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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 93-451 accompanying H. R. 7974 (Comm. on

Interstate and Foreign Commerce) and No. 93-714
(Comm. of Conference).

SENATE REPORTS: No. 93-129 (Comm. on Labor and Public Welfare) and
No. 93-621 (Comm. of Conference).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 119 (1973):

May 14, 15, considered and passed Senate.

Sept. 12, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of
H. R. 7974.

Dec. 18, House agreed to conference report.

Dec. 19, Senate agreed to conference report.

WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 10, No. 1 (1974):
Dec. 29, 1973, Presidential statement.

Public Law 93-233

93rd Congress, H. R. 11333
December 31, 1973

An Act

To provide a 7-percent increase in social security benefits beginning with March 1974 and an additional 4-percent increase beginning with June 1974, to provide increases in supplemental security income benefits, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

INTERIM COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

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Social security benefits,

increase.

SECTION 1. (a) Section 201(a)(1) of Public Law 93-66 is amended Ante, p. 152. by striking out "the percentage by which" and all that follows and

inserting in lieu thereof the following: "7 per centum.”.

(b) Section 201 (a) (2) of Public Law 93-66 is amended

(1) by striking out "May 1974" each place it appears and

inserting in lieu thereof "February 1974"; and

(2) by striking out "January 1975" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "June 1974".

(c) Section 201(b) of Public Law 93-66 is amended to read as follows:

"(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 86 Stat. 412. under title II of such Act, except that—

"(1) the amount of such increase shall be 7 per centum,

42 USC 415.

(2) in the case of any individual entitled to monthly insurance benefits payable pursuant to section 202(e) of such Act for 42 USC 402. February 1974 (without the application of section 202(j) (1) or 223(b) of such Act), including such benefits based on a primary 42 USC 423. insurance amount determined under section 215(a)(3) of such

Act as amended by this section, such increase shall be determined 42 USC 415. without regard to paragraph (2) (B) of such section 202(e), and 42 USC 402. "(3) in the case of any individual entitled to monthly insurance benefits payable pursuant to section 202(f) of such Act for February 1974 (without the application of section 202(j) (1) or 223(b) of such Act), including such benefits based on a primary insurance amount determined under section 215(a) (3) of such Act as amended by this section, such increase shall be determined without regard to paragraph (3) (B) of such section 202 (f).".

(d) Section 201 (c) (2) of Public Law 93-66 is amended by striking Ante, p. 152. out "May 1974" and inserting in lieu thereof "February 1974“.

(e) Section 201(d) of Public Law 93-66 is amended by striking out

"December 1974" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "May 1974".

(f) Section 202(e) of the Social Security Act is amended by adding 81 Stat. 829. at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

86 Stat. 1338.

42 SC 415.

87 STAT. 948 81 Stat. 830. 42 USC 402.

86 Stat. 1338.

42 USC 415.

86 Stat. 1333.

53 Stat. 1362.
42 USC 401.
64 Stat. 487.
42 USC 402,
423.

86 Stat. 1338.

86 Stat. 406. 42 USC 415.

"(7) In the case of an individual entitled to monthly insurance benefits payable under this section for any month prior to January 1973 whose benefits were not redetermined under section 102(g) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972, such benefits shall not be redetermined pursuant to such section, but shall be increased pursuant to any general benefit increase (as defined in section 215(i) (3)) or any increase in benefits made under or pursuant to section 215(i), including for this purpose the increase provided effective for March 1974, as though such redetermination had been made.”

(g) Section 202(f) of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

"(8) In the case of an individual entitled to monthly insurance benefits payable under this section for any month prior to January 1973 whose benefits were not redetermined under section 102(g) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972, such benefits shall not be redetermined pursuant to such section, but shall be increased pursuant to any general benefit increase (as defined in section 215 (i) (3) or any increase in benefits made under or pursuant to section 215 (i), including for this purpose the increase provided effective for March 1974, as though such redetermination had been made."

(h) (1) Section 215 (a) (3) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "$8.50" and inserting in lieu thereof "$9.00".

(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be effective with respect to benefits payable for months after February 1974.

(i) In the case of an individual to whom monthly benefits are payable under title II of the Social Security Act for February 1974 (without the application of section 202(j) (1) or 223 (b) of such Act), and to whom section 202 (m) of such Act is applicable for such month, such section shall continue to be applicable to such benefits for the months of March through May 1974 for which such individual remains the only individual entitled to a monthly benefit on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of the deceased insured individual.

ELEVEN-PERCENT INCREASE IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS,

SEC. 2. (a) Section 215 (a) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out the table and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

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