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PUBLIC LAW 90-248-JAN. 2, 1968

[81 STAT.

S I M P L I F I C A T I O N OF C O M P U T A T I O N OF P R I M A K Y INSURANCE A M O U N T AND QUARTERS OF COVERAGE I N CASE OF 1937 - 1 0 5 0 WAGES

72 Stat. 1016.

SEC. 155. (a)(1) Section 215(d)(1) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: "Primary Insurance Benefit Under 1939 Act

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p. 824.

• To t a l wages prior to 1951. "

42 USC 417. 50 Stat. 30 7. 45 USC 228 a-

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42 USC 40 2,

Post, p. 865.

" (d)(1) For purposes of column I of the table appearing in subsection (a) of this section, an individual's primary insurance benefit shall be computed as follows: " (A) The individuaFs average monthly wage shall be determined as provided in subsection (b) (but without regard to paragraph (4) thereof) of this section, except that for purposes of paragraph (2)(C) and (3) of such subsection, 1936 shall be used instead of 1950. " (B) For purposes of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (b)(2), an individual whose total wages prior to 1951 (as defined in subparagraph (C) of this subsection) — "(i) do not exceed $27,000 shall be deemed to have been paid such wages in equal parts in nine calendar years after 1936 and prior to 1951; "(ii) exceed $27,000 and are less than $42,000 shall be deemed to have been paid (I) $3,000 in each of such number of calendar years after 1936 and prior to 1951 as is equal to the integer derived by dividing such total wages by $3,000, and ( II) the excess of such total wages over the product of $3,000 times such integer, in an additional calendar year in such period; or "(ill) are at least $42,000 shall be deemed to have been paid $3,000 in each of the fourteen calendar years after 1936 and prior to 1951. " (C) For the purposes of subparagraph (B), 'total wages prior to 1951' with respect to an individual means the sum of (i) remuneration credited to such individual prior to 1951 on the records of the Secretary, (ii) wages deemed paid prior to 1951 to such individual under section 217, and (iii) compensation under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 prior to 1951 creditable to him pursuant to this title. " (D) The individual's primary insurance benefit shall be 45.6 per centum of the first $50 of his average monthly wage as computed under this subsection, plus 11.4 per centum of the next $200 of such average monthly wage." (2) Section 215(d)(2) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(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) except as provided in paragraph (3), who attained age 22 after 1950 and with respect to whom less than six of the quarters elapsing after 1950 are quarters of coverage, or who attained such age before 1951; and " (C)(i) who becomes entitled to benefits under section 202(a) or 223 after the date of the enactment of the Social Security Amendments of 1967, or "(ii) who dies after such date without being entitled to benefits under section 202(a) or 223, or "(iii) whose primary insurance amount is required to be recomputed under section 215(f)(2)."

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