86
STAT.]
PUBLIC LAW 92-60a-OCT. 30, 1972
"(ii) if less, the number of such months in the adjusted reduction period for such benefit (determined under paragraph (7)), if such benefit is (I) for the month in which such individual attains age 62, or ( II) for the month in which such individual attains retirement age; and in the case of a widow or widower whose first month of entitlement to a widow's or widower's insurance benefit is a month before the month in which such widow or widower attains age 60, such benefit, reduced pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph (and before the application of the second sentence of paragraph (8)), shall be further reduced by— " (C) 4%4Q of 1 percent of the amount of such benefit, multiplied by— " (D)(i) the number of months in the additional reduction period for such benefit (determined under paragraph (6)(B)), if such benefit is for a month before the month in which such individual attains age 62, or "(ii) if less, the number of months in the additional adjusted reduction period for such benefit (determined under paragraph (7)), if such benefit is for the month in which such individual attains age 62 or any month thereafter." (2) Section 202(q)(3) of such Act is amended— (A) by striking out clause (ii) of subparagraph (E) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(ii) the amount equal to the sum of (I) the amount by which such widow's or widower's insurance benefit would be reduced under paragraph (1) if the period specified in paragraph (6)(A) ended with the month before the month in which she or he attained age 62 and ( II) the amount by which such old-age insurance benefit would be reduced under paragraph (1) if it were equal to the excess of such old-age insurance benefit (before reduction under this subsection) over such widow's or widower's insurance benefit (before reduction under this subsection)". (B) by striking out clause (ii) of subparagraph (F) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(ii) the amount equal to the sum of (I) the amount by which such widow's or widower's insurance benefit would be reduced under paragraph (1) if the period specified in paragraph (6)(A) ended with the month before the month in which she or he attained age 62 and ( II) the amount by which such disability insurance benefit would be reduced under paragraph (2) if it were equal to the excess of such disability insurance benefit (before reduction under this subsection) over such widow's or widower's insurance benefit (before reduction under this subsection)". (C) by striking out "had such individual attained age 62 in" in subparagraph (G) and inserting in lieu thereof "as if the period specified in paragraph (6)(A) (or, if such paragraph does not apply, the period specified in paragraph (6)(B)) ended with the month before". (3) Section 202(q)(7) of such Act is amended— (A) by striking out everything that precedes subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:, " (7) For purposes of this subsection the 'adjusted reduction period' for an individual's old-age, wife's, husband's, widow's, or widower's insurance benefit is the reduction period prescribed in paragraph (6) (A) for such benefit, and the 'additional adjusted reduction period' for an individual's, widow's, or widower's insurance benefit is the additional reduction period prescribed by paragraph (6)(B) for such benefit, excluding from each such period—"; and
1337 Infra.
75 Stat. 131; 79 Stat. 368. 42 USC 402.
81 Stat. 8 3 1.
75 Stat. 131; 79 Stat. 368, 369, 374.
"Adjusted reduction period." "Additional adjusted reduction period."
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