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PUBLIC LAW 762-SEPT. 1, 1954

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regulations made under subchapter A of Chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939), be deemed to constitute remuneration for employment as defined in section 210 of the Social Security Act and section 1426(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939. (b) In any case in which— (1) an individual has been employed, at any time subsequent to 1950 and prior to the enactment of this Act, by an organization which has filed a waiver certificate under section 1426(1) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939; (2) the service performed by such individual during the time he was so employed would have constituted employment (as defined in section 210 of the Social Security Act and section 1426 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939) if such individual's signature had appeared on the list of signatures of employees who concurred in th« filing of such certificate; (3) the taxes imposed by sections 1400 and 1410 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 have been paid prior to the enactment of this Act with respect to any part of the remuneration paid to such individual by such organization for such service; and (4) no refund of such taxes has been obtained, the amount of such remuneration with respect to which such taxes have been paid shall, upon the request of such individual (filed on or before January 1, 1957, and in such form and manner, and with such official, as may be prescribed by regulations made under subchapter A of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939), be deemed to constitute remuneration for employment as defined in section 210 of the Social Security Act and section 1426(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, and such individual shall be deemed to have concurred in the filing of the waiver certificate filed by such organization under section 1426 (1)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939. STUDY or

26 USC 14001432. 68A Stat. 938, 415. 42 USC 410; ante, p p. 1 0 5 21054, 1061.

FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING INCREASED MINIMUM BENEFITS UNDER TITLE II

SEC. 404. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall conduct a full and complete study with a view to determining the feasibility of increasing the minimum old-age insurance benefit under title II of the Social Security Act to (1) $55 per month, (2) $60 per month, and (3) $75 per month. (b) Such study shall include (1) a detailed analysis of the estimated increase in cost, if any, involved in increasing such minimum benefit to each of the above referred to amounts, (2) estimates of the financial impact such increase would have upon the Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, and (3) an estimate of the amount, if any, by which Federal grants to the States for public assistance would be reduced by reason of such increase in minimum old-age insurance benefits. (c) The Secretary shall report to the Congress at the earliest practicable date the results of the study provided for by this section. Approved September 1, 1954. Public Law 762

Study by HEW.

42 USC 401-421.

Report to e o n gress.

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To provide for the termination of Federal supervision over the property of certain tribes, bands, and colonies of Indians in the State of Utah and the individual members thereof, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the purpose of

September 1, 1954

[S. 2670]

P aiute Indians, Utah Termination o I Federal supervision.

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