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PUBLIC LAW 761-SEPT. 1, 1954

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attained retirement age or died, whichever first occurred, are quarters, but only if there are not fewer than six of such quarters so elapsing." Ante, pp 1078, (b) Subparagraph (B) of section 213(a)(2) of such Act is 10 79. amended by inserting "(except wages for agricultural labor paid after 1954)" after "$50 or more in wages" in that part of such subparagraph which precedes clause (i), and by striking out clause (iv) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(iv) if an individual is paid wages for agricultural labor in a calendar year after 1954, then, subject to clause (i), (a) the last quarter of such year which can be but is not otherwise a quarter of coverage shall be a quarter of coverage if such wages are less than $200; (b) the last two quarters of such year which can be but are not otherwise quarters of coverage shall be quarters of coverage if such wages equal or exceed $200 but are less than $300; (c) the last three quarters of such year which can be but are not otherwise quarters of coverage shall be quarters of coverage if such wages equal or exceed $300 but are less than $400; and (d) each quarter of such year which is not otherwise a quarter of coverage shall be a quarter of coverage if such wages are $400 or more; and " (v) no quarter shall be counted as a quarter of coverage prior to the beginning of such quarter. If, in the case of any individual who has attained retirement age or died or is under a disability and who has been paid wages for agricultural labor in a calendar year after 1954, the requirements for insured Ante, pp. 1079, status in subsection (a) or (b) of section 214, the requirements for 1083. entitlement to a computation or recomputation of his primary insurance amount, or the requirements of paragraph (3) of section Ante, p. 1080. 216 (1) are not met after assignment of quarters of coverage to quarters in such year as provided in clause (iv) of the preceding sentence, but would be met if such quarters of coverage were assigned to different quarters in such year, then such quarters of coverage shall instead be assigned, for purposes only of determining compliance with such requirements, to such different quarters." BENEFITS IN CERTAIN CASES OF DEATHS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1950

SEC. 109. (a) I n the case of any individual— (1) who died prior to September 1, 1950, and was not a fully 42 USC 401-421. insured individual (under title II of the Social Security Act), when he died, and (2) who had not less than six quarters of coverage (as defined in such title), such individual shall, except for purposes of determining entitlement Post, p. 1085 of a former wife divorced to benefits under section 202(g) of the Social Security Act, be deemed to have died a fully insured individual. Such individual's primary insurance amount shall be computed under Ante, p. 1062 subsection (a)(2) of section 215 of such Act. For the purpose of 42 USC 415. such computation, the provisions of section 215(d)(3) of such Act shall apply if such individual died a currently insured individual (under title II of such Act) and any other person was entitled on the basis of his wages to monthly benefits or a lump-sum death payment Ante, pp 1073, under section 202 of such Act; in all other cases the provisions of 1079, 1083; pos t. section 215(d)(4) shall be applicable, except that such individual's p. 1085. Ante, p. 1065 closing date shall be the first day of the quarter in which he died. In the case of any such individual, the requirement in subsection (h) of section 202 of such Act that proof of support be filed within two years of the date of his death shall not apply if such proof is filed before September 1956.

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