program or plan that provides greater benefits for 
leave or other leave rights to individuals than the 
benefits for leave or leave rights established under 
this Act. 
‘‘(h) SUNSET.—No application for parental leave ben-
efits under this section may be filed in any calendar year 
if the OASDI trust fund ratio (as defined in section 
215(i)) for such calendar year or for the year following 
such calendar year is projected, based on the intermediate 
projections in the most recent (as of January 1 of such 
calendar year) annual report issued under section 
201(c)(2), to be less than 20 percent. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘qualified child’ means, with re-
spect to an individual for a benefit period, a biologi-
cal child or legally adopted child of the individual (as 
determined by the Commissioner of Social Security) 
who— 
‘‘(A) will not attain 18 years of age before 
the end of such benefit period; and 
‘‘(B) will be residing with, and under the 
care of, the individual during the benefit period 
as determined by the Commissioner.’’. 
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SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) NONPAYMENT PROVISIONS.—Section 202 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (n)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘under 
this section or section 223’’ and inserting ‘‘under 
this section, section 219, or section 223’’; 
(2) in subsection (t), in paragraphs (1) and 
(10), by striking ‘‘under this section or under sec-
tion 223’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘under 
this section, under section 219, or under section 
223’’; 
(3) in subsection (u)(1), by striking ‘‘under this 
section or section 223’’ and inserting ‘‘under this 
section, section 219, or section 223’’; and 
(4) in subsection (x)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘under this section or under section 223’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under this section, under section 
219, or under section 223’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘under 
this section or section 223’’ and inserting 
‘‘under this section, section 219, or section 
223’’. 
(b) 
DELAYED
RETIREMENT
CREDITS.—Section 
202(w) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(w)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘age 70’’ each place it appears 
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the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of an individual whose re-
tirement age is increased under section 219(f)(3), age 70 
plus the number of months by which the individual’s re-
tirement age is so increased)’’. 
(c) VOLUNTARY SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS.—Sec-
tion 202(z)(1)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(z)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘the age of 70’’ 
and inserting ‘‘age 70 (or, in the case of an individual 
whose retirement age is increased under section 219(f)(3), 
age 70 plus the number of months by which the individ-
ual’s retirement age is so increased)’’. 
(d) NUMBER OF BENEFIT COMPUTATION YEARS.— 
Section 
215(b)(2)(A) 
of 
such 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
415(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and insert-
ing a semicolon; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: 
‘‘(iii) in the case of an individual who is entitled 
to a parental leave benefit under section 219, by the 
number of years equal to one-fifth of such individ-
ual’s elapsed years (disregarding any resulting frac-
tional part of a year), but not by more than 5 
years.’’. 
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SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to applications for parental leave benefits filed 
after 2021. 
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