Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1582

 91 STAT. 1548

PUBLIC LAW 95-216—DEC. 20, 1977

(2) In the case of an individual who was entitled for the month of December 1978 to monthly insurance benefits under subsection (e) or Ante, pp. 1545, (f) of section 202 of the Social Security Act to which the provisions of 1547. subsection (e)(4) or (f)(5) applied, the Secretary shall, if such ^rete, pp. 1528, benefits would be increased by the amendments made by this section, redetermine the amount of such benefits for months after December 1978 as if such amendments had been in effect for the first month for which the provisions of section 202(e)(4) or 202(f)(5) became applicable. 42 use402 note. (d) Where— (1) two or more persons are entitled to monthly benefits under 42 USC 402. section 202 of the Social Security Act for December 1978 on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of a deceased individual, and one or more of such persons is so entitled under subsection (e) or (f) of such section 202, and (2) one or more of such persons is entitled on the basis of such wages and self-employment income to monthly benefits under subsection (e) or (f) of such section 202 (as amended by this section) for January 1979, and (3) the total of benefits to which all persons are entitled under section 202 of such Act on the basis of such wages and self-employment income for January 1979 is reduced by reason of section Ante, p. 1524. 203(a) of such Act as amended by this Act (or would, but for the first sentence of section 203(a)(4), be so reduced), then the amount of the benefit to which each such person referred to in paragraph (1) is entitled for months after December 1978 shall in no case be less after the application of this section and such section 203(a) than the amount it would have been without the application of this section. DURATION-Or-MARRIAGE REQUIREMENT

42 USC 416.

SEC. 337. (a) Section 216(d) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "20 years" in paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting in lieu thereof in each instance "10 years". (b) Section 202(b)(1)(G) of such Act is amended by striking out "20 years" and inserting in lieu thereof "lOyears". Effective date. (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect 42 USC 402 note, to monthly benefits payable under title II of the Social Security Act 42 USC 401. fQj. months after December 1978, and, in the case of individuals who are not entitled to benefits of the type involved for December 1978, only on the basis of applications filed on or after January 1, 1979. PART D—STUDY W I T H RESPECT TO GENDER-BASED DISTINCTIONS STUDY OF P R O P O S A L S TO ELIMINATE DEPENDENCY AND SEX DISCRIMINATION UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM

42 USC 902 note.

SEC. 341. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in consultation with the Task Force on Sex Discrimination in the Department of Justice, shall make a detailed study, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Social Security Administration, of proposals to eliminate dependency as a factor in the determination of entitlement to spouse's benefits under the program established under title II of the Social Security Act, and of proposals to bring about equal treatment for men and women in any and all respects under such program, taking into account the practi-

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