70 S T A T. ]
809
PUBLIC LAW 880-AUG. 1, 1956
(2) I n the case of an individual who was entitled, without the application of subsection (j)(1) of such section 202, to a child's insurance benefit under subsection (d) of such section for December 1956, such amendments shall apply with respect to benetits under such section 202 for months after December 1956. (3) The amendment made by subsection (c) shall apply in the case of benefits under section 202(h) of the Social Security Act based on the wages and self-employment income of an individual who dies after August 1956.
Ante, p. 807.
^plicability., Ante, p. 808.
RETIREMENT AGE FOR WOMEN
SEC. 102. (a) Section 216(a) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: "Retirement Age " (a) The term 'retirement age' means— " (1) in the case of a man, age sixty-five, or " (2) in the case of a woman, age sixty-two." (b)(1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply in the case of benefits under subsection (e) of section 202 of the Social Security Act for months after October 1956, but only, except in the case of an individual who was entitled to wife's or mother's insurance benefits under such section 202 for October 1956, or any month thereafter, on the basis of applications filed after the date of enactment of this Act. The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply in the case of benefits under subsection (h) of such section 202 for months after October 1956 on the basis of applications filed after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (4), the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply in the case of lump-sum death payments under section 202(i) of the Social Security Act with respect to deaths after October 1956, and in the case of monthly benefits under title II of such Act for months after October 1956 on the basis of applications filed after the date of enactment of this Act. (3) For purposes of section 215(b)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (but subject to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection)— (A) a woman who attains the age of sixty-two prior to November 1956 and who was not eligible for old-age insurance benefits under section 202 of such Act (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act) for any month prior to November 1956 shall be deemed to have attained the age of sixty-two in 1956 or, if earlier, the year in which she died; (B) a woman shall not, by reason of the amendment made by subsection (a), be deemed to be a fully insured individual before November 1956 or the month in which she died, whichever month is the earlier; and (C) the amendment made by subsection (a) shall not be applicable in the case of any woman who was eligible for old-age insurance benefits under such section 202 for any month prior to November 1956. A woman shall, for purposes of this paragraph, be deemed eligible for old-age insurance benefits under section 202 of the Social Security Act for any month if she was or would have been, upon filing application therefor in such month, entitled to such benefits for such month. (4) For purposes of section 209(i) of such Act, the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply only with respect to remuneration paid after October 1956.
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Post,
p. 831.
Ante, p. 808.
Post, p. 871.
42 USC 415.
42 USC 409.
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