Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 81.djvu/905

 81 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 90-248-JAN. 2, 1968

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(c) The amendnieiits made by this section shall apply with respect to any deductions imposed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act under snbsecti(ms (g) and (h) of section 203 of the Social Security Act on account of failure to make a report required thereby. IJIMITATION ON P A Y M E N T OF B E N E F I T S TO ALIENS THE UNITED STATES

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SEC. 162. (a)(1) Section 2 0 2 (t)(l) of the Social Security Act is ^°usc'402." amended by adding at the end thereof (after and below subparagraph (B)) the following new sentence: " For purposes of the preceding sentence, after an individual has been outside the United States for any period of thirty consecutive days he shall be treated as remaining outside the United States until he has been in the United States for a period of thirty consecutive days." (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply only with respect to six-month periods (within the irieaning of section 202(t) (1)(A) of the Social Security Act) which begin after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b)(1) Section 202(t)(4) of such Act is amended— ya^staS.^^iy^a!' (A) by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (B) by adding at the end thereof (after and below subparagraph (E)) the following: "except that subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph shall not apply in the case of any individual who is a citizen of a foreign country that has in eifect a social insurance or pension system which is of general application in such country and which satisfies subparagraph (A) but not subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2), or who is a citizen of a foreign country that has no social insurance or pension system of general application if at any time within five years prior to the month in which the Social Security Amendments of 1967 are enacted (or the first month thereafter for which his benefits are subject to suspension under paragraph (1)) payments to individuals residing in such country were withheld by the Treasury Department under the first section of the Act of October 9, 1940 (31 U.S.C. 123)." _ 56^st!l^*io2°8'^' (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply only with respect to monthly benefits under title II of the Social Security Act ^^ti^^^tV'^^^'' for months beginning after June 30, 1968. 70 Stat. 835; (c)(1) Section 202(t) of such Act is further amended by adding 79 Stat. 334. at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(10) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no monthly benefits shall be paid under this Section or under section 223, for any month beginning after June 30, 1968, to an individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who resides during such month in a foreign country if payments for such month to individuals residing in such country are withheld by the Treasury Department under the first section of the Act of October 9, 1940 (31 U.S.C. 123)." (2) Section 202(t)(6) of such Act is amended by striking out "by reason of paragraph (1) " and inserting in lieu thereof "by reason of paragraph (1) or (10)". (3) Whenever benefits which an individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States was entitled to receive under title II of the Social Security Act are, on June 30, 1968, being withheld by the Treasury Department under the first section of the Act of October 9, 1940 (31 U.S.C. 123), any such benefits, payable to such individual

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