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PUBLIC LAW 93-445-OCT. 16, 1974

42 USC 302^^

note s, 401 note.

45 USC 228b. 45 USC 228c.

42 USC

401

note. Ante,

p. 1312

42 USC 1305. 42 USC 401, ^

423

Ante,

p. 1319.

[88 STAT.

provisions of clause (C) of subsection (e)(1) or (e)(2) of this section was increased by the Social Security Amendments of 1965, 1967, and 1969, disregarding (A) the amount of any such increase resulting from the Social Security Amendments of 1967 equal to, or less than, the excess of $5 over 5.8 per centum of the lesser of (i) the amount computed under clause (C) of subsection (e)(1) or (e)(2) of this section before any increases derived from legislation enacted after the Social Security Amendments of 1967 or (ii) the amount of the spouse's annuity to which such spouse would have been entitled under section 2(e) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, without regard to section 3(a)(2) of that Act or to increases derived from legislation enacted after 1968 and before any reduction on account of age, on the basis of the individual's compensation and years of service prior to January 1, 1975, and (B) the amount of any such increase resulting from the Social Security Amendments of 1969 equal to, or less than, $5: Provided further, That if the spouse is entitled to an annuity under section 2(a)(1) of this Act, the amount of the annuity of such spouse under this subsection shall, subject to the third proviso of this subsection, be increased by an amount equal to the amount by which the amount of the annuity of such spouse provided under subsection (a) of this section was reduced by reason of the provisions of subsection (i)(2) of this section: And provided further, That if the total of (A) the amount of the spouse's annuity provided under subsection (a) of this section (before any reduction due to such spouse's entitlement to a wife's or husband's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act), or, in the case of a spouse entitled to an annuity under section 2(a)(1) of this Act or to an oldage insurance benefit or a disability insurance benefit under section 202 or 223 of the Social Security Act, the amount to which such spouse would be entitled under subsection (a) if she or he were not entitled to an annuity under section 2(a)(1) of this Act or to an old-age insurance benefit or a disability insurance benefit under section 202 or 223 of the Social Security Act, plus (B) the amount of her or his annuity under this subsection would, with respect to any month, before any reductions on account of age, exceed 110 per centum of an amount equal to the maximum amount which could be paid to anyone, with respect to such month, as a wife's insurance benefit under section 202(b) of the Social Security Act, the amount of the annuity of such spouse under this subsection shall be reduced until the total of such annuity amounts equals 110 per centum of such amount. The Board shall have the authority to approximate the amount of any reduction prescribed by the first proviso of this subsection. "(c) If (A) the total amount of the annuity of a spouse of an individual as computed under the preceding subsections of this section as of the date on which the annuity of such individual under section 2(a)(1) of this Act began to accrue (before any reduction due to such spouse's entitlement to a wife's or husband's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act) plus (B) the total amount of the annuity and supplemental annuity of the individual (before any reduction due to such individual's entitlement to a monthly insurance benefit under the Social Security Act) subject to the provisions of section 3(f)(1) of this Act would, before any reductions in the amounts specified in clauses (A) and (B) on account of age and disregarding any increases in such amounts which become effective after the date on which the individual's annuity under section 2(a)(1) of this Act began to accrue, exceed the amount determined under clauses (A) and (B) of section 3(f)(1) of this Act, the portion of the annuity of such spouse determined under subsection (b) of this section as of the date on which the individual's annuity under section 2(a)(1) began to accrue

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