pay or reimburse such agencies for expenses in connection therewith;

(2) to accept and utilize voluntary and uncompensated services; and

(3) when necessary to supplement the domestic agricultural labor force, to cooperate with the Secretary of State in negotiating and carrying out agreements or arrangements relating to the employment in the United States, subject to the immigration laws, of agricultural workers from the Republic of Mexico.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 507. For the purposes of this title

(1) The term "agricultural employment" includes services or activities included within the provisions of section 3 (f) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, or section 1426 (h) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, horticultural employment, cotton ginning, compressing and storing, crushing of oil seeds, and the packing, canning, freezing, drying, or other processing of perishable or seasonable agricultural products.

(2) The term "employer" shall include an association, or other group, of employers, but only if (A) those of its members for whom workers are being obtained are bound, in the event of its default, to carry out the obligations undertaken by it pursuant to section 502, or (B) the Secretary determines that such individual liability is not necessary to assure performance of such obligations.

IMPORTATION OF WORKERS FROM OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES

SEC. 508. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Attorney General, pursuant to the general immigration laws, to permit the importation of aliens of any nationality for agricultural employment as defined in section 507, or to permit any such alien who entered the United States legally to remain for the purpose of engaging in such agricultural employment under such conditions and for such time as he, the Attorney General, shall specify.

EXPIRATION DATE OF THESE PROVISIONS

SEC. 509. No workers will be made available under this title for employment after December 31, 1961.

RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1937, AS AMENDED SEC. 1.

(q) The terms "Social Security Act" and "Social Security Act, as amended,” shall mean the Social Security Act as amended in 1960.10 SEC. 3. *

(e) In the case of an individual having a current connection with the railroad industry, the minimum annuity payable shall, before any

8 Now sec. 3121 (g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

P. L. 86-783 changed the date to December 31, 1961, from June 30, 1961, effective September 14, 1960. io P. L. 86-778, sec. 708, changed “1958" to "1960," effective September 13, 1960.

reduction pursuant to section 2 (a) 3, be whichever of the following is the least: (1) $5.00 11 multiplied by the number of his years of service; or (2) $83.50; 12 or (3) 110 percentum of 13 his monthly compensation: Provided, however, That if for any entire month in which an annuity accrues and is payable under this Act the annuity to which an employee is entitled under this Act (or would have been entitled except for a reduction pursuant to section 2 (a) 3 or a joint and survivor election), together with his or her spouse's annuity, if any, or the total of survivor annuities under this Act deriving from the same employee, is less than 110 percentum of 14 the amount or 110 percentum of 15 the additional amount, which would have been payable to all persons for such month under the Social Security Act (deeming completely and partially insured individuals to be fully and currently insured, respectively, individuals entitled to insurance annuities under subsections (a) and (d) of section 5 to have attained age sixty-five, women entitled to spouses' annuities pursuant to elections made under subsection (h) of section 2 to be entitled to wife's insurance benefits determined under section 202 (q) of the Social Security Act,16 and individuals entitled to insurance annuities under subsection (c) of section 5 on the basis of disabiltiy to be less then eighteen years of age, and disregarding any possible deductions under subsections (g) and (h) 17 (2) of section 203 of the Social Security Act) if such employee's service as an employee after December 31, 1936, were included in the term "employment" as defined in that Act and quarters of coverage were determined in accordance with section 5 (1) (4) of this Act, such annuity or annuities, shall be increased proportionately to a total of 110 percentum of such amount or 110 percentum of such additional amount.18

For the purposes of this subsection, the Board shall have the same authority to determine a "period of disability” within the meaning of section 216 (i) of the Social Security Act, with respect to any employee who will have filed application therefor and (i) have completed ten years of service or (ii) have been awarded an annuity, as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare would have to determine such a period under such section 216 (i) if the employee met the requirements of clauses (A) and (B) of paragraph (3) of such section, considering for purposes of such determination that all his service as an employee after 1936 constitutes "employment" within the meaning of title II of the Social Security Act and determining his quarters of coverage for such purposes by presuming his compensation in a calendar year to have been paid in equal proportions with respect to all months in which he will have been in service as an employee in such calendar

11 P. L. 86-28, sec. 2 (c), changed "$4.55" to "$5.00," effective with respect to annuities accruing for months after May 1959.

