Sec. 3. Expansion of State option to exclude service of election officials or elec-
tion workers from coverage.
Sec. 4. Treatment of certain noncash remuneration for agricultural labor.
Sec. 5. Use of social security numbers by States and local governments and
Federal district courts for jury selection purposes.
Sec. 6. Authorization for all States to extend coverage to State and local police-
men and firemen under existing coverage agreements.
Sec. 7. Limited exemption for Canadian ministers from certain self-employment
tax liability.
Sec. 8. Exclusion of totalization benefits from the application of the windfall
elimination provision.
Sec. 9. Exclusion of military reservists from application of the Government pen-
sion offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Sec. 10. Repeal of the facility-of-payment provision.
Sec. 11. Maximum family benefits in guarantee cases.
Sec. 12. Authorization for disclosure by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services of information for purposes of public or private epide-
miological and similar research.
SEC. 2. EXPLICIT REQUIREMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE OF
TELEPHONE ACCESS TO LOCAL OFFICES OF
THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) MAINTENANCE
OF SERVICE
TO LOCAL OF-
FICES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5110(a) of the Om-
nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (104 Stat.
1388-272) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentences: ‘‘In carrying out the require-
ments of the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall
reestablish and maintain in service at least the same
number of telephone lines to each such local office
as was in place as of such date, including telephone
sets for connections to such lines.’’.
(2) 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The 
Secretary 
of
Health and Human Services shall ensure that the
requirements of the amendment made by paragraph
(1) are carried out no later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) GAO REPORT.—The Comptroller General of
the United States shall make an independent deter-
mination of the number of telephone lines to each
local office of the Social Security Administration
which are in place as of 90 days after the enactment
of this Act and shall report his findings to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate no later than 150 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b) MAINTENANCE
OF
TOLL-FREE
TELEPHONE
NUMBER SERVICE.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall ensure that toll-free telephone service pro-
vided by the Social Security Administration is maintained
at a level which is at least equal to that in effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF STATE OPTION TO EXCLUDE SERV-
ICE OF ELECTION OFFICIALS OR ELECTION
WORKERS FROM COVERAGE.
(a) LIMITATION
ON MANDATORY COVERAGE
OF
STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS AND ELECTION WORKERS
WITHOUT STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
(1) AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—
Section 210(a)(7)(F)(iv) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 410(a)(7)(F)(iv)) (as amended by section
11332(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1990) is amended by striking ‘‘$100’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$1,000 with respect to service performed dur-
ing 1994, and the exempt remuneration amount de-
termined under section 218(c)(8)(B) with respect to
service performed thereafter’’.
(2) AMENDMENT TO FICA.—Section 3121(b)(7)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended
by section 11332(b) of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1990) is amended by striking
‘‘$100’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000 with respect to serv-
ice performed during 1994, and the exempt remu-
neration 
amount 
determined 
under 
section
218(c)(8)(B) of the Social Security Act with respect
to service performed thereafter’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MED-
ICARE QUALIFIED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT.—
(1) AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—
Section 210(p)(2)(E) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 410(p)(2)(E)) is amended by striking
‘‘$100’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000 with respect to serv-
ice performed during 1994, and the exempt remu-
neration 
amount 
determined 
under 
section
218(c)(8)(B) with respect to service performed
thereafter’’.
(2) 
AMENDMENT
TO
FICA.—Section
3121(u)(2)(B)(ii)(V) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘$100’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$1,000 with respect to service performed dur-
ing 1994, and the exempt remuneration amount de-
termined under section 218(c)(8)(B) of the Social
Security Act with respect to service performed there-
after’’.
(c) AUTHORITY FOR STATES TO MODIFY COVERAGE
AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO ELECTION OFFICIALS
AND ELECTION WORKERS.—Section 218(c)(8) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 418(c)(8)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘on or after January 1, 1968,’’
and inserting ‘‘at any time’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘$100’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000
with respect to service performed during 1994, and
the exempt remuneration amount determined under
subparagraph (B) with respect to service performed
thereafter’’; and
(3) by striking the last sentence and inserting
the following new sentence: ‘‘Any modification of an
agreement pursuant to this paragraph shall be effec-
tive with respect to services performed in and after
the calendar year in which the modification is mailed
or delivered by other means to the Secretary.’’.
