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 97 STAT. 414 PUBLIC LAW 98-76—AUG. 12, 1983 45 USC 231a. section 2(c) of this Act began to accrue in or before the year in which 42 USC 1305. such first increase under the Social Security Act became effective, be reduced by the dollar amount by which that portion of the annuity provided such spouse under subsection (a) of this section was increased, after any reduction under subsection (i) of this section, as a result of such increase or increases under the Social Security Act until the total dollar amount of such reduction or reductions equals 5 per centum of the annuity amount provided such spouse under subsection (a), as reduced under subsection (i), prior to such first increase. In no case shall the reduction by reason of this paragraph operate to reduce such portion to an amount less than $10. ". 45 USC 231c. (c) Section 4(g) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 is amended— (1) in subdivision (1), by inserting "and without regard to any Ante, p. 413. reduction under section 3(g)(2) of this Act" after "before any reduction on account of age"; (2) in subdivision (6), by striking out "3(g)" and inserting "3(g)(1)" in lieu thereof; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subdivisions: "(7) The first and, if necessary, the following time or times after January 1, 1983, that monthly insurance benefits under section 202 42 USC 402. of the Social Security Act are increased, that portion of the annuity of a survivor of a deceased individual as is determined under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, or under section 4(g) of this Act as in effect before amendment by section 1119(g) of Public Law 45 USC 231c. 97-35, shall, if such survivor's annuity under section 2(d) of this Act began to accrue before the effective date of such first increase under the Social Security Act, be reduced by the dollar amount by which that portion of the annuity provided such survivor under subsection (f) of this section was increased, after any reduction under subsec- tion (i) of this section, as a result of such increase or increases under the Social Security Act until the total dollar amount of such reduc- tion or reductions equals 5 per centum of the annuity amount provided such survivor under subsection (f), as reduced under sub- section (i), prior to such first increase. In no case shall the reduction by reason of this paragraph operate to reduce such portion to an amount less than $10. "(8) That portion of the annuity of a survivor of a deceased individual as is determined under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection shall, if the annuity of such survivor is not subject to reduction under subdivision (7) of this subsection, be reduced by an amount equal to the dollar amount by which the annuity of the deceased individual was reduced under section 3(g)(2) of this Act or would have been reduced under such section 3(g)(2) if such deceased individual had been living at the time such survivor's annuity under section 2(d) of this Act began to accrue (deeming for this purpose, if such individual died before becoming entitled to an annuity under section 2(a)(1) of this Act, that such individual became entitled to an annuity under paragraph (i) of such section 2(a)(1) in the month in which such individual died). In a case where the survivor of a deceased individual is not entitled to a monthly insurance benefit under the Social Security Act, the reduction provided by the preced- ing sentence of this subdivision shall be equal to the dollar amount by which the annuity of the deceased individual would have been reduced under section 3(g)(2) of this Act if the annuity of such deceased individual had not been subject to reduction under section

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