,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dabd  ,,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 eliminate the 
two-year waiting period for divorced    
spouse's benefits following the divorce4
  #a4 ,exemption from two-year waiting  
period for divorced spouse's benefits   
following the divorce in cases of prior 
receipt of spouse's benefits  7a7       
,wife's insurance benefits ,section     
#bjb7;b77#d77;,a7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#djb7;b77#d77;,a77 is amended by        
striking divorced wife-- and all that   
follows through shall be entitled and   
inserting divorced wife meets the       
requirements of subparagraphs 7,a7      
through 7,d7 of paragraph 7#a71 shall be
 entitled4  7b7 ,husband's insurance    

benefits ,section #bjb7;c77#d77;,a7 of  
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                
#djb7;c77#d77;,a77 is amended by        
striking divorced husband-- and all that
 follows through shall be entitled and  
inserting divorced husband meets the    
requirements of subparagraphs 7,a7      
through 7,d7 of paragraph 7#a71 shall be
 entitled4  7c7 ,exemption from         
deductions on account of work ,section  
#bjc7;b77#b7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #djc7;b77#b77 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking 7#b77;,a7 ,except as and all   
that follows through the benefit to     
which and inserting the following3 7#b7 
,in any case in which any of the other  
persons referred to in paragraph        
7#a77;,b7 are entitled to monthly       
benefits as a divorced spouse under     
subsection 7b7 or 7c7 of section #bjb   
for any month1 the benefit to which2 and
  7#b7 by striking subparagraph 7,b74   
#b4 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by section #a shall apply with respect 
to benefits for months after the date of

 the enactment of this ,act4