case of an eligible individual described in para-
graph (3)(C)(ii), calculated using a primary in-
surance amount estimated pursuant to para-
graph (8) of section 215(a) and including a no-
tation indicating the use of such method of cal-
culation)’’ after ‘‘account’’. 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C)(ii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘wages or self-employment 
income’’ and inserting ‘‘wages, self-employment 
income, and earnings derived from noncovered 
service 
(within 
the 
meaning 
of 
section 
215(a)(7))’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘of noncovered employ-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘that the individual’s pri-
mary insurance amount will be computed under 
paragraph (7) or (8) of section 215(a)’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1143 of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–13) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(F) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section), by striking 
‘‘sections 202(k)(5) and 215(a)(7)’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘auxiliary benefits’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tions 202(k)(5), 215(a)(7), and 215(a)(8)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘maximum’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 215(a)(7)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘sections 215(a)(7) and 215(a)(8)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to Social Security ac-
count statements issued on or after January 1, 2022. 
SEC. 5. STUDY ON AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RELAT-
ING TO RETIREMENT PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General shall 
conduct a study to determine the extent to which State 
and local governments (or their designees) that maintain 
retirement plans for their employees possess or otherwise 
have access to information sufficient to determine what 
amount of a participant’s benefits under such plan are 
based on noncovered service (within the meaning of section 
215(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(a)(7))). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit a report to the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate on the results of the study described 
in subsection (a). 
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SEC. 6. HOLD HARMLESS FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY 
TRUST FUNDS. 
There are appropriated, out of any moneys in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each of the Fed-
eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for each fiscal 
year such amounts as the chief actuary of the Social Secu-
rity Administration shall certify are necessary to place 
each such Trust Fund in the same position at the end 
of such fiscal year as it would have been in if the amend-
ments made by this Act had not been enacted. 
Æ 
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