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[CITE: 42USC413]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE 
                                BENEFITS
 
Sec. 413. Quarter and quarter of coverage


(a) Definitions

    For the purposes of this subchapter--
    (1) The term ``quarter'', and the term ``calendar quarter'', mean a 
period of three calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 
30, or December 31.
    (2)(A) The term ``quarter of coverage'' means--
        (i) for calendar years before 1978, and subject to the 
    provisions of subparagraph (B), a quarter in which an individual has 
    been paid $50 or more in wages (except wages for agricultural labor 
    paid after 1954) or for which he has been credited (as determined 
    under section 412 of this title) with $100 or more of self-
    employment income; and
        (ii) for calendar years after 1977, and subject to the 
    provisions of subparagraph (B), each portion of the total of the 
    wages paid and the self-employment income credited (pursuant to 
    section 412 of this title) to an individual in a calendar year which 
    equals the amount required for a quarter of coverage in that 
    calendar year (as determined under subsection (d) of this section), 
    with such quarter of coverage being assigned to a specific calendar 
    quarter in such calendar year only if necessary in the case of any 
    individual who has attained age 62 or died or is under a disability 
    and the requirements for insured status in subsection (a) or (b) of 
    section 414 of this title, the requirements for entitlement to a 
    computation or recomputation of his primary insurance amount, or the 
    requirements of paragraph (3) of section 416(i) of this title would 
    not otherwise be met.

    (B) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (A)--
        (i) no quarter after the quarter in which an individual dies 
    shall be a quarter of coverage, and no quarter any part of which is 
    included in a period of disability (other than the initial quarter 
    and the last quarter of such period) shall be a quarter of coverage;
        (ii) if the wages paid to an individual in any calendar year 
    equal $3,000 in the case of a calendar year before 1951, or $3,600 
    in the case of a calendar year after 1950 and before 1955, or $4,200 
    in the case of a calendar year after 1954 and before 1959, or $4,800 
    in the case of a calendar year after 1958 and before 1966, or $6,600 
    in the case of a calendar year after 1965 and before 1968, or $7,800 
    in the case of a calendar year after 1967 and before 1972, or $9,000 
    in the case of the calendar year 1972, or $10,800 in the case of the 
    calendar year 1973, or $13,200 in the case of the calendar year 
    1974, or an amount equal to the contribution and benefit base (as 
    determined under section 430 of this title) in the case of any 
    calendar year after 1974 and before 1978 with respect to which such 
    contribution and benefit base is effective, each quarter of such 
    year shall (subject to clauses (i) and (v)) be a quarter of 
    coverage;
        (iii) if an individual has self-employment income for a taxable 
    year, and if the sum of such income and the wages paid to him during 
    such year equals $3,600 in the case of a taxable year beginning 
    after 1950 and ending before 1955, or $4,200 in the case of a 
    taxable year ending after 1954 and before 1959, or $4,800 in the 
    case of a taxable year ending after 1958 and before 1966, or $6,600 
    in the case of a taxable year ending after 1965 and before 1968, or 
    $7,800 in the case of a taxable year ending after 1967 and before 
    1972, or $9,000 in the case of a taxable year beginning after 1971 
    and before 1973, or $10,800 in the case of a taxable year beginning 
    after 1972 and before 1974, or $13,200 in the case of a taxable year 
    beginning after 1973 and before 1975, or an amount equal to the 
    contribution and benefit base (as determined under section 430 of 
    this title) which is effective for the calendar year in the case of 
    any taxable year beginning in any calendar year after 1974 and 
    before 1978, each quarter any part of which falls in such year shall 
    (subject to clauses (i) and (v)) be a quarter of coverage;
        (iv) if an individual is paid wages for agricultural labor in a 
    calendar year after 1954 and before 1978, then, subject to clauses 
    (i) and (v), (I) the last quarter of such year which can be but is 
    not otherwise a quarter of coverage shall be a quarter of coverage 
    if such wages equal or exceed $100 but are less than $200; (II) the 
    last two quarters of such year which can be but are not otherwise 
    quarters of coverage shall be quarters of coverage if such wages 
    equal or exceed $200 but are less than $300; (III) the last three 
    quarters of such year which can be but are not otherwise quarters of 
    coverage shall be quarters of coverage if such wages equal or exceed 
    $300 but are less than $400; and (IV) each quarter of such year 
    which is not otherwise a quarter of coverage shall be a quarter of 
    coverage if such wages are $400 or more;
        (v) no quarter shall be counted as a quarter of coverage prior 
    to the beginning of such quarter;
        (vi) not more than one quarter of coverage may be credited to a 
    calendar quarter; and
        (vii) no more than four quarters of coverage may be credited to 
    any calendar year after 1977.

