this Act is enacted and for which applications are filed 
or pending after November of such year. 
SEC. 204. REPEAL OF 7–YEAR RESTRICTION ON ELIGIBILITY 
FOR WIDOW’S AND WIDOWER’S INSURANCE 
BENEFITS BASED ON DISABILITY. 
(a) WIDOW’S INSURANCE BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(e) of the Social 
Security Act (as amended by section 202(a) of this 
Act) is further amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘which began before the end of the period spec-
ified in paragraph (4)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(F)(ii), by striking 
‘‘(I) in the period specified in paragraph (4) 
and (II)’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (4) and by re-
designating paragraphs (5) through (9) as 
paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and 
(D) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii) (as redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘whichever’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘begins’’ and inserting ‘‘the first 
day of the seventeenth month before the month 
in which her application is filed’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 202(e)(1)(F)(i) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 402(e)(1)(F)(i)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (4)’’. 
(B) Section 202(e)(1)(C)(ii)(III) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)(2)(C)(ii)(III)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘paragraph (8)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (6)’’. 
(C) Section 226(e)(1)(A)(i) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 426(e)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘202(e)(4),’’. 
(b) WIDOWER’S INSURANCE BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(f) of such Act 
(as amended by section 202(b) of this Act) is fur-
ther amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘which began before the end of the period spec-
ified in paragraph (4)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(F)(ii), by striking 
‘‘(I) in the period specified in paragraph (4) 
and (II)’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (4) and by re-
designating paragraphs (5) through (9) as 
paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and
(D) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii) (as redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘whichever’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘begins’’ and inserting ‘‘the first 
day of the seventeenth month before the month 
in which his application is filed’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 202(f)(1)(F)(i) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(f)(1)(F)(i)) is amended by striking 
‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(4)’’. 
(B) Section 202(f)(1)(C)(ii)(III) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(2)(C)(ii)(III)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘paragraph (8)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (6)’’. 
(C) Section 226(e)(1)(A)(i) of such Act (as 
amended by subsection (a)(2)) is further 
amended by striking ‘‘202(f)(1)(B)(ii), and 
202(f)(5)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘and 
202(f)(1)(B)(ii)’’. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
215(i)(2)(A)(ii)(IV) of such Act (as added by section 
202(c)(3) of this Act) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (8)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to benefits for months
after November of the calendar year in which this Act is 
enacted and for which applications are filed or pending 
after November of such year. 
SEC. 205. EXEMPTION FROM TWO-YEAR WAITING PERIOD 
FOR DIVORCED SPOUSE’S BENEFITS UPON 
OTHER SPOUSE’S REMARRIAGE. 
(a) 
WIFE’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(b)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(b)(4)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘The criterion for entitlement under 
clause (ii) shall be deemed met upon the remarriage of 
the insured individual to someone other than the applicant 
during the 2-year period referred to in such clause.’’. 
(b) HUSBAND’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(c)(4)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)(4)(A)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘The criterion for entitlement under clause (ii) shall be 
deemed met upon the remarriage of the insured individual 
to someone other than the applicant during the 2-year pe-
riod referred to in such clause.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to benefits for months 
after November of the calendar year in which this Act is 
enacted and for which applications are filed or pending 
after November of such year.
SEC. 206. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF WAGES AND SELF-EM-
PLOYMENT INCOME CREDITED TO YEARS 
TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING AV-
ERAGE INDEXED MONTHLY EARNINGS FOR 
BENEFICIARIES PRECLUDED FROM REMU-
NERATIVE WORK BY NEED TO PROVIDE 
CHILD CARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 215(b)(3) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(b)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and 
(C)’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C)(i) Subject to clause (iii), in any case in which— 
‘‘(I) in any calendar year which is included in 
an individual’s elapsed years, such individual was 
living with a child (of such individual or his or her 
spouse) under the age of 7, and 
‘‘(II) at any time during or after such calendar 
year and on or before the date of the application by 
such individual for benefits based on such individ-
ual’s wages and self-employment income, such indi-
vidual submits to the Commissioner, in such form as 
the Commissioner shall prescribe by regulation, a
written statement that the requirements of subclause 
(I) are met with respect to such calendar year, 
the amount of the wages and self-employment income paid 
in or credited to such year under subparagraph (A), if less 
than the minimum credit amount for such individual for 
such year, shall be deemed equal to such minimum credit 
amount. 
‘‘(ii) For purposes of clause (i), the minimum credit 
amount for an individual described in clause (i) for any 
calendar year shall be an amount equal to the product de-
rived by multiplying— 
‘‘(I) subject to clause (iii), 1⁄4 of the average in-
dexed monthly earnings of such individual, deter-
mined as if such individual became entitled to dis-
ability insurance benefits on January 1 of such year 
(disregarding any elapsed year with respect to which 
wages and self-employment income of such indi-
vidual are deemed to be increased under this sub-
paragraph), by 
‘‘(II) the number of months in such year during 
which such individual meets the requirements of 
clause (i)(I). 
‘‘(iii) In any case in which a minimum credit amount 
for an individual is determined under clause (ii) for 2 or 
more elapsed years, the amount determined in the case
of such individual under clause (ii)(I) in connection with 
each such elapsed year shall not be less than the amount 
determined under clause (ii)(I) for such individual under 
clause (ii)(I) in connection with the latest of such 2 or 
more elapsed years. 
‘‘(iv) Clause (i) shall apply only with respect to not 
more than 5 elapsed years designated by the individual 
described in clause (i) with respect to which such indi-
vidual submits a statement under clause (i)(II). 
‘‘(v) Clause (i) shall not apply in the case of an indi-
vidual with respect to any calendar year referred to in 
clause (i)(I), if such individual’s spouse referred to in such 
clause was also living with the child referred to in such 
clause in such year, and— 
‘‘(I) the amount of such individual’s wages and 
self-employment income paid in or credited to such 
year (as determined before the application of this 
subparagraph) is greater than the amount of the 
wages and self-employment income paid in or cred-
ited to such year (as so determined) of such spouse, 
or 
‘‘(II) in any case in which the amount of the 
wages and self-employment income of such indi-
vidual paid in or credited to such year is equal to 
the wages and self-employment income of such indi-
vidual’s spouse paid in or credited to such year, the 
amount determined under clause (ii)(I) in connection 
with such calendar year in the case of such indi-
vidual is greater than the amount so determined in 
the case of such individual’s spouse. 
In any case in which the requirements of neither subclause 
(I) nor subclause (II) are met in the case of such indi-
vidual with respect to any calendar year, the Commis-
sioner of Social Security shall provide by regulation for 
the application of clause (i) only with respect to one of 
the two spouses in accordance with the equities of the 
case.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to benefits for months 
after November of the calendar year in which this Act is 
enacted. 
SEC. 207. GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET REDUCED FROM 
TWO-THIRDS TO ONE-THIRD OF THE GOVERN-
MENT PENSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(k)(5)(A) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)(5)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘two-thirds’’ and inserting ‘‘one-third’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to benefits for months
after November of the calendar year in which this Act is 
enacted. 
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