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 962 42 USC 415.

42 USC 402.

PUBLIC LAW 86-778-SEPT. 13, 1960

[74 S T A T.

(3) Section 215(d)(2)(B) of such Act is amended by striking out "paragraph (5) " and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (4)". (4) Section 215(d) of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(3) The provisions of this subsection as in effect prior to the enactment of the Social Security Amendments of 1960 shall be applicable in the case of an individual who meets the requirements of subsection (b)(5) (as in effect after such enactment) but without regard to whether such individual has six quarters of coverage aft«r 1950." (d)(1) Effective with respect to individuals who become entitled to benefits under section 202(a) of the Social Security Act after 1960, section 215(e)(3) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(3) if an individual has self-employment income in a taxable year which begins prior to the calendar year in which he becomes entitled to old-age insurance benefits and ends after the last day of the month preceding the month in which he becomes so entitled, his self-employment income in such taxable year shall not be counted in determining his benefit computation years, except as provided in subsection (f)(3)(C). " (2) Effective with respect to individuals who meet any of the subparagraphs of paragraph (4) of section 215(b) of the Social Security Act, as amended by this Act, section 215(e) of the Social Security Act is further amended by inserting "and" after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (2) and by striking out paragraph (4). (e)(1) Effective with respect to applications for recomputation under section 215(f)(2) of the Social Security Act filed after 1960, section 215(f)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out "1954" the first time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "1960", and by striking out "no earlier than six months" in subparagraph (A) (iii). (2) Section 2 1 5 (f)(2)(B) of such Act is amended to read as follows: " (B) A recomputation pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be made— " (i) only as provided in subsection (a)(1), if the provisions of subsection (b), as amended by the Social Security Amendments of 1960, were applicable to the last previous computation of the individual's primary insurance amount, or "(ii) as provided in subsection (a)(1) and (3), in all other cases. Such recomputation shall be made as though the individual became entitled to old-age insurance benefits in the month in which he filed the application for such recomputation, except that if clause (i) of this subparagraph is applicable to such recomputation, the computation base years referred to in subsection (b)(2) shall include only calendar years occurring prior to the year in which he filed his application for such recomputation." (3) Section 215(f)(3) of such Act is amended to read as follows: " (3)(A) Upon application by an individual— "(i) who became entitled to old-age insurance benefits under section 202(a) after December 1960, or "(ii) whose primary insurance amount was recomputed as provided in paragraph (2)(B) (ii) of this subsection on the basis of an application filed after December 1960, the Secretary shall recompute his primary insurance amount if such application is filed after the calendar year in which he became entitled to old-age insurance benefits or in which he filed application for the recomputation of his primary insurance amount under clause (ii) of this sentence, whichever is the later. Such recomputation under this subparagraph shall be made as provided in subsection (a)(1) and (3)

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