Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 86.djvu/1515

 86 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92^03-OCT. 30, 1972

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"Eligible Spouse "(b) For purposes of this title, the term 'eligible spouse' means an aged, blind, or disabled individual who is the husband or wife of another aged, blind, or disabled individual and who has not been living apart from such other aged, blind, or disabled individual for more than six months. If two aged, blind, or disabled individuals are husband and wife as described m the preceding sentence, onlv one of them may be an 'eligible individual' within the meaning of section 1611(a). "Definition of Child "(c) For purposes of this title, the term 'child' means an individual who is neither married nor (as determined by the Secretary) the head of a household, and who is Q) under the age of eighteen, or (2) under the age of twenty-two and (as determined by the Secretary) a student regularly attending a school, college, or university, or a course of vocational or technical training designed to prepare him for gainful employment. "Determination of Marital Relationships "(d) In determining whether two individuals are husband and wife for purposes of this title, appropriate State law shall be applied; except that— " (1) if a man and women have been determined to be husband and wife under section 216(h)(1) for purposes of title II they shall be considered (from and after the date of such determination or the date of their application for benefits under this title, whichever is later) to be husband and wife for purposes of this title, or "(2) if a man and woman are found to be holding themselves out to the community in which they reside as husband and wife, they shall be so considered for purposes of this title notwithstanding any other provision of this section. "United States " (e) For purposes of this title, the term 'United States', when used in a geograj^hical sense, means the 50 States and the District of Columbia. "Income and Resources of Individuals Other Than Eligible Individuals and Eligible Spouses "(f)(1) For purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits for any individual who is married and whose spouse is living with him in the same household but is not an eligible spouse, such individual's income and resources shall be deemed to include any income and resources of such spouse, whether or not available to such individual, except to the extent determined by the Secretary to be inequitable under the circumstances. " (2) For purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits for any individual who is a child under age 21, such individual's income and resources shall be deemed to include any income and resources of a parent of such individual (or the spouse of such a parent) who is living in the same household as such individual,

42 USC 4oi.

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