If in the case of an individual who has attained age 62 or died or is 
under a disability and who has been paid wages for agricultural labor in 
a calendar year after 1954 and before 1978, the requirements for insured 
status in subsection (a) or (b) of section 414 of this title, the 
requirements for entitlement to a computation or recomputation of his 
primary insurance amount, or the requirements of paragraph (3) of 
section 416(i) of this title are not met after assignment of quarters of 
coverage to quarters in such year as provided in clause (iv) of the 
preceding sentence, but would be met if such quarters of coverage were 
assigned to different quarters in such year, then such quarters of 
coverage shall instead be assigned, for purposes only of determining 
compliance with such requirements, to such different quarters. If, in 
the case of an individual who did not die prior to January 1, 1955, and 
who attained age 62 (if a woman) or age 65 (if a man) or died before 
July 1, 1957, the requirements for insured status in section 414(a)(3) 
of this title are not met because of his having too few quarters of 
coverage but would be met if his quarters of coverage in the first 
calendar year in which he had any covered employment had been determined 
on the basis of the period during which wages were earned rather than on 
the basis of the period during which wages were paid (any such wages 
paid that are reallocated on an earned basis shall not be used in 
determining quarters of coverage for subsequent calendar years), then 
upon application filed by the individual or his survivors and 
satisfactory proof of his record of wages earned being furnished by such 
individual or his survivors, the quarters of coverage in such calendar 
year may be determined on the basis of the periods during which wages 
were earned.

(b) Crediting of wages paid in 1937

    With respect to wages paid to an individual in the six-month periods 
commencing either January 1, 1937, or July 1, 1937; (A) if wages of not 
less than $100 were paid in any such period, one-half of the total 
amount thereof shall be deemed to have been paid in each of the calendar 
quarters in such period; and (B) if wages of less than $100 were paid in 
any such period, the total amount thereof shall be deemed to have been 
paid in the latter quarter of such period, except that if in any such 
period, the individual attained age sixty-five, all of the wages paid in 
such period shall be deemed to have been paid before such age was 
attained.

(c) Alternative method for determining quarters of coverage with respect 
        to wages in period from 1937 to 1950

    For purposes of sections 414(a) and 415(d) of this title, an 
individual shall be deemed to have one quarter of coverage for each $400 
of his total wages prior to 1951 (as defined in section 415(d)(1)(C) of 
this title), except where such individual is not a fully insured 
individual on the basis of the number of quarters of coverage so derived 
plus the number of quarters of coverage derived from the wages and self-
employment income credited to such individual for periods after 1950.

(d) Amount required for a quarter of coverage

    (1) The amount of wages and self-employment income which an 
individual must have in order to be credited with a quarter of coverage 
in any year under subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii) of this section shall be $250 
in the calendar year 1978 and the amount determined under paragraph (2) 
of this subsection for years after 1978.
    (2) The Commissioner of Social Security shall, on or before November 
1 of 1978 and of every year thereafter, determine and publish in the 
Federal Register the amount of wages and self-employment income which an 
individual must have in order to be credited with a quarter of coverage 
in the succeeding calendar year. The amount required for a quarter of 
coverage shall be the larger of--
        (A) the amount in effect in the calendar year in which the 
    determination under this subsection is made, or
        (B) the product of the amount prescribed in paragraph (1) which 
    is required for a quarter of coverage in 1978 and the ratio of the 
    national average wage index (as defined in section 409(k)(1) of this 
    title) for the calendar year before the year in which the 
    determination under this paragraph is made to the national average 
    wage index (as so defined) for 1976,

