(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 (7)’’.
(C) Section 202(e)(2)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(e)(2)(A)) is amended by striking
‘‘paragraph (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph
(6)’’.
(D) 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
(42 U.S.C. 402(f)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking
‘‘which began before the end of the period spec-
ified in paragraph (5)’’;
(B) in paragraph (1)(F)(ii), by striking
‘‘(I) in the period specified in paragraph (5)
and (II)’’;
(C) by striking paragraph (5) and by re-
designating paragraphs (6) through (9) as
paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and
(D) in paragraph (5)(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 (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph
(5)’’.
(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 (7)’’.
(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)(2), and
202(f)(5)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘and
202(f)(1)(B)(2)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to benefits for months
after August 1993 for which applications are filed or
pending on or after September 1, 1993.
SEC. 5. INCREASE IN OASDI CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFIT
BASE.
Section 230(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
430(c)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘and’’ be-
fore ‘‘(2)’’, by striking the period at the end of
subclause (D) of clause (2) and inserting a comma,
and by adding at the end, after and below such
subclause (D), the following:
‘‘and (3) the ‘contribution and benefit base’ with respect
to remuneration paid (and taxable years beginning) in
1994 shall be the contribution and benefit base which
would be determined under this section with respect to re-
muneration paid (and taxable years beginning) in such
year if section 5 of the Social Security Benefits Improve-
ment Act of 1993 had not been enacted, plus $2,100.00.’’;
(2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘in 1982
and subsequent years’’ and inserting ‘‘in years be-
ginning after 1981 and ending before 1994’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘For purposes of determining under sub-
section (b) the ‘contribution and benefit base’ with
respect to remuneration paid (and taxable years be-
ginning) in 1995 and subsequent years, the con-
tribution and benefit base determined under clause
(3) of the first sentence of this subsection shall be
considered to have resulted from the application of
such subsection (b) and to be the contribution and
benefit base determined (with respect to 1994)
under that subsection.’’.
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