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 97 STAT. 412 PUBLIC LAW 98-76—AUG. 12, 1983 accrue before such individual attained age 62, the spouse of such individual"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subdivisions: "(3) In the case of an individual entitled to an annuity under 45 USC 231a. section 2(a)(l)(ii) of this Act which began to accrue before such individual attained age 62, the annuity of the spouse of such individ- ual under section 2(c) of this Act shall, in lieu of an annuity amount provided under subdivision (1), be in an amount equal to— "(i) for each month prior to the first month throughout which both the individual and the spouse are age 62, 50 per centum of that portion of the individual's annuity as is, or was prior to such individual's attaining age 62, computed under section Ante, p.411. 3(a)(3)(i) of this Act, reduced to the same extent such amount would be reduced under section 202(b)(4) of the Social Security 42 USC 402. Act (in the case of a wife) or under section 202(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (in the case of a husband) as if such amount were a wife's insurance benefit or a husband's insurance benefit, respectively, under such Act; and "(ii) for months beginning with the first month throughout which both the individual and the spouse are age 62, the amount (after any reduction on account of age based on the spouse's age at the time the amount under this paragraph first becomes payable but before any deductions on account of work) of the wife's insurance benefit or the husband's insurance bene- fit to which such spouse would have been entitled under the 42 USC 1305. Social Security Act if the individual's service as an employee after December 31, 1936, had been included in the term 'employ- ment' as defined in that Act. "(4) In the case of an individual entitled to an annuity under 45 USC 231a. paragraph (iv) or (v) of section 2(a)(1) of this Act, the annuity of the spouse of such individual entitled to an annuity under section 2(c)(l)(ii)(B) of this Act shall, in lieu of an annuity amount provided under subdivision (1), be in an amount equal to the amount (after any reduction on account of age but before any deductions on account of work) of the wife's insurance benefit or the husband's insurance benefit to which such spouse would have been entitled under the Social Security Act if the individual's service as an employee after December 31, 1936, had been included in the term 'employment' as defined in that Act. For purposes of this subdivi- sion, spouses who have not attained age 62 shall be deemed to have attained age 62.". Effective date. (c) The amendments made by this section shall become effective "^^ usc 231b Qjj July i^ 1984, and shall apply only with respect to awards in cases "° where the individual's annuity under section 2(a)(1) of the Railroad 45 USC 231a. Retirement Act of 1974 began to accrue on or after that date and the individual had not completed thirty years of service and attained age 60 prior to that date. In the case of an individual who has completed thirty years of service and has attained age 60 before January 1, 1986, the amount of the reduction on account of age in the annuity amount provided to such individual under section 3(a)(3) Ante, p. 411. of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the amount of the reduction on account of age in the annuity amount provided to the spouse of such individual under subdivision (3) of section 4(a) of the Supra. Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 shall be only one-half of the amount by which such annuity would be reduced on account of age except for the provisions of this sentence.

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