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PUBLIC LAW 89-97-JULY 30, 1965

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ance benefit for the month in which such marriage occurs and each month thereafter prior to the month in which the husband dies or such marriage is otherwise terminated, shall be equal to 50 per centum of the primary insurance amount of the deceased individual on whose wages and self-employment income such benefit is based." (2) Paragraph (2) of such subsection, as amended by section 307 of this Act, Is furthcr amended by inserting before the comma "and paragraph (4) of this subsection". (b)(1) Subsection (f) of such section is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(5) If a widower, after attaining the age of 62, marries an individual (other than one described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of aragraph (4)), such marriage shall, for purposes of paragraph (1), e deemed not to have occurred; except that, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) and subsection (q), such widower's insurance benefit for the month in which such marriage occurs and each month thereafter prior to the month in which the wife dies or such marriage is otherwise terminated, shall be equal to 50 per centum of the primary insurance amount of the deceased individual on whose wages and self-employment income such benefit is based." (2) Paragraph (3) of such subsection is amended by striking out "Such" and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in paragraph (5), such". (c)(1) Paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (k) of such section 202 is amended by inserting "other than an individual to whom subsection (g)(4) ^j. (f^ (5) applics)" after "Any individual" and by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Any individual who is entitled for any month to more than one widow's or widower's insurance benefit to which subsection (e)(4) or (f)(5) applies shall be entitled to only one such benefit for such month, such benefit to be the largest of such benefits.". (2) Paragraph (3) of such subsection is amended by inserting " (A) " after " (3) " and by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: " (B) If an individual is entitled for any month to a widow's or widower's insurance benefit to which subsection (e)(4) or (f)(5) applies and to any other monthly insurance benefit under section 202 (other than an old-age insurance benefit), such other insurance benefit for such month, after any reduction under subparagraph (A), any reduction under subsection (q), and any reduction under section 203(a), shall be reduced, but not below zero, by an amount equal to such widow's or widower's insurance benefit after any reduction or reductions under such subparagraph (A) and such section 203(a)." (d) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect, to monthly insurance benefits under section 202 of the Social Securitvi Act beginning with the second month following the month in which this Act is enacted; but, in the case of an individual who was not entitled to a monthly insurance benefit under section 202(e) or (f) of such Act for the first month following the month in which this Act ds enacted, only on the basis of an application filed in or after the month in which this Act is enacted.

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C H A N G E S I N DEFINITIONS OF W I F E, W I D O W, H U S B A N D, A N D WIDOWER

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SEC. 334. (a) Section 216(b) of the Social Security Act, as amended ^jy gection 306 of this Act, is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (3)(A), and by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following:", or (C) was entitled to, or upon appli-

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