with such product, if not a multiple of $10, being rounded to the next 
higher multiple of $10 where such amount is a multiple of $5 but not of 
$10 and to the nearest multiple of $10 in any other case.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title II, Sec. 213, as added Aug. 28, 1950, ch. 
809, title I, Sec. 104(a), 64 Stat. 492, 504; amended July 18, 1952, ch. 
945, Secs. 3(a), 66 Stat. 770; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1206, title I, 
Secs. 104(c), 106(a), 108(b), 68 Stat. 1078, 1084; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 
836, title I, Sec. 105(c), 70 Stat. 828; Pub. L. 85-840, title I, 
Sec. 102(c), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 1019; Pub. L. 86-442, Sec. 3, Apr. 
22, 1960, 74 Stat. 82; Pub. L. 86-778, title II, Sec. 206(a), Sept. 13, 
1960, 74 Stat. 949; Pub. L. 87-64, title I, Sec. 102(c)(2)(A), (3)(B), 
June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 134, 135; Pub. L. 89-97, title III, 
Sec. 320(a)(3), July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 393; Pub. L. 90-248, title I, 
Secs. 108(a)(3), 155(b)(1), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 834, 865; Pub. L. 92-
5, title II, Sec. 203(a)(3), Mar. 17, 1971, 85 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 92-336, 
title II, Sec. 203(a)(3), July 1, 1972, 86 Stat. 418; Pub. L. 93-66, 
title II, Sec. 203(a)(3), July 9, 1973, 87 Stat. 153; Pub. L. 93-233, 
Sec. 5(a)(3), Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 953; Pub. L. 95-216, title III, 
Secs. 351(c), 352(a), (b), Dec. 20, 1977, 91 Stat. 1550, 1552; Pub. L. 
96-473, Sec. 6(c), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2265; Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, 
title VI, Sec. 2663(a)(9), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1164; Pub. L. 101-
239, title X, Sec. 10208(b)(2)(A), (B), (d)(2)(A)(i), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 
Stat. 2477, 2478, 2480; Pub. L. 101-508, title V, Sec. 5117(c)(1), Nov. 
5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-278; Pub. L. 103-296, title I, Sec. 107(a)(4), 
title III, Sec. 321(a)(15), (e)(2)(A), Aug. 15, 1994, 108 Stat. 1478, 
1536, 1539.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-296, Sec. 321(a)(15), substituted 
``sections'' for ``section'' before ``414(a) and 415(d) of this title''.
    Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 103-296, Sec. 107(a)(4), substituted 
``Commissioner of Social Security'' for ``Secretary'' in introductory 
provisions.
    Subsec. (d)(2)(B). Pub. L. 103-296, Sec. 321(e)(2)(A), substituted 
``national average wage index'' for ``deemed average total wages'' 
before ``(as defined in'' and ``the national average wage index (as so 
defined) for 1976,'' for ``the average of the total wages (as defined in 
regulations of the Secretary and computed without regard to the 
limitations specified in section 409(a)(1) of this title) reported to 
the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate for 1976 (as published in 
the Federal Register in accordance with section 415(a)(1)(D) of this 
title),''.
    1990--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-508 inserted ``and 415(d)'' after 
``section 414(a)'' and substituted ``except where such individual is not 
a fully insured individual on the basis of the number of quarters of 
coverage so derived plus the number of quarters of coverage derived from 
the wages and self-employment income credited to such individual for 
periods after 1950.'' for ``except where--
        ``(1) such individual is not a fully insured individual on the 
    basis of the number of quarters of coverage so derived plus the 
    number of quarters of coverage derived from the wages and self-
    employment income credited to him for periods after 1950, or
        ``(2) such individual's elapsed years (for purposes of section 
    414(a)(1) of this title) are less than 7.''
    1989--Subsec. (d)(2)(B). Pub. L. 101-239, Sec. 10208(b)(2)(A), (B), 
substituted ``the deemed average total wages (as defined in section 
409(k)(1) of this title)'' for ``the average of the total wages (as 
defined in regulations of the Secretary and computed without regard to 