(d) INDEXATION
OF
EXEMPT
REMUNERATION
AMOUNT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 218(c)(8) of the So-
cial Security Act (as amended by subsection (c)) is
further amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(8)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraphs:
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall, on or before November 1
of 1994 and of every year thereafter, determine and pub-
lish in the Federal Register the exempt remuneration
amount which shall be effective with respect to service per-
formed during the following calendar year.
‘‘(C) The exempt remuneration amount determined
under subparagraph (B) shall be the larger of—
‘‘(i) the dollar amount in effect under subpara-
graph (A) with respect to service performed during
the calendar year in which the determination under
subparagraph (B) is made, or
‘‘(ii) the product of—
‘‘(I) $1,000, and
‘‘(II) the indexing ratio described in sub-
paragraph (D).
‘‘(D) For purposes of subparagraph (C)(ii)(II), the
indexing ratio is the ratio of—
‘‘(i) the deemed average total wages (as defined
in section 209(k)(1)) for the calendar year before
the calendar year in which the determination under
subparagraph (B) is made, to
‘‘(ii) the average of the total wages (as defined
in regulations of the Secretary and computed with-
out regard to the limitations specified in section
209(a)(1)) reported to the Secretary of the Treasury
or his delegate for 1991 (as published in the Federal
Register in accordance with section 215(a)(1)(D)),
with such product, if not a multiple of $100, being round-
ed to the next higher multiple of $100 where such product
is a multiple of $50 but not of $100 and to the nearest
multiple of $100 in any other case.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
209(k)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 409(k)(1)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘218(c)(8)(D)(i),’’ after
‘‘215(b)(3)(A)(ii),’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall apply with respect to
service performed on or after January 1, 1994.
SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN NONCASH REMUNERA-
TION FOR AGRICULTURAL LABOR.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO 1986 CODE.—Paragraph (8) of
section 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (de-
fining wages) is amended—
(1) by striking so much of such paragraph as
precedes subparagraph (B) thereof and inserting the
following:
‘‘(8)(A) remuneration for agricultural labor to
the extent such remuneration consists of—
‘‘(i) meals or lodging furnished on the
premises of the employer to the employee, the
employee’s spouse, or any of the employee’s de-
pendents, or
‘‘(ii) in the case of an employee who is a
seasonal worker, temporary lodging furnished in
reasonable proximity to such premises to the
employee, the employee’s spouse, or any of the
employee’s dependents;’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘cash remuneration’’ each place
it appears in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘re-
muneration (not excluded under subparagraph
(A))’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Para-
graph (7) of section 209(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 409(a)(7)) is amended—
(1) by striking so much of such paragraph as
precedes subparagraph (B) thereof and inserting the
following:
‘‘(7)(A) Remuneration for agricultural labor to
the extent such remuneration consists of—
‘‘(i) meals or lodging furnished on the
premises of the employer to the employee, the
employee’s spouse, or any of the employee’s de-
pendents, or
‘‘(ii) in the case of an employee who is a
seasonal worker, temporary lodging furnished in
reasonable proximity to such premises to the
employee, the employee’s spouse, or any of the
employee’s dependents;’’, and
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Cash remuneration’’ and
inserting ‘‘Remuneration (not excluded under
subparagraph (A))’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘cash remuneration’’ and
inserting ‘‘remuneration (not excluded under
subparagraph (A))’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to remuneration paid after Decem-
ber 31, 1993.
SEC. 5. USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS BY STATES
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND FEDERAL
DISTRICT COURTS FOR JURY SELECTION
PURPOSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(c)(2) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘(E)’’ in
the matter preceding subclause (I) and inserting
‘‘(F)’’;
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and
(F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(E)(i) It is the policy of the United States that—
‘‘(I) any State (or any political subdivision of a
State) may utilize the social security account num-
bers issued by the Secretary for the additional pur-
poses described in clause (ii) if such numbers have
been collected and are otherwise utilized by such
State (or political subdivision) in accordance with
applicable law, and
‘‘(II) any district court of the United States
may use, for such additional purposes, any such so-
cial security account numbers which have been so
collected and are so utilized by any State.
