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PUBLIC LiAW 881-AUG. 1, 1956

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Post, p. 886. Administration (except the Servicemen's Indemnity Act of 1951) 873" 875.^^' ^^^' ^^^ section 217 of the Social Security Act." (2) The amendment made by this subsection (A) shall apply only with respect to service performed on or after July 4, 1952, (B) shall not be construed to affect the entitlement of any person to benefits 38us^*9o 1 note, ^uder the Veterans' Readjustment.Assistance Act of 1952, (C) shall not be construed to authorize any payment under section 202(i) of Ante, p. 871. the Social Security Act, or under Veterans Regulation Numbered 9 asuscch. i2A. (a), for any death occurring prior to January 1, 1957, and (D) shall not be construed to authorize payment of any benefits for any period prior to January 1, 1957. (3) In the case of any individual— (A) who performed active service (i) as a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service at any time during the period beginning July 4, 1952, and ending December 81, 1956, or (ii) as a commissioned officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey at any time during the period beginning July 29, 1945, and ending December 31, 1956; and (B)(i) who became entitled to old-age insurance benefits 42 USC 402. under section 202(a) of the Social Security Act prior to January 1, 1957, or (ii) who died prior to January 1, 1957, and whose widow, child, or parent is entitled for the month of January 1957, on the basis of his wages and self-employment income, to a monthly survivor's g^l"'«' pp. 871. benefit under section 202 of such Act; and (C) any part of whose service described in subparagraph (A) was not included in the computation of his primary insurance 42 USC 415. amount under section 215 of such Act but would have been included in such computation if the amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection or paragraph (1) of subsection (d) had been effective prior to the date of such computation, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 215(f)(1) of the Social Security Act, recompute the primary insurance amount of such individual upon the filing of an application, after December 1956, by him or (if he dies without filing such an application) by any person entitled to 42 USC 402. monthly survivor's benefits under section 202 of such Act on the basis 876." ^' ^^' ' of his wages and self-employment income. Such recomputation shall be made only in the manner provided in title II of the Social Security 42 USC 401-421. j^ct as in effect at the time of the last previous computation or recomet seq.^' ^' putation of such individual's primary insurance amount, and as though application therefor was filed in the month in which application for such last previous computation or recomputation was filed. No recomputation made under this paragraph shall be regarded as a recomputation under section 215(f) of the Social Security Act. Any such recomputation shall be effective for and after the twelfth month before the month in which the application was filed, but in no case for any month before January 1957. 5\j|*c*2o'9f' ^^) ^^^ Section 2 of the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 is amended by striking out all after "District of Columbia" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof a period, and by adding at the end of such section the following new subsection: "(c) No person shall acquire insurance coverage under this Act by virtue of his status as a member of a uniformed service. The insurance granted to any employee under this Act (1) shall cease (except for a thirty-one day extension of life insurance coverage) on the day immediately prior to his entry on active duty or active duty for training, unless the period of such duty is covered by military leave with pay from a civilian position, and (2) shall not cease during any period of

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