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" (B) the months in any year any part of which was included in a period of disability except the months in the year in which such period of disability began if their inclusion in such elapsed months (together with the inclusion of the wages paid in and selfemployment income credited to such year) will result in a higher primary insurance amount. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this paragraph when the number of the elapsed months computed under such provisions (including a computation after the application of paragraph (4)) is less than eighteen, it shall be increased to eighteen." (b) Section 215(d)(5) of such Act is amended by striking out ^^ "^^ '*^** "any quarter prior to 1951 any part of which was included in a period of disability shall be excluded from the elapsed quarters unless it was a quarter of coverage, and any wages paid in any such quarter shall not be counted." and inserting in lieu thereof "all quarters, in any year prior to 1951 any part of which was included in a period of disability, shall be excluded from the elapsed quarters and any wages paid in such year shall not be counted. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the quarters in the year in which a period of disability began shall not be excluded from the elapsed quarters and the wages paid in such year shall be counted if the inclusion of such quarters and the counting of such wages result in a higher primary insurance amount." (c) Section 215(e)(4) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(4) in computing an individual's average monthly wage, there shall not be counted— " (A) any wages paid such individual in any year any part of which was included in a period of disability, or " (B) any self-employment income of such individual credited pursuant to section 212 to any year any part of which "^^ "^^ ^^2. was included in a period of disability, unless the months of such year are included as elapsed months pursuant to section 215(b)(1)(B). " (d) The amendments made by this section shall apply in the case of an individual (1) who becomes entitled (without the application of section 202(j)(1) of the Social Security Act) to benefits under *^ ^^^ ^°^' section 202(a) of such Act after the date of enactment of this Act, or (2) who dies without becoming entitled to benefits under such section 202(a) and on the basis of whose wages and self-employment income an application for benefits or a lump-sum death payment under section 202 of such Act is filed after the date of enactment of this Act, or (3) who becomes entitled to benefits under section 223 of such Act, or (4) who files, after the date of enactment of this Act, an 42'^sc'/ie!* application for a disability determination which is accepted as an application for purposes of section 216(i) of such Act. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON SOCIAL SECURITY FINANCING

SEC. 116. (a) There is hereby established an Advisory Council on Social Security Financing for the purpose of reviewing the status of the Federal Old-A^e and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and of the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund in relation to the longterm commitments 01 the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program. (b) The Council shall be appointed by the Secretary after February 1957 and before January 1958 without regard to the civil-service laws and shall consist of the Commissioner of Social Security, as chairman, and of twelve other persons who shall, to the extent possible, represent employers and employees in equal numbers, and selfemployed persons and the public. 692Z5 0 - 5 7 - 5 7 ( V o l. 70)

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