87 STAT. 96 (1) discriminate in the employment, promotion, or termination of employment of any physician or other health care personnel, or (2) discriminate in the extension of staff or other privileges to any physician or other health care personnel, because he performed or assisted in the performance of a lawful sterilization procedure or abortion, because he refused to perform or assist in the performance of such a procedure or abortion on the grounds that his performance or assistance in the performance of the procedure or abortion would be contrary to his religious beliefs or moral convictions, or because of his religious beliefs or moral convic tions respecting sterilization procedures or abortions. Approved June 18, 1973. 87 STAT. 152 Renegotiation 42 USC 401. Effective date. 86 Stat. 412, 1334. 42 USC 415. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 93-227 accompanying H. R. 7806 (Comm. on Interstate and SENATE REPORT No. 93-87 (Comm. on Labor and Public Welfare). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 119 (1973): Mar. 13, 27, considered and passed Senate. May 31, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 7806. June 5, Senate concurred in House amendments. Public Law 93-66 93rd Congress, H. R. 7445 An Act To extend the Renegotiation Act of 1951 for one year, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 102 (c)(1) of the Renegotiation Act of 1951 (50 U.S.C. App., sec. 1212 (c)(1)) is amended by striking out "June 30, 1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1974". TITLE II-PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT PART A-INCREASE IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS SEC. 201. (a) (1) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall, in accordance with the provisions of this section, increase the monthly benefits and lump-sum death payments payable under title II of the Social Security Act by the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Department of Labor for the month of June 1973 exceeds such index for the month of June 1972. (2) The provisions of this section (and the increase in benefits made hereunder) shall be effective, in the case of monthly benefits under title II of the Social Security Act, only for months after May 1971 and prior to January 1975, and, in the case of lump-sum death payments under such title, only with respect to deaths which occur after May 1974 and prior to January 1975. (b) The increase in social security benefits authorized under this section shall be provided, and any determinations by the Secretary in connection with the provision of such increase in benefits shall be made, in the manner prescribed in section 215 (i) of the Social Security Act for the implementation of cost-of-living increases authorized under title II of such Act, except that the amount of such increase shall be based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index described in subsection (a). (e) The increase in social security benefits provided by this section shall (1) not be considered to be an increase in benefits made under or pursuant to section 215 (i) of the Social Security Act, and (2) not (except for purposes of section 203 (a) (2) of such Act, 86 Stat. 415. as in effect after May 1974) be considered to be a "general benefit 42 USC 403. increase under this title" (as such term is defined in section 215 (i) (3) of such Act); and nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing any increase in the "contribution and benefit base" (as that term is employed in section 230 of such Act), or any increase in the "exempt 86 Stat. 416, amount" (as such term is used in section 203 (f) (8) of such Act). 1370. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize (directly 42 USC 430. or indirectly) any increase in monthly benefits under title II of the 86 Stat. 1341. Social Security Act for any month after December 1974, or any increase in lump-sum death payments payable under such title in the case of deaths occurring after December 1974. The recognition of the existence of the increase in benefits authorized by the preceding subsections of this section (during the period it was in effect) in the application, after December 1974, of the provisions of sections 202 (q) and 203 (a) of such Act shall not, for purposes of the preceding 86 Stat. 1336. sentence, be considered to be an increase in a monthly benefit for a 86 Stat. 1334. month after December 1974. 87 STAT. 153 72 Stat. 1017; SEC. 202. (a) Paragraphs (1) and (4) (B) of section 203 (f) of the 42 USC 402, Social Security Act are each amended by striking out "$175" and inserting in lieu thereof "$200". (b) The first sentence of paragraph (3) of section 203 (f) of such Act is amended by striking out $175" and inserting in lieu thereof "$200". (c) Paragraph (1) (A) of section 203 (h) of such Act is amended by striking out "$175" and inserting in lieu thereof "$200". 403. (d) The amendments made by this section shall be effective with Effective respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1973. date. SEC. 203. (a) (1) Section 209 (a) (8) of the Social Security Act is 86 Stat. 418. amended by striking out "$12,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 42 USC 409. "$12,600". (2) Section 211(b) (1) (H) of such Act is amended by striking out 42 USC 411. "$12,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,600". (3) Sections 213(a)(2)(ii) and 213(a)(2)(iii) of such Act are 42 USC 413. each amended by striking out "$12,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,600". (4) Section 215 (e) (1) of such Act is amended by striking out 42 USC 415. "$12,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,600". (b) (1) Section 1402 (h) (1) (H) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to definition of self-employment income) is amended 86 Stat. 419. by striking out "$12,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,600". 