Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 86.djvu/452

 410 42 USC'403. ^^42 USC 402,

42 USC 422.

72 Stat. 1017.

72 Stat. 1013; ^^r2 USC^4i5

416?*'' ^^' * ' 81 Stat. 864. Ante, p. 406.

PUBLIC LAW 92-336-JULY 1, 1972

[86 STAT.

(^) Section 203(a) of such Act is amended by striking- out paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(2) when two or more persons were entitled (without the application of section 202(j)(1) and section 223(b)) to monthly benefits under section 202 or 223 for August 1972 on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of such insured individual and the provisions of this subsection were applicable in January 1971 or any prior month in determining the total of the benefits for persons entitled for any such month on the basis of such wages and self-employment income, such total of benefits for September 1972 or any subsequent month shall not be reduced to less than the larger of— " (A) the amount determined under this subsection without regard to this paragraph, or " (B) an amount equal to the sum of the amounts derived by multiplying the benefit amount determined under this title for August 1972 (including this subsection, but without the application of section 222(b), section 202(q), and subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section), for each person for such month, by 120 percent and raising such increased amount, if it is not a multiple of $0.10, to the next higher multiple of $0.10; ^^^ ^^ g^j^y g^pj^ ^g^gg ^^^ paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not be applied to such total of benefits after the application of subparagraph (B), and (ii) if section 202(k)(2)(A) was applicable in the case of any such benefits for September 1972, and ceases to apply after such month, the provisions of subparagraph (B) shall be applied, for and after the month in which section 2 0 2 (k)(2)(A) ceases to apply, as though paragraph (1) had not been applicable to such total of benefits for September 1972, or". (c) Section 215(a) of such Act is amended by striking out the mat*®^ which precedes the table and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " (a) The primary insurance amount of an insured individual shall be determined as follows: " (1) Subject to the conditions specified in subsections (b), (c), '^^^ (^) of ^his section and except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, such primary insurance amount shall be whichever of the following amounts is the largest: " (A) the amouut in column IV of the following table on the line on which in column III of such table appears his average monthly wage (as determined under subsection (b)); " (B) the amount in column IV of such table on the line on which in column II appears his primary insurance amount (as determined under subsection (c)); or " (C) the amount in column IV of such table on the line on which in column I appears his primary insurance benefit (as determined under subsection (d)). "(2) I n the case of an individual who was entitled to a disability insurance benefit for the month before the month in which he died, became entitled to old-age insurance benefits, or attained age 65, such primary insurance amount shall be the amount in column IV oi 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 and in the following month became entitled to an old-age insurance benefit, or he died in siTch follow-

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