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PUBLIC LAW 7 6 1 - S E P T. 1, 1954

Ante, p. 1056. 42 USC 418.

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p. 1057.

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in such positions have not already been included under such agreement pursuant to subsection (d)(3)." (4) Paragraph (4) of such section 218(c) is amended hj adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "A modification of an agreement pursuant to clause (B) of the preceding sentence may apply to individuals to whom paragraph (3)(C) is applicable (whether or not the previous exclusion of the service of such individuals was pursuant to such paragraph), but only if such individuals are, on the effective date specified in such modification, ineligible to be members of any retirement system or if the modification with respect to such individuals is pursuant to subsection (d)(3)." (5) Such section 218(c) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(7) No agreement may be made applicable (either in the original agreement or by any modification thereof) to service performed by any individual to whom paragraph (3)(C) is applicable unless such agreement provides (in the case of each coverage group involved) either that the service of any individual to whom such paragraph is applicable and who is a member of such coverage group shall continue to be covered by such agreement in case he thereafter becomes eligible to be a member of a retirement system, or that such service shall cease to be so covered when he becomes eligible to be a member of such a system (but only if the agreement is not already applicable to such system pursuant to subsection (d)(3)), whichever may be desired by the State." (6) Section 218(f) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(^f) Any agreement or modification of an agreement under this section shall be effective with respect to services performed after an effective date specified in such agreement or modification; except that— "(1) in the case of an agreement or modification agreed to prior to 1954, such date may not be earlier than December 31, 1950; " (2) in the case of an agreement or modification agreed to after 1954 but prior to 1958, such date may not be earlier than December 31, 1954; and " (3) in the case of an agreement or modification agreed to during 1954 or after 1957, such date may not be earlier than the last day of the calendar year preceding the year in which such agreement or modification, as the case may be, is agreed to by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the State." (7) Section 218(m)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out "subsection (d) " and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (1) of subsection (d) ". (8) Section 218 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "Certain Positions No Longer Covered By Retirement Systems

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" (n) Notwithstanding subsection (d), an agreement with any State entered into under this section prior to the date of the enactment of this subsection may, prior to January 1, 1958, be modified pursuant to subsection (c)(4) so as to apply to services performed by employees, as members of any coverage group to which such agreement already applies (and to which such agreement applied on such date of enactment), in positions (1) to which such agreement does not already apply, (2) which were covered by a retirement system on the date such agreement was made applicable to such coverage group, and (3) which, by reason of action by such State or political subdivision thereof, as may be appropriate, taken prior to the date of the enactment of this

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