the limitations specified in section 409(a)(1) of this title) reported 
to the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate'' and ``(as defined in 
regulations of the Secretary and computed without regard to the 
limitations specified in section 409(a)(1) of this title)'' for ``(as so 
defined and computed)''.
    Pub. L. 101-239, Sec. 10208(d)(2)(A)(i), substituted ``409(a)(1)'' 
for ``409(a)''.
    1984--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2663(a)(9)(A), 
substituted ``mean'' for ``means''.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2663(a)(9)(B), 
substituted ``equal $3,000'' for ``equal to $3,000''.
    1980--Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 96-473 substituted reference to 
quarter of coverage, for reference to quarters of coverage.
    1977--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 95-216, Secs. 351(c), 352(a), 
substituted provisions relating to factors respecting definition of 
``quarters of coverage'' for calendar years before 1978, subject to the 
provisions of subpar. (B) of this par., and for calendar years after 
1977, subject to the provisions of subpar. (B) of this par., for 
provisions relating to factors respecting definition of ``quarter of 
coverage'' as a quarter in which the individual has been paid $50 or 
more in wages (except wages for agricultural labor paid after 1954) or 
for which he has been credited (as determined under section 412 of this 
title) with $100 or more of self-employment income.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95-216, Sec. 352(b), added subsec. (d).
    1973--Subsec. (a)(2)(ii), (iii). Pub. L. 93-233 substituted 
``$13,200'' for ``$12,600''.
    Pub. L. 93-66 substituted ``$12,600'' for ``$12,000'', in cls. (ii) 
and (iii).
    1972--Subsec. (a)(2)(ii). Pub. L. 92-336, Sec. 203(a)(3)(A), 
inserted provisions for determining a quarter of coverage based on 
amounts earned as wages after 1971 and before 1975, and amounts equal to 
the contribution and benefit base in the case of any calendar year after 
1974 with respect to which such contribution and benefit base is 
effective.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(iii). Pub. L. 92-336, Sec. 203(a)(3)(B), inserted 
provisions for determining a quarter of coverage based on amounts earned 
as wages after 1971 and before 1975, and amounts equal to the 
contribution and benefit base which is effective for the calendar year 
in the case of any taxable year beginning in any calendar year after 
1974.
    1971--Subsec. (a)(2)(ii). Pub. L. 92-5, Sec. 203(a)(3)(A), 
substituted ``after 1967 and before 1972, or $9,000 in the case of a 
calendar year after 1971'' for ``after 1967''.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(iii). Pub. L. 92-5, Sec. 203(a)(3)(B), substituted 
``after 1967 and beginning before 1972, or $9,000 in the case of a 
taxable year beginning after 1971'' for ``after 1967''.
    1968--Subsec. (a)(2)(ii). Pub. L. 90-248, Sec. 108(a)(3)(A), 
inserted ``and before 1968, or $7,800 in the case of a calendar year 
after 1967'' after ``1965''.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(iii). Pub. L. 90-248, Sec. 108(a)(3)(B), inserted 
``and before 1968, or $7,800 in the case of a taxable year ending after 
1967'' after ``1965''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-248, Sec. 155(b)(1), added subsec. (c).
    1965--Subsec. (a)(2)(ii). Pub. L. 89-97, Sec. 320(a)(3)(A), 
substituted ``after 1958 and before 1966, or $6,600 in the case of a 
calendar year after 1965'' for ``after 1958''.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(iii). Pub. L. 89-97, Sec. 320(a)(3)(B), substituted 
``after 1958 and before 1966, or $6,600 in the case of a taxable year 
ending after 1965'' for ``after 1958''.
    1961--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87-64 substituted ``has attained age 62'' 
for ``has attained retirement age'', and ``who attained age 62 (if a 
woman) or age 65 (if a man)'' for ``who attained retirement age''.
    1960--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 86-778 required each quarter of a 
calendar year before 1951 to be counted as a quarter of coverage if the 
