(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(c)(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)(1)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and ending with the 
month’’ in the matter immediately following 
clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘and ending with the 
month in which he dies or (if earlier) with the 
month’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (E); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 
through (K) as subparagraphs (E) through (J), 
respectively. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
202(c)(4)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)(4)(B)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘(E), (F), (H), or (J)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(E), (G), or (I)’’, respectively. 
(d) 
CHILD’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(d)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and ending with the month’’ in 
the matter immediately preceding subparagraph (D) 
and inserting ‘‘and ending with the month in which 
such child dies or (if earlier) with the month’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘dies, or’’ in subparagraph (D). 
(e) 
WIDOW’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(e)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)(1)) is amended 
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by striking ‘‘ending with the month preceding the first 
month in which any of the following occurs: she remarries, 
dies,’’ in the matter following subparagraph (F) and in-
serting ‘‘ending with the month in which she dies or (if 
earlier) with the month preceding the first month in which 
she remarries or’’. 
(f) WIDOWER’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(f)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘ending with the month preceding the first 
month in which any of the following occurs: he remarries, 
dies,’’ in the matter following subparagraph (F) and in-
serting ‘‘ending with the month in which he dies or (if 
earlier) with the month preceding the first month in which 
he remarries’’. 
(g) MOTHER’S AND FATHER’S INSURANCE BENE-
FITS.—Section 202(g)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘with the month in which he or 
she dies or (if earlier)’’ after ‘‘and ending’’ in the 
matter following subparagraph (F); and 
(2) by striking ‘‘he or she remarries, or he or 
she dies’’ and inserting ‘‘or he or she remarries’’. 
(h) 
PARENT’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(h)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(h)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘ending with the month preceding the first 
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month in which any of the following occurs: such parent 
dies, marries,’’ in the matter following subparagraph (E) 
and inserting ‘‘ending with the month in which such par-
ent dies or (if earlier) with the month preceding the first 
month in which such parent marries, or such parent’’. 
(i) DISABILITY
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
223(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘ending with the month preceding whichever 
of the following months is the earliest: the month in which 
he dies,’’ in the matter following subparagraph (D) and 
inserting the following: ‘‘ending with the month in which 
he dies or (if earlier) with the month preceding the earlier 
of’’ and by striking the comma after ‘‘216(l))’’. 
(j) BENEFITS AT AGE 72 FOR CERTAIN UNINSURED 
INDIVIDUALS.—Section 228(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
428(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘the month preceding’’ in 
the matter following paragraph (4). 
SEC. 3. COMPUTATION AND PAYMENT OF LAST MONTHLY 
PAYMENT. 
(a) OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE BENE-
FITS.—Section 202 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
402) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
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‘‘Last Payment of Monthly Insurance Benefit 
Terminated by Death 
‘‘(z) The amount of any individual’s monthly insur-
ance benefit under this section paid for the month in 
which the individual dies shall be an amount equal to— 
‘‘(1) the amount of such benefit (as determined 
without regard to this subsection), multiplied by 
‘‘(2) a fraction— 
‘‘(A) the numerator of which is the number 
of days in such month preceding the date of 
such individual’s death, and 
‘‘(B) the denominator of which is the num-
ber of days in such month, rounded, if not a 
multiple of $1, to the next lower multiple of $1. 
This subsection shall apply with respect to such 
benefit after all other adjustments with respect 
to such benefit provided by this title have been 
made. Payment of such benefit for such month 
shall be made as provided in section 204(d).’’. 
(b) DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS.—Section 223 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 423) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
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