19 P. L. 86-28, sec. 2 (c), changed "$75.90" to "$83.50" effective with respect to annuities accruing for months after May 1959.

18 P. L. 86-28, sec. 2 (c), inserted the words "110 percentum of," effective with respect to annuities accruing for months after May 1959.

14 See footnote 13.

15 See footnote 13.

16 P. L. 86-28, sec. 2 (c), inserted the words "women entitled to spouses' annuities pursuant to elections made under subsection (h) of section 2 to be entitled to wife's insurance benefits determined under section 202 (q) of the Social Security Act," effective with respect to annuities for months after May 1959.

17 P. L. 86-778. sec. 211 (o) (1), substituted "(g) and (h)" for "(f) and (g)." The change in reference to subsection (g) is effective with respect to monthly benefits for months after December 1960. The change to subsection (h) is effective with respect to taxable years beginning after December 1960.

18 P. L. 86-28, sec. 2 (c), inserted "110 percentum of" in two places: prior to the words "such amount" and prior to the words "such additional amount," respectively. This amendment is effective with respect to annuities accruing for months after May 1959.

year: Provided, That an application for an annuity filed with the Board on the basis of disability shall be deemed to be an application to determine such a period of disability, and such an application filed with the Board on or before the date of the enactment of this paragraph shall, for purposes of this subsection and section 216 (i) (4) of the Social Security Act, be deemed filed after December 1954 and before July 1958: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board shall have the authority to make such determination on the basis of the records in its possession or evidence otherwise obtained by it, and a determination by the Board with respect to any employee concerning such a "period of disability" shall be deemed a final decision of the Board determining the rights of persons under this Act for purposes of section 11 of this Act. An application filed with the Board pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed filed as of the same date also with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the purpose of determining a "period of disability" under section 216 (i) of the Social Security Act.

(n) In addition to the amount authorized to be appropriated in subsection (a) of section 15 of this Act, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Railroad Retirement Account for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, (1) an amount sufficient to meet the additional cost of crediting military service rendered prior to January 1, 1937, and (2) an amount found by the Board to be equal to the amount of the total additional excise and income taxes which would have been payable during the preceding fiscal year under Subchapter B of Chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, with respect to the compensation, as defined in such Subchapter B, of all individuals entitled to credit under the Railroad Retirement Acts, as amended, for military service after December 31, 1936, and prior to January 1, 1957, if each of such individuals, in addition to compensation actually earned, had earned such compensation in the amount of $160 in each calendar month in which he was in such military service during such preceding fiscal year and such taxes were measured by all such compensation without limitation as to amount earned by any individual in any one calendar month, and (3) an amount found by the Board to be equal to (A) the amount of the total additional excise and income taxes which would have been payable during the preceding fiscal year under chapter 22 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the compensation, as defined in such chapter, of all individuals entitled (without regard to subsection (p) (1) of this section) to credit under this Act for military service after December 1956 if each of such individuals, in addition to compensation actually paid, had been paid such compensation in the amount of $160 in each calendar month in which he was in such military service during such preceding fiscal year and such taxes were measured by all such compensation without limitation as to amount paid to any individual in any one calendar month, less (B) the amount of the taxes which were paid with respect to such military service under sections 3101 and 3111 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The additional cost of crediting military service rendered prior to January 1, 1937, shall be deemed to be the difference between the

