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PUBLIC LAW 93-233-DEC. 31, 1973

Public Law 93-233 AN ACT To provide a 7-percent increase in social security benefits beginning with Marcli 1974 and an additional 4-percent increase beginning with June lf)74, to provide increases in supplemental security income benefits, and for other puriK)ses.

Be it enacted by the /Senate and Home of RepreHevtatloeii of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

December 31, 1973 [H. R. 11333]

Social security benefits, i n c r e a s e.

I N T E R I M COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES I N SOCIAL SECURITY B E N E F I T S

1. (a) Section 201(a)(1) of Public Law l)3-6 is amended by striking out "the percentage by which" and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "7 per centum/'. (b) Section 201(a)(2) of Public Law 98-6 is amended— (1) by striking out "May 1974" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "February 1974"; and (2) by striking out "January 1975" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "June 1974". (c) Section 201(b) of Public Law 93-66 is amended to read as follows: " (b) The increase in social security benefits authorized under this section shall be provided, and any determinations by the Secretary in connection with the provision of such increase in benefits shall be made, in the manner prescribed in section 215(i) of the Social Security Act for the implementation of cost-of-living increases authorized under title II of such Act, except that— "(1) the amount of such increase shall be 7 per centum, "(2) in the case of any individual entitled to monthly insurance benefits payable pursuant to section 202(e) of such Act for February 1974 (without the application of section 202(j)(1) or 223(b) of such Act), including such benefits based on a primary insurance amount determined under section 215(a)(3) of such Act as amended by this section, such increase shall be determined without regard to paragraph (2) (1^) of such section 202(e), and "(3) in the case of any individual entitled to monthly insurance benefits payable pursuant to section 202(f) of such Act for February 1974 (without the application of section 202(j)(1) or 223(b) of such Act), inchuling such l)enefits based on a primary insurance amount determined under section 215(a)(3) of such Act as amended by this section, such increase shall be determined without regard to paragraph (3)(B) of such section 202(f),". (d) Section 201(c)(2) of Public Law 93-66 is amended by striking out "May 1974" and inserting in lieu thereof "Febi'uary 1974", (e) Section 201(d) of Public Law 93-66 is amended by striking out "December 1974" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "May 1974". (f) Section 202(e) of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(7) I n the case of an individual entitled to monthly insurance benefits payable under this section for any month prior to January 1973 whose benefits were not redetermined under section 102(g) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972, such benefits shall not be redetermined pursuant to such section, but shall be increased pursuant to any general benefit increase (as defined in section 215(i)(3)) or any increase in benefits made under or pursuant to section 215(i), including for this purpose the increase provided effective for March 1974, as though such redetermination had been made." SECTION

Ante,

p. 152.

Post,

p. 952.

Infra. 42 USC 4 0 2, 4 2 3. Post,

p. 948,

Ante,

p. 152.

81 Stat. 829.

86 Stat. 42 USC note. 86 Stat. 42 USC

1338. 402 412, 415.

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