1070 Ante, p. 1067. Ante, p. 1063.
42 USC 403. ost" ^ *^io7 3' 1079,' 1083, 1085.'
42 USC 402.
^l^^'gP-4^079.
Appiicabuity. 42 USC 415. ost ^ ^ ^1073' ?07^9,'i083, 1085.'
42 USC 402.
Ante, p. 1066. Ante, p. 1069.
PUBLIC LAW 761-SEPT. 1, 1954
[68 S T A T.
tliB pupposes of section 215(f)(3)(C) of such Act, the determination of an individual's closing date under the preceding sentence shall be considered as a determination of the individual's closing date under section 215(b)(3)(A) of such Act, and the recomputation provided for by such section 215(f)(3)(C) shall be made using July 1, 1956, as the closing date, but only if it would result in a higher primary insurance amount. I n any such computation on the basis of a July 1, 1956 closing date, the total of his wages and self-employment income after December 31, 1955, shall, if it is in excess of $2,100, be reduced to such amount. (7^ Section 203(a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: " (a) Whenever the total of monthly benefits to which individuals ^^^ entitled under section 202 for a month on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of an insured individual is more than $50 and exceeds (1) 80 per centum of his average monthly wage, or (2) one and one-half times his primary insurance amount, whichever is the greater, such total of benefits shall, after any deductions under this section, be reduced to 80 per centum of his average monthly wage or to one and one-half times his primary insurance amount, whichever is the greater, but in no case to less than $50; except that when any of such individuals so entitled would (but for the provisions of section 202 (k)(2)(A)) be entitled to child's insurance benefits on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of one or more other insured individuals, such total of benefits, after any deductions under this section, shall not be reduced to less than 80 per centum of the sum of the average monthly wages of all such insured individuals. I n any case in which the total of the benefits referred to in the preceding sentence, after reduction (if any) thereunder, is more than $200, such total shall, notwithstanding the provisions of such sentence, be reduced to $200. Whenever a reduction is made under this subsection, each benefit, except the old-age insurance benefit, shall be proportionately decreased." (8) I n the case of an individual who became (without the application of section 202(j)(1)) entitled to old-age insurance benefits or died prior to September 1954, the provisions of section 215(f)(3) as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act shall be applicable as though this Act had not been enacted. ^f^ (j^ xiie amendments made by the preceding subsections, other than subsection (b) and paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (e), shall (subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) and notwithstanding the provisions of section 215(f)(1) of the Social Security Act) apply in the case of lump-sum death payments under section 202 of such Act with respect to deaths occurring after, and in the case of monthly benefits under such section for months after, August 1954. (2)(A) The amendment made by subsection (b)(2) shall be applicable only in the case of monthly benefits for months after August 1954, and the lump-sum death payment in the case of death after August 1954, based on the wages and self-employment income of an individual (i) who does not become eligible for benefits under section 202(a) of the Social Security Act until after August 1954, or (ii) who dies after August 1954, and without becoming eligible for benefits under such section 202(a), or (iii) who is or has been entitled to have his primary insurance amount recomputed under section 215 (f)(2) of the Social Security Act, as amended by subsection (e)(2) Qf I\^[Q section, or under subsection (e)(5)(B) of this section, or (iv) with respect to whom not less than six of the quarters elapsing after June 1953 are quarters of coverage (as defined in such Act), or (v) who files an application for a disability determination which is
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