‘‘(ii) The additional purposes described in this clause
are the following:
‘‘(I) identifying duplicate names of individuals
on master lists used for jury selection purposes, and
‘‘(II) identifying on such master lists those indi-
viduals who are ineligible to serve on a jury by rea-
son of their conviction of a felony.
‘‘(iii) To the extent that any provision of Federal law
enacted before the date of the enactment of this subpara-
graph is inconsistent with the policy set forth in clause
(i), such provision shall, on and after that date, be null,
void, and of no effect.
‘‘(iv) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
‘State’ has the meaning such term has in subparagraph
(D).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION FOR ALL STATES TO EXTEND COV-
ERAGE TO STATE AND LOCAL POLICEMEN
AND FIREMEN UNDER EXISTING COVERAGE
AGREEMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 218(l) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 418(l)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’ after
‘‘(l)’’, and by striking ‘‘the State of’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘date of the enactment of this sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘a State entered into pursu-
ant to this section’’; and
(2) by striking paragraph (2).
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
218(d)(8)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 418(d)(8)(D)) is
amended by striking ‘‘agreements with States named in’’
and inserting ‘‘State agreements modified as provided in’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to modifications filed
by States after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 7. LIMITED EXEMPTION FOR CANADIAN MINISTERS
FROM CERTAIN SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAX LI-
ABILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, if—
(1) an individual performed services described
in section 1402(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 which are subject to tax under section 1401
of such Code,
(2) such services were performed in Canada at
a time when no agreement between the United
States and Canada pursuant to section 233 of the
Social Security Act was in effect, and
(3) such individual was required to pay con-
tributions on the earnings from such services under
the social insurance system of Canada,
then such individual may file a certificate under this sec-
tion in such form and manner, and with such official, as
may be prescribed in regulations issued under chapter 2
of such Code. Upon the filing of such certificate, notwith-
standing any judgment which has been entered to the con-
trary, such individual shall be exempt from payment of
such tax and from any penalties or interest for failure to
pay such tax or to file a self-employment tax return as
required under section 6017 of such Code.
(b) PERIOD FOR FILING.—A certificate referred to
in subsection (a) may be filed only during the 180-day
period commencing with the date on which the regulations
referred to in subsection (a) are issued.
(c) TAXABLE YEARS AFFECTED BY CERTIFICATE.—
A certificate referred to in subsection (a) shall be effective
for taxable years ending after December 31, 1978, and
before January 1, 1985.
(d) RESTRICTION ON CREDITING OF EXEMPT SELF-
EMPLOYMENT INCOME.—In any case in which an individ-
ual is exempt under this section from paying a tax im-
posed under section 1401 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, any income on which such tax would have been
imposed but for such exemption shall not constitute self-
employment income under section 211(b) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 411(b)), and, if such individual’s
primary insurance amount has been determined under sec-
tion 215 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415), notwithstanding
section 215(f)(1) of such Act, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall recompute such primary insurance
amount so as to take into account the provisions of this
subsection.
SEC. 8. EXCLUSION OF TOTALIZATION BENEFITS FROM
THE APPLICATION OF THE WINDFALL ELIMI-
NATION PROVISION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 215(a)(7) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(a)(7)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘but ex-
cluding’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1937’’ and
inserting ‘‘but excluding (I) a payment under the
Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 or 1937, and (II)
a payment by a social security system of a foreign
country based on an agreement concluded between
the United States and such foreign country pursuant
to section 233’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (E), by inserting after ‘‘in
the case of an individual’’ the following: ‘‘whose eli-
gibility for old-age or disability insurance benefits is
based on an agreement concluded pursuant to sec-
tion 233 or an individual’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO BENE-
FITS UNDER 1939 ACT.—Section 215(d)(3) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(d)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘but exclud-
ing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1937’’ and inserting
‘‘but excluding (I) a payment under the Railroad Retire-
ment Act of 1974 or 1937, and (II) a payment by a social
security system of a foreign country based on an agree-
ment concluded between the United States and such for-
eign country pursuant to section 233’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply (notwithstanding section 215(f)(1)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(f)(1))) with re-
spect to benefits payable for months after October 1993.
