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employment income of such insured individual shall be determined as if no such divorced wife or surviving divorced wife were entitled to benefits for such month." (7) Section 203(c) (4^ of such Act is amended by striking out "former wife divorced" and inserting in lieu thereof "surviving divorced mother". (8) Section 203(d)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out "wife," and inserting in lieu thereof "wife, divorced wife,". (9) The second sentence of section 205 (b^ of such Act is amended by striking out "wife, widow, former wife divorced," and inserting in lieu thereof "wife, divorced wife, widow, surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced mother,". (10) Section 205(c)(1)(C) of such Act is amended by striking out "former wife divorced," and inserting in lieu thereof "surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced mother,". (11) Section 222(b)(3) of such Act is amended by inserting "divorced wife," after "wife,". (12) Paragraph (3) of section 202(g) of such Act is repealed. (13) Section 202(g) of such Act is amended by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). (e) The amendments made by this section shall be applicable with respect to monthly insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act beginning with the second month following the month in which this Act is enacted; but, in the case of an individual who was not entitled to a monthly insurance benefit under section 202 of such Act for the first month following the month in which this Act is enacted, only on the basis of an application filed in or after the month ill which this Act is enacted.
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TRANSITIONAL INSURED STATUS
SEC. 309. (a) Title II of the Social Security Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof (after the new section 226 added by section 101 of this Act) the following new section: "*"'"' P- ^^°^'TRANSITIONAL INSURED STATUS
227. (a) In the case of any individual who attains the age of 72 before 1969 but who does not meet the requirements of section 214(a), the 6 (quarters of coverage referred to in so much of H upc iu.' aragraph (1) of section 214(a) as follows clause (C) shall, instead, e 3 Quarters of coverage for purposes of determining entitlement of such individual to benefits under section 202(a), and of his wife ^'^ ^^^ '*°^* to benefits under section 202(b), but, in the case of such wife, only ^"*®' P- 375. if she attains the age of 72 before 1969 and only with respect to wife's insurance benefits under section 202(b) for and after the month in which she attains such age. For each month before the month in which any such individual meets the requirements oi section 214(a), the amount of his old-age insurance benefit shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 2C^(a), be $35 and the amount of the wife's insurance benefit of his wife shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 202(b), be $17.50. "(b) In the case of any individual who has died, who does not meet the requirements of section 214(a), and whose widow attains age 72 before 1969, the 6 quarters of coverage referred to in paragraph (3) of section 214(a) and in so much of paragraph (1) thereof as follows clause (C) shall, for purposes of determining her entitle"SECL
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