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the employees referred to in clause (A) are employed; or (C) employees of such State or Territory covered by such retirement system who are employed in such department of such State or Territory in positions other than those referred to in clause (A). " Certain Nonprofessional School District Employees 42 USC 418.

(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 218 of the Social Security Act, any agreement under such section entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act by the State of Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, or the Territory of Hawaii shall if the State or Territory concerned so requests, be modified prior to July 1, 1957, so as to apply to services performed by employees of the respective public school districts of such State or Territory who, on the date such agreement is made applicable to such services, are not in positions the incumbents of which are required by State or Territorial law or regulation to have valid State or Territorial teachers' or administrators' certificates in order to receive pay for their services. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to services of any such employees to which any such agreement applies without regard to this subsection. Policemen and Firemen in the States of Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, and South Dakota

42 USC 418.

(g) Section 218 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: Policemen and Firemen in Certain States " (p) Any agreement with the State of Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, or South Dakota entered into pursuant to this section prior to the date of enactment of this subsection may, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d)(5)(A) and the references thereto in subsections (d)(1) and (d)(3), be modified pursuant to subsection (c)(4) to apply to service performed by employees of such State or any political subdivision thereof in any policeman's or fireman's position covered by a retirement system in effect on or after the date of the enactment of this subsection, but only upon compliance with the requirements of subsection (d)(3). For the purposes of the preceding sentence, a retirement system which covers positions of policemen or firemen, or both, and other positions shall, if the State concerned so desires, be deemed to be a separate retirement system with respect to the positions of such policemen or firemen, or both, as the case may be." Ministers

42 USC 411.

42 USC 410.

(h) Paragraph (7)(B) of section 211(a) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: " (B) a citizen of the United States performing service described in subsection (c)(4) as an employee of an American employer (as defined in section 210(e)) or as a minister in a foreign country who has a congregation which is composed predominantly of citizens of the United States,". Effective Dates (i)(1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to service performed after 1956. The amendments made by