individual received wages equal to $3,000 in the calendar year.
    Pub. L. 86-442 inserted sentence in cl. (B) to permit the quarters 
of coverage in a calendar year to be determined on the basis of the 
periods during which wages were earned in the case of individuals who 
did not die prior to Jan. 1, 1955, and who attained retirement age or 
died before July 1, 1957, who did not meet the requirements for insured 
status because of having too few quarters of coverage but who would meet 
the requirements if the quarters of coverage in the first calendar year 
in which they had any covered employment had been determined on the 
basis of the period during which wages were earned rather than on the 
basis of the period during which wages were paid.
    1958--Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 85-840 inserted ``and before 1959, 
or $4,800 in the case of a calendar year after 1958'' after ``after 
1954'' in cl. (ii), and ``and before 1959, or $4,800 in the case of a 
taxable year ending after 1958'' after ``after 1954'' in cl. (iii).
    1956--Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(iv). Act Aug. 1, 1956, substituted ``if such 
wages equal or exceed $100 but are less than $200'' for ``if such wages 
are less than $200''.
    1954--Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Act Sept. 1, 1954, Sec. 106(a)(1), 
redefined ``quarter of coverage,'' in the case of quarters occurring 
before 1951, to exclude any quarter any part of which was included in a 
period of disability, other than the initial quarter of such period, and 
which provided that any quarter any part of which was included in a 
period of disability, other than the first quarter of such period, could 
not be counted as a quarter of coverage in a calendar year in which 
wages of $3,000 or more were paid.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Act Sept. 1, 1954, Sec. 104(c), provided that for 
calendar years after 1954 an individual shall be credited with a quarter 
of coverage for each quarter of the year if his wages for the year equal 
$4,200 and he shall be credited with a quarter of coverage for each 
quarter of a taxable year ending after 1954 in which the sum of his 
wages and self-employment income equal $4,200.
    Act Sept. 1, 1954, Sec. 108(b), provided for crediting quarters of 
coverage on basis of annual amounts of wages received for agricultural 
labor.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(i). Act Sept. 1, 1954, Sec. 106(a)(2), redefined 
``quarter of coverage'', for quarters occurring after 1950, to exclude 
any quarter any part of which was included in a period of disability, 
other than the first and last quarters of such period.
    1952--Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Act July 18, 1952, Sec. 3(a)(1), redefined 
``quarter of coverage''.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(i). Act July 18, 1952, Sec. 3(a)(2), inserted 
``and no quarter any part of which was included in a period of 
disability (other than the initial quarter and the last quarter of such 
period) shall be a quarter of coverage''.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(iii). Act July 18, 1952, Sec. 3(a)(3), substituted 
``shall (subject to clause (i) of this subparagraph) be a quarter of 
coverage'' for ``shall be a quarter of coverage''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by section 107(a)(4) of Pub. L. 103-296 effective Mar. 31, 
1995, see section 110(a) of Pub. L. 103-296, set out as a note under 
section 401 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Section 5117(c)(3) of Pub. L. 101-508 provided that: ``The 
amendments made by this subsection [amending this section and provisions 
set out as a note below] shall apply only with respect to individuals 
who--
        ``(A) make application for benefits under section 202 of the 
    Social Security Act [section 402 of this title] after the 18-month 
    period following the month in which this Act is enacted [November 
    1990], and
        ``(B) are not entitled to benefits under section 227 or 228 of 
    such Act [section 427 or 428 of this title] for the month in which 
    such application is made.''


