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2018-09910. Removal of Special Payments at Age 72, Federal Register
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Linda Appler, Social Security Administration, 410-966-6760 or Regulations@ssa.gov. For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit our internet site, Social Security Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.gov.
We are removing our rules, “Special Payments at Age 72,” in accordance with E.O. 13777 (“Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda”).[1] The Executive Order requires agencies to identify rules that, among other things, are outdated or unnecessary, and repeal, replace, or modify them, consistent with applicable law. These rules, found in sections 404.380-404.384 of our rules, implement section 228 of the Social Security Act (Act). Congress enacted section 228 of the Act in 1966 to provide a special payment to individuals who had little or no chance to become fully insured for regular Social Security benefits during their working years because they were too old when the Social Security program began, or when Social Security coverage was first extended to their jobs.[2] Congress amended section 228 in 1990 to prohibit entitlement to special age 72 payments for individuals who attained age 72 after 1971.[3] We amended our rules in 1992 to reflect this change in the Act.[4]
We are removing these rules from the CFR because they are obsolete and no longer necessary. We are also revising other sections in the CFR to remove references to special age 72 payments. There are no individuals who currently receive special age 72 payments, and no individuals will become entitled to these payments in the future.
We are also rescinding several Social Security Rulings (SSR) that relate to special age 72 payments because those SSRs are also obsolete. We are rescinding, under a separate Notice published concurrently with this final rule, the following SSRs:
SSR 68-78: Sections 228(c)(1) and (h)(2).—Special Age 72 Payments For Uninsured Individuals—Reduction Because Of Eligibility For Governmental Pension;
We find that there is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to issue this regulatory change as a final rule without prior public comment. We find that prior public comment is unnecessary because this final rule only removes from the Code of Federal Regulations obsolete and unnecessary rules that do not affect any living beneficiaries.
We consulted with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and determined that this final rule does not meet the criteria for a significant regulatory action under E.O. 12866, as supplemented by E.O. 13563. Thus, OMB did not review the final rule.Start Printed Page 21708
We certify that this final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because the rule affects individuals only. Therefore, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended, does not require us to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, we amend 20 CFR chapter III part 404, Subparts A, B, C, D, E, and G as set forth below:
2. Amend § 404.2 by revising paragraph (c)(2) to read as follows:
(2) Benefit means an old-age insurance benefit, disability insurance benefit, wife's insurance benefit, husband's insurance benefit, child's insurance benefit, widow's insurance benefit, widower's insurance benefit, mother's insurance benefit, father's insurance benefit, or parent's insurance benefit under Title II of the Act. (Lump sums, which are death payments under title II of the Act, are excluded from the term benefit as defined in this part to permit greater clarity in the regulations.)
3. The authority citation for subpart B of part 404 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Secs. 205(a), 212, 213, 214, 216, 217, 223, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(a), 412, 413, 414, 416, 417, 423, and 902(a)(5)).
4. Amend § 404.110 by revising paragraph (d)(1)(ii) to read as follows:
How we determine fully insured status.
(ii) If you file an application in June 1992 or later and you are not entitled to a benefit under section 227 of the Act in the month the application is made, we may consider you to have at least one QC before 1951 if you have $400 or more total wages before 1951, as defined in paragraph (d)(2) of this section, provided that the number of QCs credited to you under this paragraph plus the number of QCs credited to you for periods after 1950 make you fully insured.
Subpart C—Computing Primary Insurance Amounts
5. The authority citation for subpart C of part 404 continues to read as follows:
§ 404.271
6. Amend § 404.271 by removing paragraph (a) and redesignating paragraphs (b) through (d) as paragraphs (a) through (c).
7. Amend § 404.278 by revising paragraph (b)(1) to read as follows:
(1) To compute the additional increase for all individuals and for maximum benefits payable to a family, we begin with the year in which the insured individual became eligible for old-age or disability benefits to which he or she is currently entitled, or died before becoming eligible.
8. The authority citation for subpart D of part 404 is revised to read as follows:
9. Amend § 404.301 by revising paragraphs (b) and (c) and removing paragraph (d).
§ 404.301
(b) For a worker's dependents, benefits for a worker's wife, divorced wife, husband, divorced husband, and child; and
(c) For a worker's survivors, benefits for a worker's widow, widower, divorced wife, child, and parent, and a lump-sum death payment.
10. Amend § 404.304 by revising paragraph (e) as follows:
(e) Government pension offset. If you are entitled to wife's, husband's, widow's, widower's, mother's, or father's benefits and receive a Government pension for work that was not covered under Social Security, your monthly benefits may be reduced because of that pension. For more information about this, see § 404.408a, which covers reductions for Government pensions.
§§ 404.380 through 404.384
11. Remove the undesignated center heading, “Special Payments at Age 72,” and remove and reserve §§ 404.380 through 404.384.
12. The authority citation for subpart E of part 404 continues to read as follows:
13. Amend § 404.401 by revising the introductory text to read as follows:
Under certain conditions, the amount of a monthly insurance benefit or the lump-sum death payment as calculated under the pertinent provisions of sections 202 and 203 of the Act (including reduction for age under Start Printed Page 21709section 202(q) of a monthly benefit) must be increased or decreased to determine the amount to be actually paid to a beneficiary. Increases in the amount of a monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment are based upon recomputation and recalculations of the primary insurance amount (see subpart C of this part). A decrease in the amount of a monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment is required in the following instances:
14. Amend § 404.460 by revising paragraph (a) introductory text to read as follows:
(a) Nonpayment of monthly benefits to aliens outside the United States more than 6 months. Except as described in paragraph (b) and subject to the limitations in paragraph (c) of this section after December 1956 no monthly benefit may be paid to any individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States, for any month after the sixth consecutive calendar month during all of which he is outside the United States, and before the first calendar month for all of which he is in the United States after such absence.
15. The authority citation for subpart G of part 404 is revised to read as follows:
16. Amend § 404.620 by revising paragraph (a) introductory text and removing and reserving paragraph (b).
§ 404.620
(a) General rule. If you file an application for benefits before the first month you meet all the other requirements for entitlement, the application will remain in effect until we make a final determination on your application unless there is an administrative law judge hearing decision on your application. If there is an administrative law judge hearing decision, your application will remain in effect until the administrative law judge hearing decision is issued.
17. Amend § 404.621 by removing paragraph (c) and redesignating paragraphs (d) and (e) as paragraphs (c) and (d).
1. 82 FR 12285.
2. Section 302 of Public Law 89-368, 80 Stat. 38.
3. Section 5114 of Public Law 101-508, 104 Stat. 1388, 1388-273.
4. 57 FR 21598.
[FR Doc. 2018-09910 Filed 5-9-18; 8:45 am]
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404.2,404.110,404.271,404.278,404.301,404.304,404.380 through 404.384,404.401,404.460,404.620,404.621
Administrative practice and procedure, Aged, Blind, Disability benefits, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Social security
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20 CFR 404.380 through 404.384
20 CFR 404.2
20 CFR 404.110
20 CFR 404.271
20 CFR 404.278