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TITLE II-FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS

SEC. 201. Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Page1 Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund_-

(a) Creation of Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund

(b) Creation of Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund..

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(f) Crediting of Interest on and Proceeds From Sales of Obligations_ (g) Payment From Trust Funds Into Treasury.

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(h) Trust Funds Used for Payments of Benefits_

(i) Acceptance of Gifts____

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SEC. 202. Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Benefit Payments.

(a) Old-Age Insurance Benefits.

(b) Wife's Insurance Benefits.

(c) Husband's Insurance Benefits-

(d) Child's Insurance Benefits__.

(e) Widow's Insurance Benefits.
(f) Widower's Insurance Benefits.
(g) Mother's Insurance Benefits.
(h) Parent's Insurance Benefits.
(i) Lump-sum Death Payments_.

(j) Application for Monthly Insurance Benefits; Retroactive Effect
of Application; Waiver of Entitlement---

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(k) Simultaneous Entitlement to More Than One Type of Insurance Benefit

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(1) Effect of Entitlement to Survivor Benefits Under Railroad Retirement Act_.

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(m) Minimum Survivor's Benefit--

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(n) Termination of Benefits Upon Deportation of Primary Beneficiary

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(0) Application for Benefits by Survivors of Members and Former Members of the Uniformed Services__.

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(p) Extension of Period for Filing Proof of Support and Applications for Lump-Sum Death Payment_-_

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(q) Reduction of Benefit Amounts for Certain Beneficiaries_-_-
(r) Presumed Filing of Application by Individuals Eligible for Old-
Age Insurance Benefits and for Wife's or Husband's Insurance
Benefits

(s) Child Aged 18 or Over Attending School...

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(t) Suspension of Benefits of Aliens Who Are Outside the United States

(u) Effect of Conviction of Subversive Activities, etc-

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(v) Waiver of Benefits____.

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(w) Increase in Old-Age Insurance Benefit Amounts on Account of Delayed Retirement--

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(c) Deductions on Account of Noncovered Work Outside the U.S.: Failure To Have Child in Care_.

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SEC. 203. Reduction of Insurance Benefits-Continued

(d) Deductions From Dependents' Benefits on Account of Old-Age Page

Insurance Beneficiary's Noncovered Work Outside the U.S.-.

(e) Occurrence of More Than One Event---

(f) Months to Which Earnings Are Charged--.

(g) Penalty for Failure To Report Certain Events

(h) Report of Earnings to Secretary.......

(1) Circumstances Under Which Deductions and Reductions Not
Required

(j) Attainment of Age 72

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(k) Noncovered Remunerative Activity Outside the United States___
(1) Good Cause for Failure To Make Reports Required__.

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SEC. 204. Overpayments and Underpayments_-

(a) Adjustment of Errors in Payments--

(b) When Adjustment or Recovery of Overpayment Not Made..
(c) Nonliability of Certifying or Disbursing Officer--
(d) Special Rules Regarding Underpayments----

SEC. 205. Evidence, Procedure, and Certification for Payment_.

(a) Authority of Secretary To Make Rules and Regulations To Carry Out Provisions of Title II.

(b) Decisions by Secretary Regarding Rights of Claimants_-_

(c) Earnings Records Maintained by Secretary; Time Limitation for
Revisions

(d) Authority of Secretary To Issue Subpenas..

(e) Contumacy or Failure To Obey Subpena.

(f) [Repealed.]

(g) Review of Secretary's Decision by Court.. (h) Finality of Secretary's Decision___.

(1) Certification by Secretary for Payment..

(j) Authority of Secretary To Certify Payment of Benefits to Someone Other Than the Beneficiary --

(k) Settlement of Claims of Incompetents__.

(1) Authority of Secretary To Delegate Powers-

(m) [Repealed.]

(n) Joint Payment of Benefits.

(0) Crediting of Compensation Under the Railroad Retirement Act__ (p) Special Rules in Case of Federal Service...

(q) Expedited Benefit Payments_.

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SEC. 206. Representation of Claimants__

(b)

SEC. 207. Assignment

SEC. 208. Penalties

(a) False Statements To Obtain Increase in Benefits.. (b) False Statements on Applications---

(c) False Statements Made for Use in Determining Rights to Payments

(d)

(e)

(f)

Fraudulent Concealment or Failure To Disclose Events Affecting
Initial or Continued Right to Payment_

Willful Conversion of Benefits by Representative Payee_-.

Furnishing False Information To Obtain Social Security Account
Number

(g) Penalty for Furnishing False Social Security Number With In

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Payments to or by Trust Exempt From Tax Under Internal
Revenue Code Excluded..

Payment of Employee Tax by Employer Excluded_

(g) Payments in Kind and Certain Cash Payments for Domestic

Employment or Employment Not in Course of Employer's
Trade or Business Excluded___.

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SEC. 209. Definition of Wages-Continued

(h)

(i)

(j)

(k)

(1)

Remuneration for Agricultural Labor-When Excluded.
Remuneration Paid After Retirement Age-When Excluded_
Remuneration Paid to Homeworkers-When Excluded----
Moving Expenses of Employees-.

Tips

(m) Payments by Employer Upon or After Termination of
Employment

(n) Payments by Employer to Survivor of Estate of Former Em-
ployee

(0)

Payments to Employee Entitled to Disability Insurance BenefitsSEC. 210. Employment

(a) Employment; Excluded Employment Defined_.

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(b) Included and Excluded Service Performed During Pay Period__

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(g)

(f) Computing Deceased's Net Earnings From Self-Employment
When Partnership Taxable Year Ends Because of Death__.
Regular Basis_-__-

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SEC. 212. Crediting of Self-Employment Income to Calendar Quarters__. (a) Calendar Taxable Year____

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(c) Alternative Method for Determining Quarters of Coverage for
1937 to 1950---.

