,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #g1        
#bjag,mrs4 ,lowey introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,ii of the     
,social ,security ,act to repeal the    
#g-year restriction on eligibility for  
widow's and widower's insurance benefits
 based on disability4  #a4 ,repeal of   
#g-,year restriction on eligibility for 
widow's and widower's insurance benefits
 based on disability  7a7 ,widow's      
insurance benefits  7#a7 ,in general    
,section #bjb7;e7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djb7;e77 
is amended-- 7,a7 in paragraph          
7#a77;,b77ii71 by striking which began  
before the end of the period specified  
in paragraph 7#d72  7,b7 in paragraph   
7#a77;,f77ii71 by striking 7,i7 in the  
period specified in paragraph 7#d7 and  
7,,ii72  7,c7 by striking paragraph 7#d7
 and by redesignating paragraphs 7#e7   

through 7#h7 as paragraphs 7#d7 through 
7#g71 respectively2 and  7,d7 in        
paragraph 7#d77;,a77ii7 7as             
redesignated71 by striking whichever and
 all that follows through begins and    
inserting the first day of the          
seventeenth month before the month in   
which her application is filed4  7#b7   
,conforming amendments  7,a7 ,section   
#bjb7;e77#a77;,f77i7 of such ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #djb7;e77#a77;,f77i77 is      
amended by striking paragraph 7#e7 and  
inserting paragraph 7#d74  7,b7 ,section
 #bjb7;e77#a77;,c77ii77,,iii7 of such   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                     
#djb7;e77#b77;,c77ii77,,iii77 is amended
 by striking paragraph 7#h7 and         
inserting paragraph 7#f74  7,c7 ,section
 #bbf7;e77#a77;,a77i7 of such ,act 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #dbf7;e77#a77;,a77i77 is      
amended by striking #bjb7;e77#d714  7b7 
,widower's insurance benefits  7#a7 ,in 
general ,section #bjb7;f7 of such ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djb7;f77 is amended--   
7,a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,b77ii71 by     

striking which began before the end of  
the period specified in paragraph 7#d72 
7,b7 in paragraph 7#a77;,f77ii71 by     
striking 7,i7 in the period specified in
 paragraph 7#d7 and 7,,ii72  7,c7 by    
striking paragraph 7#d7 and by          
redesignating paragraphs 7#e7 through   
7#h7 as paragraphs 7#d7 through 7#g71   
respectively2 and  7,d7 in paragraph    
7#d77;,a77ii7 7as redesignated71 by     
striking whichever and all that follows 
through begins and inserting the first  
day of the seventeenth month before the 
month in which his application is filed4
  7#b7 ,conforming amendments  7,a7     
,section #bjb7;f77#a77;,f77i7 of such   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                     
#djb7;f77#a77;,f77i77 is amended by     
striking paragraph 7#e7 and inserting   
paragraph 7#d74  7,b7 ,section          
#bjb7;f77#a77;,c77ii77,,iii7 of such    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                     
#djb7;f77#b77;,c77ii77,,iii77 is amended
 by striking paragraph 7#h7 and         
inserting paragraph 7#f74  7,c7 ,section

 #bbf7;e77#a77;,a77i7 of such ,act 7as  
amended by subsection 7a77#b77 is       
further amended by striking             
#bjb7;f77#a77;,b77ii71 and #bjb7;f77#d7 
and inserting and #bjb7;f77#a77;,b77ii74
  7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments   
made by this section shall apply with   
respect to benefits for months after    
,december #bjag for which applications  
are filed or pending on or after        
,january #a1 #bjah4