band’s insurance benefit under subsection (b) for 
such month, the amount of his imputed survivor 
benefit for such month is the sum of— 
‘‘(I) the amount of such old-age or dis-
ability insurance benefit (if any), and 
‘‘(II) the amount of such husband’s insur-
ance benefit (if any), assuming, for purposes of 
reduction under subsection (k)(3)(A), the enti-
tlement to an old-age insurance or disability in-
surance benefit for such month (if any), as de-
scribed in subclause (I). 
‘‘(ii) In the case of a widower (or surviving di-
vorced husband) who is not described in clause (i) 
but has attained (or would attain) age 62 as of the 
end of his entitlement month, the amount of his im-
puted survivor benefit is the sum of— 
‘‘(I) the amount of the old-age insurance 
benefit under subsection (a) to which he would 
be entitled for such month if he filed applica-
tion for such benefit during such month, and 
‘‘(II) the amount to which he otherwise 
would have been entitled (but for the deceased 
individual’s death) as a husband’s insurance 
benefit under subsection (c) for such month, 
based on the deceased individual’s wages and
self-employment income, if he had filed applica-
tion for such benefit during such month (as-
suming a primary insurance amount for the de-
ceased individual determined under paragraph 
(2)(B) of this subsection and assuming, for 
purposes 
of 
reduction 
under 
subsection 
(k)(3)(A), the entitlement to an old-age insur-
ance benefit for such month, if any, as de-
scribed in subclause (I)). 
In any case in which the widower (or surviving divorced 
husband) would not attain age 62 before the end of his 
entitlement month, his imputed survivor benefit shall be 
deemed to be zero. 
‘‘(G) The increased benefit cap determined under this 
subparagraph for the entitlement month of the widower 
(or surviving divorced husband) is the amount which 
would be the amount of a theoretical individual’s old-age 
insurance benefit under subsection (a) (reduced as pro-
vided in subsection (q)) if— 
‘‘(i) such theoretical individual’s primary insur-
ance amount for the first month of entitlement were 
equal to the average of the primary insurance 
amounts upon which old-age insurance benefits 
under subsection (a) are payable for—
‘‘(I) in any case in which the entitlement 
month of the widower (or surviving divorced 
husband) is the month of December, such 
month, or 
‘‘(II) in any other case, the latest month of 
December preceding such entitlement month, 
‘‘(ii) such first month of such theoretical indi-
vidual’s entitlement to such old-age insurance ben-
efit were the entitlement month of the widower (or 
surviving divorced husband), and 
‘‘(iii) the month in which the theoretical indi-
vidual attained or would attain retirement age (as 
defined in section 216(l)) were the month in which 
the widower (or surviving divorced husband) at-
tained or would attain retirement age (as so de-
fined). 
‘‘(H) If, in determining the amount of the benefit 
under this section pursuant to this paragraph, the im-
puted old-age insurance benefit or imputed wife’s insur-
ance benefit of the deceased individual was deemed to be 
zero pursuant to the last sentence of clause (ii) or (iii) 
of subparagraph (D), or the imputed survivor benefit of 
the widower (or surviving divorced husband) was deemed 
to be zero pursuant to the last sentence of subparagraph 
(F), effective for any month after the entitlement month
of the widower (or surviving divorced husband) in which 
the deceased individual would have attained age 62 or he 
attains age 62, the Commissioner shall recompute the 
amount of the benefit under this paragraph by sub-
stituting a reference to such later month for each ref-
erence in the preceding provisions of this paragraph to his 
entitlement month. 
‘‘(I)(i) Any reference in this paragraph to the wid-
ower’s insurance benefit (as determined under the pre-
ceding paragraphs of this subsection) shall be deemed a 
reference to such benefit, taking into account all applicable 
reductions and deductions under this title. 
‘‘(ii) Any reference in this paragraph to the imputed 
old-age insurance benefit or imputed wife’s insurance ben-
efit described in subparagraph (D), the old-age insurance 
benefit, disability insurance benefit, or wife’s insurance 
benefit described in subparagraph (E), or the old-age in-
surance benefit, disability insurance benefit, or husband’s 
insurance benefit described in subparagraph (F) shall be 
deemed a reference to such benefit, taking into account 
applicable reductions under this section but disregarding 
reductions or deductions otherwise applicable under this 
title. 
‘‘(iii) A widower’s insurance benefit which has been 
increased under this paragraph shall be subject to all re-
ductions and deductions otherwise applicable to widower’s 
insurance benefits under this title, except that such benefit 
shall not be subject to any reduction otherwise applicable 
under subsection (q)(1).’’. 
(c) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS
TO GUARAN-
TEED WIDOW’S
AND WIDOWER’S INSURANCE BENE-
FITS.—Section 215(i)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(i)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘1978.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘1979, and’’; 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
clause: 
‘‘(IV) the benefit amount to which an individual 
is entitled for that month under subsection (e) or (f) 
of section 202 if such benefit amount has been in-
creased under paragraph (9) of such subsection.’’; 
and 
(4) in the matter following subclause (IV) 
(added by paragraph (3)), by striking ‘‘(I), (II), and 
(III)’’ and inserting ‘‘(I), (II), (III), and (IV)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to widow’s and wid-
ower’s insurance benefits for months after November of 
the calendar year in which this Act is enacted. 
SEC. 203. BENEFITS FOR DISABLED WIDOWS AND WID-
OWERS WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR WIDOW’S INSURANCE BENE-
FITS.—Section 202(e)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 402(e)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘has 
attained age 50 but has not attained age 60 and’’. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR WIDOWER’S INSURANCE BENE-
FITS.—Section 202(f)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(f)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘has attained age 
50 but has not attained age 60 and’’. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
202(q)(3)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(q)(3)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘If the first month’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘widow’s or widower’s insurance benefit)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘If the first month for which an individual 
both is entitled to a wife’s or husband’s insurance benefit 
and has attained age 62 or for which an individual is enti-
tled to a widow’s or widower’s insurance benefit’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to monthly insurance 
benefits payable under title II of the Social Security Act 
for months after November of the calendar year in which