actuarial value of each annuity based in part on military service and the actuarial value of the annuity which would be payable to the same individual without regard to military service. In calculating these actuarial values, (1) whenever the annuity based in part on military service begins to accrue before age 60, the annuity without regard to military service shall be valued on the assumption of deferment to age 60, and whenever the anuuity based in part on military service is awarded under subsection 2 (a) of section 2 (a), the annuity without regard to military service shall be valued on the assumption of deferment to age 65; and (2) all such actuarial values shall be calculated as of the date on which the annuity based on military service begins to accrue and shall not thereafter be subject to change. All such actuarial calculations shall be based on the Combined Annuity Table of Mortality and all calculations in this subsection shall take into account interest at the rate of 3 per centum per annum compounded annually. The Railroad Retirement Board, as promptly as practicable after the enactment of this amendment, and thereafter annually, shall submit to the Bureau of the Budget estimates of such military service appropriations to be made to the account, in addition to the annual estimate by the Board, in accordance with subsection (a) of section 15 of this Act, of the appropriation to be made to the account to provide for the payment of annuities, pensions and death benefits not based on military service. The estimate made in any year with respect to military service rendered prior to January 1, 1937, shall be based on the cost, as determined in accordance with the above provisions, of annuities awarded or increased on the basis of such military service up to the close of the preceding fiscal year and not previously appropriated for, and shall take into account interest from the date the annuity began to accrue or was increased to the date or dates on which the amount appropriated is to be credited to the Railroad Retirement Account. In making the estimate for the appropriation for military service rendered after December 31, 1936, the Board shall take into account any excess or deficiency in the appropriation or appropriations for such service in any preceding fiscal year or years, with interest thereon, resulting from an overestimate or underestimate of the number of individuals in creditable military service or the months of military service. In determining pursuant to section 5 (k) (2) for any fiscal year the total amount to be credited from the Railroad Retirement Account to the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, credit shall be given such Account for the amount of the taxes described in clause (3) (B) of the first sentence of this subsection.

(p) (1) Military service rendered by an individual after December 1956 shall be creditable under this section only if the number of such individual's years of service is ten or more (including, in such years of service, military service which, but for this subsection, would be creditable under this section).

(2) In any case where an individual has completed ten or more years of service and such years of service include any military service rendered after December 1956, the Board shall as promptly as is. practicable (A) notify the Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel

fare that such military service is creditable under this section and (B) specify the period or periods of the military service rendered after December 1956 which is so creditable.

(q) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and section 2 (c) (2), military service rendered by an individual after December 1956 shall not be used in determining eligibility for, or computing the amount of, any annuity accruing under section 2 for any month if (1) any benefits are payable for that month under title II of the Social Security Act on the basis of such individual's wages and self-employment income, (2) such military service was included in the computation of such benefits, and (3) the inclusion of such service in the computation of such benefits resulted (for that month) in benefits not otherwise payable or in an increase in the benefits otherwise payable.

(r) The Secretary concerned (as defined in section 102 (9) of the Servicemen's and Veterans' Survivor Benefits Act) shall maintain such records, and furnish the Board upon its request with such information, regarding the months of any individual's military service and the remuneration paid therefor, as may be necessary to enable the Board to carry out its duties under this section and sections 2 and 5.

ANNUITIES AND LUMP SUMS FOR SURVIVORS

SEC. 5. (f) LUMP-SUM PAYMENT.-(1) Upon the death, after the month in which this Act is enacted, of a completely or partially insured employee who will have died leaving no widow, widower, child, or parent who would on proper application therefor be entitled to receive an annuity under this section for the month in which such death occurred, a lump sum of ten times the employee's basic amount shall be paid to the person, if any, who is determined by the Board to be the widow or widower of the deceased employee and to have been living with such employee at the time of such employee's death and who will not have died before receiving payment of such lump sum. If there be no such widow or widower, such lump sum shall be paid to any person or persons, equitably entitled thereto, to the extent and in the proportions that he or they shall have paid the expenses of burial of such deceased employee. If a lump sum would be payable to a widow or widower under this subsection except for the fact that a survivor will have been entitled to receive an annuity for the month in which the employee will have died, but within one year after the employee's death there will not have accrued to survivors of the employee, by reason of his death annuities which, after all deductions pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (i) will have been made, are equal to such lump sum, a payment equal to the amount by which such lump sum exceeds such annuities so accrued after such deductions shall then nevertheless be made under this paragraph to the person (or, if more than one, in equal shares to the persons) first named in the following order of preference: the widow, widower, child, or parent of the employee then entitled to a survivor annuity under this section. No payment shall be made to any person under this subsection, unless application therefor shall have been filed, by or on behalf of any such person (whether or not legally competent), prior to the expiration of two years after the date of death of the deceased employee, except that if the deceased employee is a person to whom section 2 of the Act of March 7,