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PUBLIC LAW 90-248-JAN. 2, 1968
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STAT.
80 Stat. 68. 42 USC 428.
(2) Section 228(b)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out "$35" and inserting in lieu thereof $40", and by striking out "$17.50" and inserting in lieu thereof "$20". (3) Section 228(c)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out "$17.50" and inserting in lieu thereof "$20", (4) Section 228(c)(3)(A) of such Act is amended by striking out "$35" and inserting in lieu thereof "$40". (5) Section 228(c)(3)(B) of such Act is amended by striking out "$17.50" and inserting in lieu thereof "$20". (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to monthly benefits under title II of the Social Security 4^8; S,'*p.^833. -^^t for months after January 1968. 2*^ MAXIMUM A M O U N T OF A W I F E ' S OR H U S B A N D ' S 79 Stat. 375. 42 USC 402.
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79 Stat. 403.
79 Stat. 404.
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SEC. 103. (a) Section 202(b)(2) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: u^2) Except as provided in subsection (q), such wife's insurance benefit for each month shall be equal to whichever of the following is the smaller: (A) one-half of the primary insurance amount of her husband (or, in the case of a divorced wife, her former husband) for such month, or (B) $105." (^) Section 202(c)(3) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(3) Except as provided in subsection (q), such husband's insurance benefit for each month shall be equal to whichever of the following is the smaller: (A) one-half of the primary insurance amount of his wife for such month, or (B) $105." (c) Section 202(e)(4) of such Act is amended by striking out "50 per centum of the primary insurance amount of the deceased individual on whose wages and self-employment income such benefit is based" and inserting in lieu thereof "whichever of the following is the smaller: (A) one-half of the primary insurance amount of the deceased individual on whose wages and self-employment income such benefit is based, or (B) $105". (d) Section 202(f)(5) of such Act is amended by striking out "50 per centum of the primary insurance amount of the deceased individual on whose wages and self-employment income such benefit is based" and inserting in lieu thereof "whichever of the following is the smaller: (A) one-half of the primary insurance amount of the deceased individual on whose wages and self-employment income such benefit is based,or (B) $105". (e) The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply with respect to monthly benefits under title II of the Social Security Act for months after January 1968. BENEFITS
79 Stat. 373 376.
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SEC. 104. (a)(1) Subparagraph (B) of section 202(e)(1) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: " (B)(i) has attahied age 60, or (ii) has attained age 50 but has not attained age 60 and is under a disability (as defined in section 223(d)) which began before the end of the period specified in paragraph (5),". (2) So much of section 202(e)(1) of such Act as follows subparagraph (E) is amended to read as follows: "shall be entitled to a widow's insurance benefit for each month, beginning with— " (F) if she satisfies subparagraph (B) by reason of clause (i) thereof, the first month in which she becomes so entitled to such insurance benefits, or
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