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PUBLIC LAW 880-AUG. 1, 1956

CHAPTER 836

Public Law 880

AN ACT To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide disability insurance benefits for certain disabled individuals who have attained age fifty, to reduce to age sixty-two the age on the basis of which benefits are payable to certain women, to provide for child's insurance benefits for children who are disabled before attaining age eighteen, to extend coverage, and for other purposes.

August 1, 195(5 [H. R. 7225]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the nited Thai United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may Amendment^"f 1956. be cited as the "Social Security Amendments of 1956". TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II O F THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

49 Stat. 622. 42 USC 40U422.

C H I L D ' S INSURANCE B E N E F I T S rOR CHILDREN WHO ARE DISABLED BEFORE

ATTAINING AGE EIGHTEEN

SEC. 101. (a) Section 202(d)(1) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: "(1) Every child (as defined in section 216(e)) of an individual entitled to old-age insurance benefits, or of an individual who died a fully or currently insured individual after 1939, if such child— " (A) has filed application for child's insurance benefits, " (B) at the time such application was filed was unmarried and either (i) had not attained the age of eighteen, or (ii) was under a disability (as defined in section 223(c) which began before he attained the age of eighteen, and " (C) was dependent upon such individual at the time such application was filed, or, if such individual has diedj was dependent upon such individual at the time of such individual's death, shall be entitled to a child's insurance benefit for each month, beginning with the first month after August 1950 in which such child becomes so entitled to such insurance benefits and ending with the month preceding the first month in which any of the following occurs: such child dies, marries, is adopted (except for adoption by a stepparent, grandparent, aunt, or uncle subsequent to the death of such fully or currently insured individual), attains the age of eighteen and is not under a disability (as defined in section 223(c)) which began before he attained such age, or ceases to be under a disability (as so defined) on or after the day on which he attains age eighteen." (b)(1) Paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of section 202(d) of such Act are each amended by striking out " A child" wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof " A child who has not attained the age of eighteen". (2) Section 202(d) of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(6) A child who has attained the age of eighteen and who is under a disability (as defined in section 223(c)) which began before he attained the age of eighteen shall be deemed dependent upon his natural or adopting father, his natural or adopting mother, his stepfather, or his stepmother at the time specified in paragraph (1)(C) if the child— " (A) was or would, upon filing an application therefor, have been entitled to a child's insurance benefit on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of such father, mother, stepfather, or stepmother for any month before the month in which he attained the age of eighteen, or

42 USC 402. 42 USC 416.

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