,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dabc  ,,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   
increases in widow's and widower's      
insurance benefits by reason of delayed 
retirement4  #a4 ,increase in widow's   
and widower's insurance benefits by     
reason of delayed retirement  7a7       
,delayed retirement credit for widow's  
and widower's benefits  7#a7 ,in general
 ,section #bjb7w7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djb7w77  
is amended-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7 by  
striking old-age insurance benefit and  
inserting old-age1 widow's1 or widower's
 insurance benefit2  7,b7 in paragraph  
7#b71 by striking the number of         
increment months for any individual in  
the matter preceding subparagraph 7,a7  

and inserting the number of increment   
months for any individual to whom an    
old-age1 widow's1 or widower's insurance
 benefit is payable as described in     
paragraph 7#a72 and  7,c7 by striking   
and at the end of paragraph 7#b77;,a71  
and by striking paragraph 7#b77;,b7 and 
inserting the following3  7,b7 with     
respect to which-- 7i7 in the case of an
 individual to whom an old-age insurance
 benefit is payable1 such individual was
 a fully insured individual 7as defined 
in section #bad7;a77 and--  7,i7 was not
 entitled to such a benefit1 or  7,,ii7 
was so entitled but did not receive     
benefits pursuant to a request by such  
individual that benefits not be paid1 or
  7ii7 in the case of an individual to  
whom a widow's or widower's insurance   
benefit is payable1 such individual     
satisfied subparagraphs 7,a71 7,b71 and 
7,d7 of subsection 7e77#a7 or 7f77#a7   
and-- 7,i7 was not entitled to such a   
benefit1  7,,ii7 was so entitled but    
suffered deductions under section       

#bjc7;b7 or #bjc7;c7 in amounts equal to
 the amount of such benefit1 or  7,,iii7
 was so entitled but did not receive    
benefits pursuant to a request by such  
individual that benefits not be paid1   
and  7,c7 with respect to which such    
individual was not subject to a penalty 
under section #aabi;,a4  4  7#b7        
,conforming amendments to ,section      
#bjb7w7  7,a7 ,section #bjb7w77#c7 of   
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djb7w77#c77 is
 amended by striking old-age each place 
it appears and inserting old-age1       
widow's1 or widower's4  7,b7 ,section   
#bjb7w77#e7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#djb7w77#e77 is amended-- 7i7 by        
striking ,if an individual's primary    
insurance amount and inserting ,if the  
primary insurance amount on which an    
individual's old-age1 widow's1 or       
widower's insurance benefit is based2   
7ii7 by striking old-age each place it  
appears and inserting old-age1 widow's1 
or widower's2  7iii7 by striking his    
primary insurance amount each place it  

appears and inserting the primary       
insurance amount2 and  7iv7 by striking 
he and his each place they appear and   
inserting such individual and such      
individual's1 respectively4  7,c7       
,section #bjb7w77#f7 of such ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #djb7w77#f77 is amended--  7i7
 by striking old-age each place it      
appears and inserting old-age1 widow's1 
or widower's2 and  7ii7 by adding at the
 end 7after and below subparagraph 7,d77
 the following new sentence3  ,for      
purposes of this paragraph1 an          
individual is deemed to become eligible 
for an old-age insurance benefit on the 
first day of the month in which such    
individual attains age #fb1 and for a   
widow's or widower's insurance benefit  
on the first day of the month in which  
such individual attains age #fj4 4  7#c7
 ,other conforming amendments  7,a7     
,section #bjb7;e77#b77;,a7 of such ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djb7;e77#b77;,a77 is    
amended by inserting subsection 7w71    
after subsection 7q714  7,b7 ,section   

#bjb7;f77#b77;,a7 of such ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #djb7;f77#b77;,a77 is amended 
by inserting subsection 7w71 after      
subsection 7q714  7b7 ,treatment of     
,delayed ,retirement in ,cases of       
,simultaneous ,entitlement to ,old-,age 
,insurance ,benefits and ,widow's or    
,widower's ,insurance ,benefits ,section
 #bjb7w7 of the ,social ,security ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djb7w77 is amended--    
7#a7 by striking ,the amount in         
paragraph 7#a7 and inserting ,subject to
 paragraph 7#g71 the amount2 and  7#b7  
by adding at the end the following new  
paragraph3  7#g7 ,if for any month an   
individual is entitled 7prior to the    
application of this subsection7 both to 
an old-age insurance benefit and to a   
widow's or widower's insurance benefit1 
the resulting increase 7if any7 in the  
amount of the widow's or widower's      
insurance benefit under paragraph 7#a7  
shall be made 7prior to the application 
of subsection 7k77#c77;,a77 in lieu of  
any increase in the amount of the       

old-age insurance benefit under such    
paragraph1 unless--  7,a7 the amount of 
such old-age insurance benefit would be 
greater than the amount of such widow's 
or widower's insurance benefit after the
 application of paragraph 7#a7 to each  
such benefit1 or  7,b7 the increase     
which would otherwise be made under such
 paragraph in the amount of such old-age
 insurance benefit would result 7under  
the language following subparagraph 7,f7
 in the first sentence of subsection    
7e77#a7 or 7f77#a77 in the termination  
of the individual's entitlement to      
widow's or widower's insurance benefits4
  4  #b4 ,effective date ,the amendments
 made by this ,act shall apply with     
respect to widow's and widower's        
insurance benefits 7under section #bjb  
7e7 and 7f7 of the ,social ,security    
,act7 for months after the month in     
which this ,act is enacted4