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PUBLIC LAW 881-AUG. 1, 1956

[70 S T A T.

beginning after such determination is made, sums aggregating the amount so determined, plus interest accruing on such amount (as reduced by appropriations made pursuant to this paragraph) for each fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1956, at a rate for such fiscal year equal to the average rate of interest (as determined by the Managing Trustee) earned on the invested assets of the Trust F u n d during the preceding fiscal year." REQUIREMENT OF APPLICATION

^2 USC 402.

SEC. 407. Section 202 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "Application for Benefits by Survivors of Members and Former Members of the Uniformed Services

Post, p. 886.

"(o) In the case of any individual who would be entitled to benefits under subsection (d), (e), (g), o r (h) upon filing proper application therefor, the filing with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs by or on behalf of such individual of an application for such benefits, QYi the form prescribed under section 601 of the Servicemen's and Veterans' Survivor Benefits Act, shall satisfy the requirement of such subsection (d), (e), (g), or (h) that an application for such benefits be filed." AMENDMENTS RELATING TO RAILROAD RETIREMENT

45 USC*228?:i.

SEC. 408. (a) Section 4 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: " (p)(1) Military service rendered by an individual after December 1956 shall be creditable under this section only if the number of such individual's j^ears of service is ten or more (including, in such years of service, military service which, but for this subsection, would De creditable under this section). "(2) I n any case where an individual has completed ten or more years of service and such years of service include any military service rendered after December 1956, the Board shall as promptly as is practicable (A) notify the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare that such military service is creditable under this section and (B) specify the period or periods of the military service tendered after December 1956 which is so creditable. "(q) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and section 2 (c)(2), military service rendered by an individual after December 1956 shall not be used in determining eligibility for, or computing the amount of, any annuity accruing under section 2 for any month if (1) any benefits are payable for that month under title II of the Social A^n"^^p.°86^9'et Security Act on the basis of such individual's wages and self-employaeq. ' ' meiit iiicome, (2) such military service was included in the computation of such benefits, and (3) the inclusion of such service in the computation of such benefits resulted (for that month) in benefits not otherwise pavable or in an increase in the benefits otherwise payable. Ante, p. 858. " (r) The Secretary concerned (as defined in section 102(9) of the Servicemen's and Veterans' Survivor Benefits Act) shall maintain such records, and furnish the Board upon its request with such information, regarding the months of any individual's military service and the remuneration paid therefor, as may be necessary to enable the 45 USC 2 2 8b, Board to carry out its duties under this section and sections 2 and 5." (b)(1) The first sentence of section 4(n) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is amended— (A) by striking out " (i) " and " ( i i) " and inserting in lieu thereof " (1) " and " (2) ", respectively;

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