agreement with another person under which agreement such other person acquires for consideration the right to receive payment of such retired or retainer pay, whether by payment from the member to such other person, deposit into an account from which such other person may make withdrawals, or otherwise, such agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment and is void. Any agreement or arrangement for collateral for security for an agreement that is void under this paragraph is also void. (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a right to receive payment of retired or retainer pay in compliance with a court order as provided for in section 1408 of title 10 or as otherwise expressly authorized by law. (3) (A) A retired pay recipient may bring an action against a retired pay assignee in the appropriate Federal or State court and recover— (i) three times the damages suffered due to the assignment of retired pay made in violation of this subsection; (ii) court costs