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PUBLIC LAW 86-778-SEPT. 13, 1960

[74 S T A T.

42 USC 415.

tion 215(f)(6) of the Social Security Act, be) entitled to a recomputation of his primary insurance amount under section Post, p. 963 2 1 5 (f)(4)(A) of such Act; or (E) who dies prior to the month in which this Act is enacted and (i) whose survivors are (or would, but for the provisions of section 215(f)(6) of the Social Security Act, be) entitled to a recomputation of his primary insurance amount under section 215(f)(4)(A) of such Act, and (ii) on the basis of whose wages and self-employment income no individual was entitled to sur42 USC 402. vivor's benefits or a lump-sum death payment under section 202 of such Act on the basis of an application filed prior to the month in which this Act is enacted (and no individual was entitled to such a benefit, without the filing of an application, for any month prior to the month in which this Act is enacted); or (F) who files an application for a recomputation under secSulc4irLe. tion 102(f)(2)(B) of the Social Security Amendments of 1954 in or after the month in which this Act is enacted and is (or would, but for the fact that such recomputation would not result in a higher primary insurance amount, be) entitled to have his primary insurance amount recomputed under such subparagraph; or (G) who dies and whose survivors are (or would, but for the fact that such recomputation would not result in a higher primary insurance amount for such individual, be) entitled, on the basis of an application filed in or after the month in which this Act is enacted, to have his primary insurance amount recomputed under section 102(f)(2)(B) of the Social Security Amendments of 1954. (2) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall also be applicable in the case of applications for disability determination under section Post, p p. 9 6 8, 216(i) of the Social Security Act filed in or after the month in which 969. this Act is enacted. (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, in the case of any individual who would not be a fully insured individual Ante, p. 948. under section 214(a) of the Social Security Act except for the enactment of this section, no benefits shall be payable on the basis of his wages and self-employment income for any month prior to the month in which this Act is enacted. T I M E NEEDED TO ACQUIRE STATUS OF W I F E, C H I L D, OR H U S B A N D I N CERTAIN CASES

42 USC 416.

Post. p. 952.

SEC. 207. (a) Section 216(b) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "not less than three years immediately preceding the day on which her application is filed" and inserting in lieu thereof "not less than one year immediately preceding the day on which her application is filed". ^^^ rpj^^ £j,g^ sentence of section 216(e) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "The term 'child' means (1) the child or legally adopted child of an individual, and (2) a stepchild who has been such stepchild for not less than one year immediately preceding the day on which application for child's insurance benefits is filed or (if the insured individual is deceased) the day on which such individual died." (c) Section 216(f) of such Act is amended by striking out "not less than three years immediately preceding the day on which his application is filed" and inserting in lieu thereof "not less than one year immediately preceding the day on which bis application is filed".

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