26 USC 1402. (2) Effective with respect to remuneration paid after 1973, section Effective 3121(a)(1) of such Code is amended by striking out the dollar date. amount each place it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “$12,600". (3) Effective with respect to remuneration paid after 1973, the second sentence of section 3122 of such Code is amended by striking out the dollar amount and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,600". (4) Effective with respect to remuneration paid after 1973, section 3125 of such Code is amended by striking out the dollar amount each place it appears in subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting in lieu thereof $12,600". (5) Section 6413(c) (1) of such Code (relating to special refunds of employment taxes) is amended by striking out "$12,000" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,600". (6) Section 6413(c) (2) (A) of such Code (relating to refunds of employment taxes in the case of Federal employees) is amended by striking out "$12,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,600". (7) Effective with respect to taxable years beginning after 1973, section 6654(d) (2) (B) (ii) of such Code (relating to failure by individual to pay estimated income tax) is amended by striking out the dollar amount and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,600". 86 Stat. 417. 42 USC 430. 86 Stat. 419. 26 USC 3121, 3122, 3125, 6654. Effective date. Publication in Federal Register. 86 Stat. 406, 1369. 42 USC 415. 86 Stat. 414./ 87 STAT. 154 86 Stat. 1466. 42 USC 1382. Effective date. 86 Stat. 1465. 42 USC 1381. (c) Section 230 (c) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "$12,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,600”. (d) Paragraphs (2) (C), (3) (C), (4) (C), and (7) (C) of section 203(b) of Public Law 92-336 are each amended by striking out "$12,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,600". (e) The amendments made by this section, except subsection (a) (4), shall apply only with respect to remuneration paid after, and taxable years beginning after, 1973. The amendments made by subsection (a) (4) shall apply with respect to calendar years after 1973. (f) Effective June 1, 1974, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register such modifications and extensions in the table contained in section 215(a) of the Social Security Act (which shall be determined in the same manner as the revisions in such table provided for under section 215 (i) (2) (D) of such Act) as may be necessary to reflect the amendments made by this section; and such modified and extended table shall be deemed to be the table appearing in such section 215 (a). PART B-PROVISIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL PROGRAM OF SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME INCREASE IN SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS SEC. 210. (a) Section 1611 (a) (1) (A) and section 1611(b) (1) of the Social Security Act (as enacted by section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972) are each amended by striking out "$1,560” and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,680”. (b) Section 1611(a) (2) (A) and section 1611(b) (2) of such Act (as so enacted) are each amended by striking out "$2,340" and inserting in lieu thereof "$2,520". (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to payments for months after June 1974. SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS FOR ESSENTIAL PERSONS SEC. 211. (a) (1) In determining (for purposes of title XVI of the Social Security Act, as in effect after December 1973) the eligibility for and the amount of the supplemental security income benefit payable to any qualified individual (as defined in subsection (b)), with respect to any period for which such individual has in his home an essential person (as defined in subsection (c))— (A) the dollar amounts specified in subsection (a) (1)(A) and (2) (A), and subsection (b) (1) and (2), of section 1611 of such Act, shall each be increased by $840 ($780 in the case of any period prior to July 1974) for each such essential person, and (B) the income and resources of such individual shall (for purposes of such title XVI) be deemed to include the income and resources of such essential person; except that the provisions of this subsection shall not, in the case of any individual, be applicable for any period which begins in or after the first month that such individual (C) does not but would (except for the provisions of subparagraph (B)) meet (i) the criteria established with respect to income in section 1611 (a) of such Act, or (ii) the criteria established with respect to resources by such section 1611 (a) (or, if applicable, by section 1611(g) of such Act). (2) The provisions of section 1611(g) of the Social Security Act (as in effect after December 1973) shall, in the case of any qualified individual (as defined in subsection (b)), be applied so as to include, in the resources of such individual, the resources of any person (described in subsection (b)(2)) whose needs were taken into account in determining the need of such individual for the aid or assistance referred to in subsection (b) (1). (b) For purposes of this section, an individual shall be a “qualified individual" only if (1) for the month of December 1973 such individual was a recipient of aid or assistance under a State plan approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act, and (2) in determining the need of such individual for such aid or assistance for such month under such State plan, there were taken into account the needs of a person (other than such individual) who (A) was living in the home of such individual, and (B) was not eligible (in his or her own right) for aid or assistance under such State plan for such month. (c) The term "essential person", when used in connection with any "Essential qualified individual, means a person who (1) for the month of December 1973 was a person (described in subsection (b) (2)) whose needs were taken into account in determining the need of such individual for aid or assistance under a State plan referred to in subsection (b) (1) as such State plan was in effect for June 1973, (2) lives in the home of such individual, (3) is not eligible (in his or her own right) for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act (as in effect after December 1973), and person." 