,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dabe  ,,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 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 #bjai for which applications  
are filed or pending on or after        
,january #a1 #bjbj4