SEC. 9. EXCLUSION OF MILITARY RESERVISTS FROM APPLI-
CATION OF THE GOVERNMENT PENSION OFF-
SET AND WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVI-
SIONS.
(a) EXCLUSION FROM GOVERNMENT PENSION OFF-
SET
PROVISIONS.—Subsections (b)(4), (c)(2), (e)(7),
(f)(2), and (g)(4) of section 202 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 402 (b)(4), (c)(2), (e)(7), (f)(2), and (g)(4))
are each amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘unless
subparagraph (B) applies.’’;
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The’’ in
the matter following clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘unless
subparagraph (B) applies. The’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (B), by redesignating the
existing matter as clause (ii), and by inserting before
such clause (ii) (as so redesignated) the following:
‘‘(B)(i) Subparagraph (A)(i) shall not apply with re-
spect to monthly periodic benefits based wholly on service
as a member of a uniformed service (as defined in section
210(m)).’’.
(b) EXCLUSION
FROM
WINDFALL
ELIMINATION
PROVISIONS.—Section 215(a)(7)(A) of such Act (as
amended by section 8(a) of this Act) and section 215(d)(3)
of such Act (as amended by section 8(b) of this Act) are
each further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(II)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘section 233’’ and inserting
‘‘section 233, and (III) a payment based wholly on
service as a member of a uniformed service (as de-
fined in section 210(m))’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply (notwithstanding section 215(f) of
the Social Security Act) with respect to benefits payable
for months after October 1993.
SEC. 10. REPEAL OF THE FACILITY-OF-PAYMENT PROVI-
SION.
(a) REPEAL OF RULE PRECLUDING REDISTRIBUTION
UNDER FAMILY MAXIMUM.—Section 203(i) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(i)) is repealed.
(b) COORDINATION UNDER FAMILY MAXIMUM OF
REDUCTION
IN BENEFICIARY’S AUXILIARY BENEFITS
WITH SUSPENSION OF AUXILIARY BENEFITS OF OTHER
BENEFICIARY
UNDER
EARNINGS
TEST.—Section
203(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 403(a)(4)) is amended
by striking ‘‘section 222(b). Whenever’’ and inserting the
following: ‘‘section 222(b). Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, any reduction under this subsection in the case
of an individual who is entitled to a benefit under sub-
section (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of section 202 for
any month on the basis of the same wages and self-em-
ployment income as another person—
‘‘(A) who also is entitled to a benefit under sub-
section (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of section
202 for such month,
‘‘(B) who does not live in the same household
as such individual, and
‘‘(C) whose benefit for such month is suspended
(in whole or in part) pursuant to subsection (h)(3)
of this section,
shall be made before the suspension under subsection
(h)(3). Whenever’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT APPLYING EARNINGS
REPORTING REQUIREMENT DESPITE SUSPENSION
OF
BENEFITS.—The third sentence of section 203(h)(1)(A)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 403(h)(1)(A)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Such report need not be made’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘The Secretary may grant’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Such report need not be made for any taxable
year—
‘‘(i) beginning with or after the month in which
such individual attained age 70, or
‘‘(ii) if benefit payments for all months (in such
taxable year) in which such individual is under age
70 have been suspended under the provisions of the
first sentence of paragraph (3) of this subsection,
unless—
‘‘(I) such individual is entitled to benefits
under subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or
(h) of section 202,
‘‘(II) such benefits are reduced under sub-
section (a) of this section for any month in such
taxable year, and
‘‘(III) in any such month there is another
person who also is entitled to benefits under
subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of
section 202 on the basis of the same wages and
self-employment income and who does not live
in the same household as such individual.
The Secretary may grant’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT DELETING SPECIAL
INCOME TAX TREATMENT OF BENEFITS NO LONGER RE-
QUIRED BY REASON OF REPEAL.—Section 86(d)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to income tax
on social security benefits) is amended by striking the last
sentence.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) The amendments made by subsections (a),
(b), and (c) shall apply with respect to benefits pay-
able for months after December 1994.
(2) The amendment made by subsection (d)
shall apply with respect to benefits received after
December 31, 1994, in taxable years ending after
such date.
