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(12) The second and fourth sentences of section 216(i)(2) of such Act are each amended by striking out "retirement age" and inserting in lieu thereof "the age of sixty-five".

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DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN DISABLED INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ATTAINED AGE FIFTY

SEC. 103. (a) Title II of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting after section 222 the following new sections:

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" DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFIT PAYMENTS

"Disability Insurance Benefits "SEC. 223. (a)(1) Every individual who— " (A) is insured for disability insurance benefits (as determined under subsection (c)(1)), " (B) has attained the age of fifty and has not attained the age of sixty-five, " (C) has filed application for disability insurance benefits, and " (D) is under a disability (as defined in subsection (c)(2)) at the time such application is filed, shall be entitled to a disability insurance benefit for each month, beginning with the first month after his waiting period (as defined in subsection (c)(3)) in which he becomes so entitled to such insurance benefits and ending with the month preceding the first month in which any of the following occurs: his disability ceases, he dies, or he attains the age of sixty-five. "(2) Such individual's disability insurance benefit for any month shall be equal to his primary insurance amount for such month determined under section 215 as though he became entitled to old-age insur- g^°§^!^ ^83*3.*'^*' ance benefits in the first month of his waiting period. "Filing of Application "(b) No application for disability insurance benefits which is filed more than nine months before the first month for which the applicant becomes entitled to such benefits shall be accepted as a valid application for purposes of this section. "Definitions "(c) For purposes of this section— "(1) An individual shall be insured for disability insurance benefits in any month if— " (A) he would have been a fully and currently insured individual (as defined in section 214) had he attained retirement age and filed application for benefits under section 202 (a) on the first day of such month, and " (B) he had not less than twenty quarters of coverage during the forty-quarter period ending with the quarter in which such first day occurred, not counting as part of such fortyquarter period any quarter any part of which was included in a period of disability (as defined in section 216(i)) unless such quarter was a quarter of coverage. "(2) The term 'disability' means inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or to be of long-continued and indefinite duration.

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