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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 274
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an applicant
for old-age, wife’s, husband’s, or child’s insurance benefits who under
present law does not qualify for a benefit for the first month in which
he or she meets the applicable entitlement conditions shall be entitled
to a prorated benefit for that month.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. MCCOLLUM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide
that an applicant for old-age, wife’s, husband’s, or child’s
insurance benefits who under present law does not qual-
ify for a benefit for the first month in which he or
she meets the applicable entitlement conditions shall be
entitled to a prorated benefit for that month.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. IMMEDIATE ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS IN
PRORATED AMOUNT FOR FIRST MONTH IN
WHICH REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
(a) OLD-AGE INSURANCE BENEFITS.—
(1) IMMEDIATE ENTITLEMENT.—The first sen-
tence of section 202(a) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 402(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘begin-
ning with—’’ and all that follows and inserting the
following: ‘‘beginning with the first month in which
such individual meets the criteria specified in para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3) and ending with the month
preceding the month in which he or she dies.’’.
(2) PRORATION FOR FIRST MONTH.—The sec-
ond sentence of section 202(a) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(a)) is amended by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ‘‘; except that, in the
case of an individual who has attained age 62 but
has not attained retirement age (as defined in sec-
tion 216(1)), the benefit for the first month in which
he or she meets the criteria specified in paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3) of this subsection shall be equal to
an amount which bears the same ratio to the benefit
which would be determined for such individual under
the preceding provisions of this sentence as the num-
ber of days in such month on which he or she meets
such criteria bears to 30’’.
(b) WIFE’S INSURANCE BENEFITS.—
(1) 
IMMEDIATE
ENTITLEMENT.—Section
202(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(b)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘beginning with—’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘ending with’’ (in the matter
between subparagraphs (D) and (E)) and inserting
the following: ‘‘beginning with the first month in
which she meets the criteria specified in subpara-
graphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) and ending with’’.
(2) PRORATION
FOR
FIRST
MONTH.—Section
202(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(b)(2)) is
amended by inserting before the period at the end
the following: ‘‘; except that, in the case of a wife
or divorced wife who has not attained retirement age
(as defined in section 216(1)) or whose husband (or,
in the case of a divorced wife, whose former hus-
band) is entitled to disability insurance benefits, the
benefit for the first month in which she meets the
criteria specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C) and
(D) of paragraph (1) shall be equal to an amount
which bears the same ratio to the benefit which
would be determined for her under the preceding
provisions of this paragraph as the number of days
in such month on which she meets such criteria
bears to 30’’.
(c) HUSBAND’S INSURANCE BENEFITS.—
(1) 
IMMEDIATE
ENTITLEMENT.—Section
202(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘beginning with—’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘ending with’’ (in the matter
between subparagraphs (D) and (E)) and inserting
the following: ‘‘beginning with the first month in
which he meets the criteria specified in subpara-
graphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) and ending with’’.
(2) PRORATION
FOR
FIRST
MONTH.—Section
202(c)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)(3)) is
amended by inserting before the period at the end
the following: ‘‘; except that, in the case of a hus-
band or divorced husband who has not attained re-
tirement age (as defined in section 216(1)) or whose
wife (or, in the case of a divorced husband, whose
former wife) is entitled to disability insurance bene-
fits, the benefit for the first month in which he
meets the criteria specified in subparagraphs (A),
(B), (C) and (D) of paragraph (1) shall be equal to
an amount which bears the same ratio to the benefit
which would be determined for him under the pre-
ceding provisions of this paragraph as the number of
days in such month on which he meets such criteria
bears to 30’’.
(d) CHILD’S INSURANCE BENEFITS.—
(1) IMMEDIATE ENTITLEMENT.—The first sen-
tence of section 202(d)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.