,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dabb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjai,mrs4
 ,lowey 7for herself and ,mr4           
,schneider7 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 provide for   
full benefits for disabled widows and   
widowers without regard to age4  #a4    
,full benefits for disabled widows and  
widowers without regard to age  7a7     
,eligibility for widow's insurance      
benefits ,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 has attained
 age #ej but has not attained age #fj   
and2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c77;,a71 by   
striking after attaining age #ej if she 
was entitled before such marriage       
occurred and inserting after having been
 entitled2 and  7#c7 in paragraph       
7#c77;,b71 by striking after attaining  

age #ej4  7b7 ,eligibility for widower's
 insurance benefits ,section #bjb7;f7 of
 such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djb7;f77 is  
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph             
7#a77;,b77ii71 by striking has attained 
age #ej but has not attained age #fj    
and2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c77;,a71 by   
striking after attaining age #ej if he  
was entitled before such marriage       
occurred and inserting after having been
 entitled2 and  7#c7 in paragraph       
7#c77;,b71 by striking after attaining  
age #ej4  #b4 ,exemption from reductions
 in benefits ,section #bjb7q7 of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#djb7q77 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 
7#c77;,a71 by striking age #ej and      
inserting age #fj2 and  7#b7 by adding  
at the end the following new paragraph3 
7#ab7 ,notwithstanding any other        
provision of this section1 there shall  
be no reduction under this subsection in
 the widow's or widower's insurance     
benefit of an individual for any month  
in which such individual is under a     

disability 7as defined in section       
#bbc7;d772 and none of the provisions of
 this subsection shall apply with       
respect to such benefit even though such
 benefit may have been so reduced prior 
to the onset of such disability4  4  #c4
 ,effective date and redetermination of 
benefits ,the amendments made by this   
,act shall apply with respect to monthly
 insurance benefits payable under title 
,,ii of the ,social ,security ,act for  
months after the month in which this    
,act is enacted4 ,the ,commissioner of  
,social ,security 7without the necessity
 of any application therefor7 shall     
redetermine the amount of any widow's or
 widower's insurance benefit which is   
payable for the month in which this ,act
 is enacted in order to reflect such    
amendments as provided in the preceding 
sentence4