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PUBLIC LAW 234—OCT. 30, 1951
[65 STAT.
SEC. 14. Subsection (d) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by inserting, ", no widower," after "widow"; and by substituting for the phrase "one-half" the phrase "two-thirds". SEC. 15. Subsection (e) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by substituting for the phrase "one-half" the phrase "two-thirds". SEC. 16. Subsection (f)(1) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by inserting "widower," after the phrase "widow," where this phrase first appears in the first sentence, and after the phrase "widow," wherever this phrase appears in the fourth sentence; and by substituting in the first sentence for the word "eight" the word "ten". SEC. 17. Subsection (f)(2) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by inserting ", widower," after the word "widow" wherever this word appears; by inserting "or her" after the words "his" and "him" wherever these words appear; by inserting immediately before ", or to others" in the first sentence the following: ", and to others deriving from him or her, during his or her life,"; by changing the period at the end of said subsection to a comma and by inserting after the comma the following: "except that the deductions of the benefits which, pursuant to subsection (k)(1) 482* Stat. 623; 64 Stat, of ^jjjg section, are paid under section 202 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. s 402. during the life of the employee to him or to her and to others deriving from him or her, shall be limited to such portions of such benefits as are payable solely by reason of the inclusion of service as an employee in 'employment' pursuant to said subsection (k)(1)." SEC. 18. Subsection (g)(2) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement 46 u. 8. G. s 228e. ^(.j- ^f 1937^ as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(2) If an individual is entitled to more than one annuity for a month under this section, such individual shall be entitled only to that one of such annuities for a month which is equal to or exceeds any other such annuity. If an individual is entitled to an annuity for a month under this section and is entitled, or would be so entitled on proper application therefor, for such month to an insurance benefit ^49 Stat. 623; 64 Stat, under section 202 of the Social Security Act, the annuity of such 42 U.S.C. § 402. individual for such month under this section shall be only in the amount by which it exceeds such insurance benefit. If an individual is entitled to an annuity for a month under this section and also to a retirement annuity, the annuity of such individual for a month under this section shall be only in the amount by which it exceeds such retirement annuity. " (3) In the case of any individual receiving or entitled to receive an annuity under this section on the day prior to the date of enactment of the provisions of this paragraph, the application of paragraph (2) of this subsection to such individual shall not operate to reduce the sum of (A) the annuity under this section of such individual, (B) the retirement annuity, if any, of such individual, and (C) the benefits ^^49 Stat. 620; 64 Stat, under the Social Security Act which such individual receives or is 42 u^s. c. §§1305, entitled to receive, to an amount less than such sum was before the 301 "" ° "' note. enactment of the provisions of this paragraph." SEC. 19. Subsection (h) of section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " (h) Maximum and Minimum Annuity Totals.—Whenever according to the provisions of this section as to annuities, payable for a month with respect to the death of an employee, the total of annuities is more than $30 and exceeds either (a) $160, or (b) an amount equal to two and two-thirds times such employee's basic amount, whichever of such amounts is the lesser, such total of annuities shall, prior to any deduc-
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