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PUBLIC LAW 90-248-JAN. 2, 1968

[81 STAT.

"Alternative Method for Determining Quarters of Coverage With Respect to Wages in the Period from 1937 to 1950 75 Stat. 137. 42 USC 414. Ante. p. 864.

^42 USC 402, 74 Stat. 964; 79 Stat. 366. ^^42 USC 415

"(g) For purposes of section 214(a), an individual shall be deemed ^^ have one quarter of coverage for each $400 of his total wages prior to 1951 (as defined in section 215(d)(1)(C)), except where— "(1) such individual is not a fully insured individual on the basis of the number of quarters of coverage so derived plus the number of quarters of coverage derived from the wages and selfemployment income credited to him for periods after 1950, or "(2) such individual's elapsed years (for purposes of section 214 (a)(1)) are less than 7." (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply only in the case of an individual who applies for benefits under section 202(a) of the Social Security Act after the date of the enactment of this Act, or who dies after such date without being entitled to benefits under section 202(a) or 223 of the Social Security Act. (c) SectioR 303(g)(1) of the Social Security Amendments of 1960 ig amended— ^-^^ ^y striking out "section 302 of" and by striking out "Amendments of 1965 and inserting in lieu thereof "Amendments of 1965 and 1967 in the first sentence; and (2) by striking out "after 1965, or dies after 1965" and inserting in lieu thereof "after the date of the enactment of the Social Security Amendments of 1967, or dies after such date", and by striking out "Amendments of 1965" and inserting in lieu thereof "Amendments of 1967", in the second sentence. DEFINITIONS

42 us^c 416^^'

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OF W I D O W, WIDOWER, A N D

STEPCHILD

^^^- ^^^- (^) Section 216(c) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "not less than one year" in clause (5) and inserting in lieu thereof "not less than nine months". (b) The first sentence of section 216(e) of such Act is amended by striking out "the day on which such individual died" and inserting in lieu thereof "not less than nine months immediately preceding the day on which such individual died". ^^^ SectioR 216 (g) of such Act is amended by striking out "not less than one year" in clause (5) and inserting in lieu thereof "not less than nine months". (d) Section 216 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "Waiver of Nine-Month Requirement for Widow, Stepchild, or Widower in Case of Accidental Death or in Case of Serviceman Dying in Line of Duty

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" (k) The requirement in clause (5) of subsection (c) or clause (5) of subsection (g) that the surviving spouse of an individual have been married to such individual for a period of not less than nine months immediately prior to the day on which such individual died in order to qualify as such individual's widow or widower, and the requirement in subsection (e) that the stepchild of a deceased individual have been such stepchild for not less than nine months immediately preceding the day on which such individual died in order to qualify as such individual's child, shall be deemed to be satisfied, where such individual dies within the applicable nine-month period, if his death— "(1) is accidental, or

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