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64 Stat. 512. 42 USC 417. 50 Stat. 307. 45 USC 228a. Post, p. 1352.

72 Stat. 1017; Ante, p. 411.

Ante, p. 1333. Ante, p. 406.

Ante, p. 410.

42 USC 423. Ante, p. 412.

Ante, p. 4 1 1. "Primary insurance amount.

Ante, p. 1333. Ante, p. 411.

Ante, p. 412

PUBLIC LAW 92-603-OCT. 30, 1972

[86 STAT.

of which he is credited with wages (including wages deemed to be paid to such individual under section 217, compensation under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 which is creditable to such individual pursuant to this title, and wages deemed to be paid to such individual under section 229) and self-employment income of not less than 25 percent of the maximum amount which, pursuant to subsection (e), may be counted for such year." (b) Section 203(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of paragraph (3), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof ", or", and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: " (5) whenever the monthly benefits of such individuals are based on an insured individual's primary insurance amount which is determined under section 215(a)(3) and such primary insurance amount does not appear in column IV of the table in (or deemed to be in) section 215(a), the applicable maximum amount in column V of such table shall be the amount in such column that appears on the line on which the next higher primary insurance amount appears in column IV, or, if larger, the largest amou^^t determined for such persons under this subsection for any month prior to October 1972." (c) Section 215(a)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out "such primary insurance amount shall be" and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "such primary insurance amount shall be— " (A) the amount in column IV of such table which is equal to the primary insurance amount upon which such disability insurance benefit is based; except that if such individual was entitled to a disability insurance benefit under section 223 for the month before the effective month of a new table (whether enacted by another law or deemed to be such table under subsection (i)(2)(D)) and in the following month became entitled to an old-age insurance benefit, or he died in such following month, then his primary insurance • amount for such following month shall be the amount in column IV of the new table on the line on which in column II of such table appears his primary insurance amount for the month before the effective month of the table (as determined under subsection (c)) instead of the amount in column IV equal to the primary insurance amount on which his disability insurance benefit is based. For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'primary insurance amount' with respect to any individual means only a primarv insurance amount determined under paragraph (1) (and such individual's benefits shall be deemed to be based upon the primary insurance amount as so determined); or " (B) an amount equal to the primary insurance amount upon which such disability insurance benefit is based if such primary insurance amount was determined under paragraph (3)." (d) Section 215(f)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out "subsection (a)(1)(A) and (C) " and inserting in lieu thereof "subsections (a)(1)(A) and (C) and (a)(3) ". (e) Section 2 1 5 (i)(2)(A) ( i i) of such Act is amended by striking out "mi'ler this title" and inserting in lieu thereof "under this title (but not including a primarv insurance amount determined under subsection ( a H 3) of this section)". (f) Whenever an insured individual is entitled to benefits for a month which are based on a primary insurance amount under paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) of section 215(a) of the Social Security

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