                    Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

    Amendment by section 10208(b)(2)(A), (B) of Pub. L. 101-239 
applicable with respect to computation of average total wage amounts 
(under amended provisions) for calendar years after 1990, see section 
10208(c) of Pub. L. 101-239, set out as a note under section 430 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-369 effective July 18, 1984, but not to be 
construed as changing or affecting any right, liability, status, or 
interpretation which existed (under the provisions of law involved) 
before that date, see section 2664(b) of Pub. L. 98-369, set out as a 
note under section 401 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Amendment by section 351(c) of Pub. L. 95-216 effective Jan. 1, 
1978, see section 351(d) of Pub. L. 95-216, set out as a note under 
section 409 of this title.
    Section 352(c) of Pub. L. 95-216 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section] shall be effective January 
1, 1978.''


                    Effective Date of 1973 Amendments

    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-233 applicable only with respect to 
remuneration paid after, and taxable years beginning after, 1973, see 
section 5(e) of Pub. L. 93-233, set out as a note under section 409 of 
this title.
    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-66 applicable only with respect to 
remuneration paid after, and taxable years beginning after, 1973, see 
section 203(e) of Pub. L. 93-66, set out as a note under section 409 of 
this title.


                    Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

    Amendment by section 203(a)(3)(A) of Pub. L. 92-336 applicable only 
with respect to remuneration paid after December 1972, and amendment by 
section 203(a)(3)(B) of Pub. L. 92-336 applicable only with respect to 
taxable years beginning after 1972, see section 203(c) of Pub. L. 92-
336, set out as a note under section 409 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1971 Amendment

    Amendment by section 203(a)(3)(A) of Pub. L. 92-5 applicable only 
with respect to remuneration paid after December 1971, and amendment by 
section 203(a)(3)(B) of Pub. L. 92-5 applicable only with respect to 
taxable years beginning after 1971, see section 203(c) of Pub. L. 92-5, 
set out as a note under section 409 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment by section 108(a)(3)(A) of Pub. L. 90-248 applicable only 
with respect to remuneration paid after December 1967, and amendment by 
section 108(a)(3)(B) applicable only with respect to taxable years 
ending after 1967, see section 108(c) of Pub. L. 90-248, set out as a 
note under section 409 of this title.
    Section 155(b)(2) of Pub. L. 90-248, as amended by Pub. L. 101-508, 
title V, Sec. 5117(c)(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-278, provided 
that: ``The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] 
shall apply only in the case of an individual who applies for benefits 
under section 202(a) of the Social Security Act [section 402(a) of this 
title] after the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 2, 1968], or 
who dies without being entitled to benefits under section 202(a) or 223 
of the Social Security Act [section 402(a) or 423 of this title].''


                    Effective Date of 1965 Amendment

    Amendment by section 320(a)(3)(A) of Pub. L. 89-97 applicable with 
respect to remuneration paid after December, 1965, and amendment by 
section 320(a)(3)(B) of Pub. L. 89-97 applicable with respect to taxable 
years ending after 1965, see section 320(c) of Pub. L. 89-97, set out as 
a note under section 3121 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.


                    Effective Date of 1961 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 87-64 applicable with respect to monthly 
benefits for months beginning on or after August 1, 1961 based on 
applications filed in or after March 1961, and with respect to lump-sum 
death payments under this subchapter in the case of deaths on or after 
August 1, 1961, see sections 102(f) and 109 of Pub. L. 87-64, set out as 
notes under section 402 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1960 Amendment

