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PUBLIC LAW 90-248-JAN. 2. 1%8

Infra.

Infra.

75 Stat. 138; 79 Stat. 404. 42 USC 402. 79 Stat. 404. Ante, p. 829.

Ante,

p. 829.

Supra.

79 Stat. 368.

79 Stat. 374.

Post,

p. 831.

[81 STAT.

"(i) the first month after his waiting period (as defined in paragraph (7)) in which he becomes so entitled to such insurance benefits, or "(ii) the first month during all of which lie is under a disability and in which he becomes so entitled to such insurance benefits, but only if he was previously entitled to insurance benefits under this subsection on the basis of being under a disability and such first month occurs (I) in the period specified in paragraph (6) and ( II) after the month in which a previous entitlement to such benefits on such basis terminated, and ending with the month preceding the first month in which any of the following occurs: he remarries, dies, or becomes entitled to an oldage insurance benefit equal to or exceeding 82y2 percent of the primary insurance amount of his deceased wife, or the third month following the month in which his disability ceases (unless he attains age 62 on or before the last day of such third month)." (3) Section 202(f)(3) of such Act is amended by inserting "subsection (q) and" after "provided in". (4) Section 202(f) of such Act is further amended by adding after paragraph (5) the following new paragraphs: "(6) The period referred to in paragraph (1)(B) (ii), in the case of any widower, is the period beginning with whichever of the following is the latest: " (A) the month in which occurred the death of the fully insured individual referred to in paragraph (1) on whose wages and self-employment income his benefits are or would be based, or " (B) the month in which a previous entitlement to widower's insurance benefits on the basis of such wages and self-employment income terminated because his disability had ceased, and ending with the month before the month in which he attains age 62, or, if earlier, with the close of the eighty-fourth month following the month with which such period began. "(7) The waiting period referred to in paragraph (1)(G), in the case of any widower, is the earliest period of six consecutive calendar months— " (A) throughout which he has been under a disability, and " (B) which begins not earlier than with whichever of the following is the later: (i) the first day of the eighteenth month before the month in which his application is filed, or (ii) the first day of the sixth month before the month in which the period specified in paragraph (6) begins." (c)(1) The heading of section 202(q) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "Reduction of Benefit Amounts for Certain Beneficiaries" (2) So much of section 2 0 2 (q)(l) of such Act as precedes subparagraph (A) is amended by striking out "or widow's" and inserting in lieu thereof "widow's, or widower's". (3) Subparagraph (A) of section 202(q)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out "or widow's" and inserting in lieu thereof ", widow's, or widower's". (4) Section 202(q)(1) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "A widow's or widower's insurance benefit reduced pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be further reduced by— " (C) ^%98 of 1 percent of the amount of such benefit, multiplied by " (D)(i) the number of months in the additional reduction period for such benefit (determined under paragraph (6)), if such

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