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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 to accrue or the date on which such widow's or widower's annuity under section 2(d)(1) of this Act began to accrue. If a widow or widower of a deceased employee is not entitled to an annuity under section 2(a)(l) of this Act or to an old-age insurance benefit or a disability insurance benefit under the Social Security Act, the amount of the annuity to which such widow or widower is entitled under this subsection shall not be less than an amount which would cause the total of the annuity amounts to which such widow or widower is entitled (before any deductions on account of work) under this subsection and subsection (f)(1) of this section to equal the total of the annuity amounts to which such widow or widower was entitled (or would have been entitled except for the provisions of sections 2(e) and 2(f) of this Act) as a spouse under subsections (a), (b), and (e)(3) of this section (after any reduction on account of age) in the month preceding the employee's death. If a widow or widower of a deceased employee is entitled to an annuity under section 2(a)(l) of this Act or to an old-age insurance benefit or a disability insurance benefit under the Social Security Act, the amount of the annuity to which such widow or widower is entitled under this subsection shall not be less than an amount which would cause (A) the total of the annuity amounts to which such widow or widower is entitled (after any reductions pursuant to section 202(k) or 202(q) of the Social Security Act or subsection (i)(2) of this section but before any deductions on account of work) under this subsection and subsection (f) of this section to equal (B)(i) the total of the annuity amounts, if any, to which such widow or widower was entitled (or would have oeen entitled except for the provisions of sections 2(e) and 2(f) of this Act) as a spouse under subsections (a), (b), and (e) of this section (after any reduction on account of age) in the month preceding the employee^ death less (ii), if such widow or widower is entitled to an old-age insurance benefit or a disability insurance benefit under the Social Security Act but was not entitled to such a benefit in the month preceding the employee's death, the amount by which the annuity amount payable under subsection (a) of this section to such widow or widower as a spouse in the month preceding the employee's death would have been reduced by reason of section 202(k) or 202(q) of the Social Security Act if such widow or widower had been entitled to an old-age insurance benefit or a disability insurance benefit under the Social Security Act in the month preceding the employee's death in an amount equal to the amount of such benefit at the time such benefit first began to accrue to such vCidow or widower. "(5) This subsection shall not apply to the annuity of a widow, surviving divorced wife, or surviving divorced mother who is entitled to such annuity on the basis of the provisions of section 2(d)(l)(v) of this Act. "(6) That portion of the annuity of a survivor of an individual determined under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection shall be increased whenever, and by the same percentage or percentages as, the annuity of the individual would have been increased pursuant to section 3(g) of this Act if such individual were still living.". (h) Section 4(h) of the Railroad Retirement Act is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(h)"; (2) by inserting after "during the period from January 1, 1975, to" the following "January 1, 1982 or, if earlier, to"; (3) by inserting after "202(k) and 202(q) of the Social Security Act" the first time it appears the following: "and subsection (i)(2) of this section"; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subdivision:

95 STAT. 635 45 USC 23la. 42 USC 1305.

42 USC 402.

45 USC 23lc.

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