SEC. 11. MAXIMUM FAMILY BENEFITS IN GUARANTEE
CASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(a) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 403(a)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(10)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C)—
‘‘(i) the total monthly benefits to which bene-
ficiaries may be entitled under sections 202 and 223
for a month on the basis of the wages and self-em-
ployment income of an individual whose primary in-
surance 
amount 
is 
computed 
under 
section
215(a)(2)(B)(i) shall equal the total monthly bene-
fits which were authorized by this section with re-
spect to such individual’s primary insurance amount
for the last month of his prior entitlement to disabil-
ity insurance benefits, increased for this purpose by
the general benefit increases and other increases
under section 215(i) that would have applied to such
total monthly benefits had the individual remained
entitled to disability insurance benefits until the
month in which he became entitled to old-age insur-
ance benefits or reentitled to disability insurance
benefits or died, and
‘‘(ii) the total monthly benefits to which bene-
ficiaries may be entitled under sections 202 and 223
for a month on the basis of the wages and self-em-
ployment income of an individual whose primary in-
surance 
amount 
is 
computed 
under 
section
215(a)(2)(C) shall equal the total monthly benefits
which were authorized by this section with respect to
such individual’s primary insurance amount for the
last month of his prior entitlement to disability in-
surance benefits.
‘‘(B) In any case in which—
‘‘(i) the total monthly benefits with respect to
such individual’s primary insurance amount for the
last month of his prior entitlement to disability in-
surance benefits was computed under paragraph (6),
and
‘‘(ii) the individual’s primary insurance amount
is computed under subparagraph (B)(i) or (C) of
section 215(a)(2) by reason of the individual’s enti-
tlement to old-age insurance benefits or death,
the total monthly benefits shall equal the total monthly
benefits that would have been authorized with respect to
the primary insurance amount for the last month of his
prior entitlement to disability insurance benefits if such
total monthly benefits had been computed without regard
to paragraph (6).
‘‘(C) This paragraph shall apply before the applica-
tion of paragraph (3)(A), and before the application of
section 203(a)(1) of this Act as in effect in December
1978.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 203(a)(8)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 403(a)(8)) is amended by striking
‘‘Subject to paragraph (7),’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to
paragraph (7) and except as otherwise provided in para-
graph (10)(C),’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply for the purpose of determining the
total monthly benefits to which beneficiaries may be enti-
tled under sections 202 and 223 of the Social Security
Act based on the wages and self-employment income of
an individual who—
(1) becomes entitled to an old-age insurance
benefit under section 202(a) of such Act,
(2) becomes reentitled to a disability insurance
benefit under section 223 of such Act, or
(3) dies,
after October 1993.
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION FOR DISCLOSURE BY THE SEC-
RETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OF INFORMATION FOR PURPOSES OF PUBLIC
OR PRIVATE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND SIMI-
LAR RESEARCH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1106 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1306) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (e) and (f), respectively;
(2) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by
striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(e)’’; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, in any case in which—
‘‘(1) information regarding whether an individ-
ual is shown on the records of the Secretary as
being alive or deceased is requested from the Sec-
retary for purposes of epidemiological or similar re-
search which the Secretary finds may reasonably be
expected to contribute to a national health interest,
and
‘‘(2) the requester agrees to reimburse the Sec-
retary for providing such information and to comply
with limitations on safeguarding and rerelease or
redisclosure of such information as may be specified
by the Secretary,
the Secretary shall comply with such request, except to
the extent that compliance with such request would con-
stitute a violation of the terms of any contract entered
into under section 205(r).’’.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RETURNS RE-
GARDING WAGES PAID EMPLOYEES.—Section 6103(l)(5)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to disclo-
sure of returns and return information to the Department
of Health and Human Services for purposes other than
tax administration) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘for the purpose of’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘for the purpose of—’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘carrying out, in accordance
with an agreement’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(A) carrying out, in accordance with an
agreement’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘program.’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
gram; or’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(B) providing information regarding the
mortality status of individuals for epidemiolog-
ical and similar research in accordance with
section 1106(d) of the Social Security Act.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to requests for infor-
mation made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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