An Act to amend sections 3(e) and 5(1)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 to simplify administration of the Act; and to amend section 226(e) of the Social Security Act to extend kidney disease medicare coverage to railroad employees, their spouses, and their dependent children; and for other purposes.
PL 93-58 (H.R.7357), enacted 07/06/1973

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STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-58-JULY 6, 1973 
141 
Public Law 93-58 
AN ACT 
To amend sections 3(e) and 5(1) (1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 
to simplify administration of the Act; and to amend section 226(e) of the 
Social Security Act to extend kidney disease medicare coverage to railroad 
employees, their spouses, and their dependent children ; and for other purposes. 
July 6, 1973 
[H. R. 7357] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Vnited States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3(e) 
of the Raih'oad Retirement Act of 1937 is amended by striking out the 
-word "and" after clause (ix) in the second paragraph thereof and 
inserting after the semicolon in clause (x) in such second para-
graph the following new clauses: 
"'(xi) years of coverage as defined in section 215(a) of the 
Social Security Act for an employee who has been awarded an 
annuity under section 2 of this Act shall be determined only on 
the basis of his wages and self-employment income credited under 
the Social Security Act through the later of December 31, 1971, 
or December 31 of the year preceding the year in which his an-
nuity began to accrue; and (xii) in determining increment months 
for the purpose of a delayed retirement increase, section 303(w) 
(2) (B) (ii) of the Social Security Act shall be deemed to read as 
follows: "such individual was not entitled to an old-age insurance 
benefit" •'." 
SEC. 2. Section 5(1) (1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out from clause (ii) "shall not be adopted 
after such death by other than a stepparent, grandparent, aunt, 
uncle, brother, or sister;"; 
(2) by striking out from such clause (ii) "age eighteen" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "age twenty-two or before the close of 
the eighty-fourth month following the month in which his most 
recent entitlement to an annuity under section 5(c) of this Act 
terminated because he ceased to be under such a disability"; 
(3) by striking from the third sentence thereof "202(d) (3) 
or (4)" and inserting in lieu thereof "202(d) (3), (4), or (9)"; 
(4) by adding immediately after the seventh sentence thereof 
the following new sentence: "A child whose entitlement to an 
annuity under section 5(c) of this Act was terminated because 
he ceased to be disabled as provided in clause (ii) of this para-
graph and who becomes again disabled as provided in such clause 
(ii), may become reentitled to an annuity on the basis of such 
disability upon his application for such reentitlement."; and 
(5) by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof: 
"A child who attains age twenty-two at a time when he is a 
full-time student (as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph 
7 of section 202(d) of the Social Security Act and without the 
application of subparagraph (B) of such paragraj^h) but has not 
(at such time) completed the requirements for, or received, a 
degree from a four-year college or university shall be deemed (for 
purposes of determining whether his entitlement to an annuity 
under this section has terminated under subsection (j) and for 
purposes of determining his initial entitlement to such an 
annuity) not to have attained such age until the first day of the 
first month following the end of the quarter or semester in which 
he is enrolled at such time (or, if the educational institution in 
which he is enrolled is not operated on a quarter or semester sys-
tem, until the first day of the first month following the completion 
Railroa 
ment Act 
d Retire-
of 1937, 
amendment. 
Kidney 
medicare 
82 
86 S 
45 
86 
1333 
42 
45 
Stat 
disease 
18; 
at. 765. 
use 
Stat 
, 
use 
use 
228c. 
410, 
415. 
228b. 
Child's annuity, 
extension. 
60 Stat. 733; 
65 Stat. 688; 
80 Stat. 1084. 
45 u s e 228e.. 
Reentitlement. 
Full-time stu-
dents, annuity. 
79 Stat. 371; 
8 1 Stat. 860. 
42 u s e 402. 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-59-JULY 6, 1973 
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STAT. 
Kidney disease 
medicare. 
86 Stat. "1463. 
42 u s e 426. 
50 Stat. 307. 
45 u s e 228a. 
Effective dates. 
86 Stat. 1329. 
60 Stat. 729; 
65 Stat. 685. 
45 u s e 228e. 
Ante, p. 141. 
of the course in which he is so enrolled or until the first day of 
the third month beginning after such time, whichever first 
occurs)." 
SEC. 3. Section 226(e) of the Social Security Act is amended— 
(1) by inserting "or would be fully or currently insured if his 
service as an employee (as defined in the Railroad Retirement Act 
of 1937) after December 31, 1936, were included in the term 
'employment' as defined in this Act" after "(as such terms are 
defined in section 214 of this Act)" in 2(A) thereof; 
(2) by inserting "or an annuity under the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1937" after "monthly insurance benefits under title I I of 
this Act" in 2 (B) thereof; 
(3) by inserting "or would be fully or currently insured if his 
service as an employee (as defined in the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1937) after December 31, 1936, were included in the term 
'employment' as defined in this Act" after "fully or currently 
insured" in 2(C) thereof; and 
(4) by inserting "or aii annuity under the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1937" after "monthly insurance benefits under title I I of 
this Act" in 2 (D) thereof. 
SEC. 4. (a) The provisions of this Act, except the provisions of 
section 1, shall be effective as of the date the corresponding provisions 
of Public Law 92-603 are effective. The provisions of clauses (xi) and 
(xii), which are added by section 1 of this Act, shall be effective as 
follows; clause (xi) shall be effective with respect to calendar years 
after 1971 for annuities accruing after December 1972; and clause 
(xii) shaH be effective as of the date the delayed retirement provision 
of Public Law 92-603 is effective. 
(b) Any child (1) whose entitlement to an annuity under section 
5(c) of the Railroad Retirement Act was terminated by reason of his 
adoption prior to the enactment of this Act, and (2) who, except for 
such adoption, would be entitled to an annuity under such section for 
a month after the month in which this Act is enacted, may, upon filing 
application for an annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act after 
the date of enactment of this Act, become reentitled to such annuity; 
fxcept that no child shall, by reason of the enactment of this Act, 
become reentitled to such annuity for any month prior to the effective 
date of the relevant amendments made by this Act to section 5(1) (1) 
(ii) of the Railroad Retirement Act. 
Approved July 6, 1973. 
Public Law 93-59 
July 6, 1973 
AN A C T 
[s-1972] 
To further amend the United States Information and Educational Exchange 
Act of 1948. 
Radio Free 
Europe and Radio 
Liberty. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
86 Stat. 114, 
577. 
22 u s e 1477a. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 703 of 
the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
1948, as amended, is hereby amended to insert the following sentence 
between the first and second sentence thereof: "There are further 
authorized to be appropriated in fiscal year 1973 not to exceed 
$1,150,000 for nondiscretionary costs.". 
Approved July 6, 1973.