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PUBLIC LAW 85-84a-AUa. 28, 1«68

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Primary Insurance Amount Under 1954 Act 42 USC 415.

(c) Section 215(c) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "Primary Insurance Amount Under 1954 Act

"(c)(1) For the purposes of column II of the table appearing in subsection (a) of this section, an individual's primary insurance amount shall be computed as provided in, and subject to the limitations specified in, (A) this section as in effect prior to the enactment of the Social Security Amendments of 1958, and (B) the applicable 68 Stat. 1052. provisions of the Social Security Amendments of 1954. "(2) The provisions of this subsection shall be applicable only in the case of an individual— " (A) who became entitled to benefits under section 202(a) or « use *02j«3. section 223 or died prior to January 1959, and 102?! ' ^* ' " (B) to whom the provisions of paragraph (5) of subsection (b) are not applicable." Primary Insurance Benefit Under 1939 Act (d) Section 215(d) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "Primary Insurance Benefit Under 1939 Act

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" (d)(1) For the purposes of column I of the table appearing in subsection (a) of this section, an individual's primary insurance benefit shall be computed as provided in this title as in effect prior to the enactment of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950, except

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" (A) In the computation of such benefit, such individual's average monthly wage shall (in lieu of being determined under section 209(f) of such title as in effect prior to the enactment of such amendments) be determined as provided in subsection (b) of this section (out without regard to paragraph (5) thereof), except that his starting date shall be December 31, 1936. " (B) For purposes of such computation, the date he became entitled to old-age insurance benefits shall be deemed to be the date he became entitled to primary insurance benefits. " (C) The 1 per centum addition provided for in section 209 (e)(2) of this Act as in effect prior to the enactment of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950 shall be applicable only with respect to calendar years prior to 1951, except that any wages paid in any year prior to such year any part of which was included in a period of disability shall not be counted. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the wages paid in the year in which such period of disability began snail be counted if the counting of such wages would result in a higher primary insurance amount. " (D) The provisions of subsection (e) shall be applicable to such computation. "(2) The provisions of this subsection shall be applicable only in the case of an individual— "(A^ with respect to whom at least one of the quarters elapsing prior to 1951 is a quarter of coverage; " (B) who meets the requirements of any of the subparagraphs of paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of this section; and " (C) who attained age 22 after 1950 and with respect to whom less than six of the q^uarters elapsing after 1950 are quarters of coverage, or who attained such age before 1951."

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