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SEC. 214. Insured Status for Purposes of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance

Benefits

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(b)

(a) Primary Insurance Amount---.

(b) Average Monthly Wage--

(a) Fully Insured Individual___

Currently Insured Individual.

SEC. 215. Computation of Primary Insurance Amount_.

(c) Primary Insurance Amount Under Prior Provisions_.

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(d) Primary Insurance Benefit Under 1939 Act---

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(e)

Certain Wages and Self-Employment Income Not To Be
Counted

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Exclusion Under Certain Circumstances of Remuneration Paid
to Public Health Service Reserve Officer for Service Prior to
July 1, 1960_.

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SEC. 216. Other Definitions-Continued

(e) Child

(f) Husband

(g) Widower

(h) Determination of Status as Wife, Husband, Widow, Widower, Child, or Parent__

(i) Disability: Period of Disability.

(j) When Periods of Limitation End on Nonwork Days___.

(k) Waiver of 9-Month Requirement for Widow, Stepchild, or Widower in Certain Death Cases, or in the Case of Remarriage to the Same Individual__

SEC. 217. Benefits in Case of Veterans.

(a) Wage Credits for World War II Service...

(b) Insured Status of World War II Veterans Dying Within 3 Years

After Separation From Active Service--

(c) Time for Parent of Deceased Veteran To File Proof of Support___
(d) Definition of World War II and World War II Veteran_.
(e) Wage Credits for Military Service After World War II.
(f) Waiver of Rights to Civil Service Retirement Annuity by Widow
or Child as Condition of Entitlement to Social Security Benefits_
(g) Reimbursement of Trust Fund for Cost of Wage Credits for
Certain Military Service-----

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(h) Wage Credits for American Citizen's World War II Service in Armed Forces of U.S. Allies___

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(a) Purpose of Agreement

(c) Services Covered_

SEC. 218. Voluntary Agreements for Coverage of State and Local Em

ployees

(b) Definitions of Terms_.

(d) Positions Covered by Retirement Systems-.

(e) Payments and Reports by States-

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(f) Effective Date of Agreement-

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(g) Termination of Agreement--.

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(h) Deposits in Trust Fund; Adjustments

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(i) Purpose of Regulations Issued Under This Section__

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(j) Result of State Failure To Make Payments Required Under
Agreement

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(n) Modification of Agreement To Apply to Certain Positions No
Longer Covered by Retirement Systems--.

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(0), Modification of Agreement To Apply to Certain Employees of the
State of Utah..

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(p) Modification of Agreement To Apply to Policemen and Firemen
in Certain States____

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(q) Time Limitation on Assessments

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(r) Time Limitation on Credits and Refunds..

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(s) Review by Secretary of Assessment; Allowance or Disallowance
of Claim for Credit or Refunds-.

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(t) Review by Court--

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(u) Positions Compensated Solely on a Fee Basis--

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SEC. 219. [Repealed.]

SEC. 220. Disability Provisions Inapplicable if Benefit Rights Impaired___
SEC. 221. Disability Determinations___

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(a) Disability Determination To Be Made by State Agency-
(b) Federal-State Agreements---

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(c) Review by Secretary on His Own Motion of Disability Deter-
minations Made by State---.

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(d) Individual Dissatisfied by Determination Entitled to Hearing...
(e) Reimbursement of States for Cost of Carrying Out Federal-State
Agreements

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(d)

Costs of Rehabilitation Services From Trust Funds_-_

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SEC. 224.

Reduction of Benefits Based on Disability on Account of Re-
ceipt of Workmen's Compensation__.

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(a)

Computation of Reduction_

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(c)

(b) Benefit Payable on Other Than a Monthly Basis---Application When Other Reduction or Deduction Under this Title Applicable--

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(d) No Reduction if Workmen's Compensation Benefit Reduced
Because of Receipt of Title II Benefits___-

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(e)

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Certification by Individual as to Award or Possibility of Award
of Workmen's Compensation Benefits___
Redetermination of Reduction___

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(g)

Reduction of Auxiliary Benefits Before Reduction of Disability
Insurance Benefit

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SEC. 225.

SEC. 226.

(a)

(b)

(c)

Suspension of Benefits Based on Disability--
Entitlement to Hospital Insurance Benefits--.
Requirements for Entitlement-Individual over 65..
Requirements for Entitlement-Individual under 65.
Limitations-Deemed Entitlement__.

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(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

Qualified Railroad Retirement Beneficiary-Definition___
Chronic Renal Disease Considered to Constitute Disability.
Medicare Eligibility on Basis of Chronic Kidney Failure.
Secretary's Authority to Limit Reimbursement_.
(h) Widows' and Widowers' Hospital Benefits__

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Widow's Benefits-Individual Deceased Prior to Becoming
Eligible Under Transitional Insured Status Provisions___
Widow's Benefits-Individual Deceased After Becoming Eligible
Under Transitional Insured Status Provisions____
Benefits at Age 72 for Certain Uninsured Individuals.

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Reduction for Governmental Pension System Benefits___
Suspension for Months in Which Cash Payments Are Made
Under Public Assistance_--

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(e) Suspension Where Individual Is Residing Outside the United States

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(f)

Treatment as Monthly Insurance Benefits___

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(g)

Annual Reimbursement of Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance Trust Fund_

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Benefits in Case of Members of Uniformed Services_.
Deemed Wage Credits for Service after December 1967.
Appropriations to Cover Wage Credits____

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Benefits in Case of Certain Individuals Interned During World
War II_____

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