    Section 206(b) of Pub. L. 86-778 provided that:
    ``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by 
subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply only in the case of 
monthly benefits under title II of the Social Security Act [this 
subchapter], and the lump-sum death payment under section 202 of such 
Act [section 402 of this title], based on the wages and self-employment 
income of an individual--
        ``(A) who becomes entitled to benefits under section 202(a) or 
    223 of such Act [section 402(a) or 423 of this title] on the basis 
    of an application filed in or after the month in which this Act is 
    enacted [September 1960]; or
        ``(B) who is (or would, but for the provisions of section 
    215(f)(6) of the Social Security Act [section 415(b)(6) of this 
    section], be) entitled to a recomputation of his primary insurance 
    amount under section 215(f)(2)(A) of such Act on the basis of an 
    application filed in or after the month in which this Act is enacted 
    [September 1960]; or
        ``(C) who dies without becoming entitled to benefits under 
    section 202(a) or 223 of the Social Security Act [section 402(a) or 
    423 of this title], and (unless he dies a currently insured 
    individual but not a fully insured individual (as those terms are 
    defined in section 214 of such Act [section 414 of this title])) 
    without leaving any individual entitled (on the basis of his wages 
    and self-employment income) to survivor's benefits or a lump-sum 
    death payment under section 202 of such Act [section 402 of this 
    title] on the basis of an application filed prior to the month in 
    which this Act is enacted [September 1960]; or
        ``(D) who dies in or after the month in which this Act is 
    enacted [September 1960] and whose survivors are (or would, but for 
    the provisions of section 215(f)(6) of the Social Security Act 
    [section 415(f)(6) of this title], be) entitled to a recomputation 
    of his primary insurance amount under section 215(f)(4)(A) of such 
    Act; or
        ``(E) who dies prior to the month in which this Act is enacted 
    [September 1960] and (i) whose survivors are (or would, but for the 
    provisions of section 215(f)(6) of the Social Security Act, be) 
    entitled to a recomputation of his primary insurance amount under 
    section 215(f)(4)(A) of such Act [section 415(f)(4)(A) of this 
    title], and (ii) on the basis of whose wages and self-employment 
    income no individual was entitled to survivor's benefits or a lump-
    sum death payment under section 202 of such Act [section 402 of this 
    title] on the basis of an application filed prior to the month in 
    which this Act is enacted [September 1960] (and no individual was 
    entitled to such a benefit, without the filing of an application, 
    for any month prior to the month in which this Act is enacted 
    [September 1960]); or
        ``(F) who files an application for a recomputation under section 
    102(f)(2)(B) of the Social Security Amendments of 1954 [set out as a 
    note under section 415 of this title] in or after the month in which 
    this Act is enacted [September 1960] and is (or would, but for the 
    fact that such recomputation would not result in a higher primary 
    insurance amount, be) entitled to have his primary insurance amount 
    recomputed under such subparagraph; or
        ``(G) who dies and whose survivors are (or would, but for the 
    fact that such recomputation would not result in a higher primary 
    insurance amount for such individual, be) entitled, on the basis of 
    an application filed in or after the month in which this Act 
    [September 1960] is enacted, to have his primary insurance amount 
    recomputed under section 102(f)(2)(B) of the Social Security 
    Amendments of 1954 [set out as a note under section 415 of this 
    title].
    ``(2) The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] 
shall also be applicable in the case of applications for disability 
determination under section 216(i) of the Social Security Act [section 
416(i) of this title] filed in or after the month in which this Act is 
enacted [September 1960].
    ``(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subsection, in 
the case of any individual who would not be a fully insured individual 
under section 214(a) of the Social Security Act [section 414(a) of this 
title] except for the enactment of this section, no benefits shall be 
payable on the basis of his wages and self-employment income for any 
month prior to the month in which this Act is enacted [September 
1960].''
    Section 3 of Pub. L. 86-442 provided in part that: ``This amendment 
[amending this section] shall be applicable in the case of monthly 
benefits under title II of the Social Security Act [this subchapter] for 
months after June 1957, and in the case of the lump-sum death payments 
under such title, with respect to deaths occurring after such month; the 
requirements for filing applications for such benefits and payments 
within certain time limits, as prescribed in sections 202(i) and 202(j) 
of such title [sections 402(i) and 402(j) of this title], shall not 
apply if an application is filed within the one-year period beginning 
with the first day of the month after the month in which this Act is 
enacted [April 1960].''


                    Effective Date of 1954 Amendment

    Section 106(h) of act Sept. 1, 1954, provided that: 
``Notwithstanding the provisions of section 215(f)(1) of the Social 
Security Act [section 415(f) of this title], the amendments made by 
subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of this section [amending 
this section and sections 414 to 417 of this title and section 228e of 
Title 45, Railroads] shall apply with respect to monthly benefits under 
title II of the Social Security Act [subchapter II of this chapter] for 
months after June 1955, and with respect to lump-sum death payments 
under such title in the case of deaths occurring after June 1955; but no 
recomputation of benefits by reason of such amendments shall be regarded 
as a recomputation for purposes of section 215(f) of the Social Security 
Act [section 415(f) of this title].''


            Effective and Termination Date of 1952 Amendment

    Section 3(f) of act July 18, 1952, provided that: ``Notwithstanding 
the provisions of section 215(f)(1) of the Social Security Act [section 
415(f)(1) of this title], the amendments made by subsections (a), (b), 
(c), and (d) of this section [amending this section and sections 414 to 
416, 420, and 421 of this title] shall apply to monthly benefits under 
title II of the Social Security Act [subchapter II of this chapter] for 
months after June 1953, and to lump-sum death payments under such title 
in the case of deaths occurring after June 1953; but no recomputation of 
benefits by reason of such amendments shall be regarded as a 
recomputation for purposes of section 215(f) of the Social Security Act 
[section 415(f) of this title].''
    Section 3(g) of act July 18, 1952, provided that: ``Notwithstanding 
the preceding provisions of this section and the amendments made thereby 
[amending this section and sections 414 to 416, 420, and 421 of this 
title], such provisions and amendments shall cease to be in effect at 
the close of June 30, 1953, and after such amendments cease to be in 
effect any provision of law amended thereby shall be in full force and 
effect as though this Act had not been enacted.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 409, 430, 433, 1395i-2 of 
this title.