86 Stat. 1465. (4) is not the eligible spouse (as that term is used in such title 42 USC 1381. XVI) of such individual or any other individual. If for any month after December 1973 any person fails to meet the criteria specified in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of the preceding sentence, such person shall not, for such month or any month thereafter be considered to be an essential person. MANDATORY MINIMUM STATE SUPPLEMENTATION OF SSI BENEFITS PROGRAM 79 Stat. 343; 86 Stat. 1426. SEC. 212. (a) (1) In order for any State (other than the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands) to be eligible for payments pursuant to title XIX, with respect to expenditures for any quarter beginning after December 1973, such State must have in effect an agreement with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 42 USC 1396. (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") whereby the State will provide to individuals residing in the State supplementary payments as required under paragraph (2). (2) Any agreement entered into by a State pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide that each individual who— 86 Stat. 1471. 42 USC 1382c. (A) is an aged, blind, or disabled individual (within the meaning of section 1614 (a) of the Social Security Act, as enacted by section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972), and (B) for the month of December 1973 was a recipient of (and was eligible to receive) aid or assistance (in the form of money payments) under a State plan of such State (approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI, of the Social Security Act) shall be entitled to receive, from the State, the supplementary payment described in paragraph (3) for each month, beginning with 1201, 1351. January 1974, and ending with whichever of the following first occurs: (C) the month in which such individual dies, or (D) the first month in which such individual ceases to meet the condition specified in subparagraph (A); except that no individual shall be entitled to receive such supplementary payment for any month, if, for such month, such individual was ineligible to receive supplemental income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act by reason of the provisions of section 1611 (e) (1) (A), (2), or (3), 1611(f), or 1615 (c) of such Act. 86 Stat. 1484. 42 USC 301, 86 Stat. 1467. 42 USC 1382, (3) (A) The supplementary payment referred to in paragraph (2) which shall be paid for any month to any individual who is entitled 1382d. thereto under an agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection 87 STAT. 156 86 Stat. 1484, 1465. 42 USC 301, 1201, 1351, 1381. shall (except as provided in subparagraph (D)) be an amount equal to (i) the amount by which such individual's "December 1973 income" (as determined under subparagraph (B)) exceeds the amount of such individual's "title XVI benefit plus other income" (as determined under subparagraph (C)) for such month, or (ii) if greater, such amount as the State may specify. (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), an individual's "December 1973 income" means an amount equal to the aggregate of (i) the amount of the aid or assistance (in the form of money payments) which such individual would have received (including any part of such amount which is attributable to meeting the needs of any other person whose presence in such individual's home is essential to such individual's well-being) for the month of December 1973 under a plan (approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI, of the Social Security Act) of the State entering into an agree ment under this subsection, if the terms and conditions of such plan (relating to eligibility for and amount of such aid or assistance payable thereunder) were, for the month of December 1973, the same as those in effect, under such plan, for the month of June 1973, and (ii) the amount of the income of such individual (other than the aid or assistance described in clause (i)) received by such individual in December 1973, minus any such income which did not result, but which if properly reported would have resulted in a reduction in the amount of such aid or assistance. (C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the amount of an individual's "title XVI benefit plus other income" for any month means an amount equal to the aggregate of— (i) the amount (if any) of the supplemental security income. benefit to which such individual is entitled for such month under title XVI of the Social Security Act, and (ii) the amount of any income of such individual for such month (other than income in the form of a benefit described in clause (i)). (D) If the amount determined under subparagraph (B) (i) includes, in the case of any individual, an amount which was payable to such individual solely because of- (i) a special need of such individual (including any special allowance for housing, or the rental value of housing furnished in kind to such individual in lieu of a rental allowance) which existed in December 1973, or (ii) any special circumstance (such as the recognition of the needs of a person whose presence in such individual's home, in December 1973, was essential to such individual's well-being), and, if for any month after December 1973 there is a change with respect to such special need or circumstance which, if such change had existed in December 1973, the amount described in subparagraph (B) (i) with respect to such individual would have been reduced on account of such change, then, for such month and for each month thereafter the amount of the supplementary payment payable under the agreement entered into under this subsection to such individual shall (unless the State, at its option, otherwise specifies) be reduced by an amount equal to the amount by which the amount (described in subparagraph' (B) (i)) would have been so reduced. (b)(1) Any State having an agreement with the Secretary under subsection (a) may enter into an administration agreement with the Secretary whereby the Secretary will, on behalf of such State, make the supplementary payments required under the agreement entered into under subsection (a). |