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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act
of 1998''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF EARNINGS TEST FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ATTAINED
RETIREMENT AGE.

Section 203 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ''the age of
seventy'' and inserting ''retirement age (as defined in section
216(l))'';
(2) in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2) of subsection (d), by
striking ''the age of seventy'' each place it appears and
inserting ''retirement age (as defined in section 216(l))'';
(3) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by striking ''was age seventy
or over'' and inserting ''was at or above retirement age (as
defined in section 216(l))'';
(4) in subsection (f)(3)--
(A) by striking ''33/3\ percent'' and all that
follows through ''any other individual,'' and inserting
''50 percent of such individual's earnings for such
year in excess of the product of the exempt amount as
determined under paragraph (8),''; and
(B) by striking ''age 70'' and inserting
''retirement age (as defined in section 216(l))'';
(5) in subsection (h)(1)(A), by striking ''age 70'' each
place it appears and inserting ''retirement age (as defined in
section 216(l))''; and
(6) in subsection (j)--
(A) in the heading, by striking ''Age Seventy'' and
inserting ''Retirement Age''; and
(B) by striking ''seventy years of age'' and
inserting ''having attained retirement age (as defined
in section 216(l))''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS ELIMINATING THE SPECIAL EXEMPT AMOUNT FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ATTAINED RETIREMENT AGE.

(a) Uniform Exempt Amount.--Section 203(f)(8)(A) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(f)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ''the new
exempt amounts (separately stated for individuals described in
subparagraph (D) and for other individuals) which are to be
applicable'' and inserting ''a new exempt amount which shall be
applicable''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 203(f)(8)(B) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(f)(8)(B)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
''Except'' and all that follows through ''whichever'' and
inserting ''The exempt amount which is applicable for each
month of a particular taxable year shall be whichever'';
(2) in clauses (i) and (ii), by striking ''corresponding''
each place it appears; and
(3) in the last sentence, by striking ''an exempt amount''
and inserting ''the exempt amount''.
(c) Repeal of Basis for Computation of Special Exempt Amount.--
Section 203(f)(8)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. (f)(8)(D))
is repealed.

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

(a) Elimination of Redundant References to Retirement Age.--Section
203 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), in the last sentence, by striking
''nor shall any deduction'' and all that follows and inserting
''nor shall any deduction be made under this subsection from
any widow's or widower's insurance benefit if the widow,
surviving divorced wife, widower, or surviving divorced husband
involved became entitled to such benefit prior to attaining age
60.''; and
(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking clause (D) and
inserting the following: ''(D) for which such individual is
entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if such
individual became so entitled prior to attaining age 60,''.
(b) Conforming Amendment to Provisions for Determining Amount of
Increase on Account of Delayed Retirement.--Section 202(w)(2)(B)(ii) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(w)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended--
(1) by striking ''either''; and
(2) by striking ''or suffered deductions under section
203(b) or 203(c) in amounts equal to the amount of such
benefit''.
(c) Provisions Relating to Earnings Taken Into Account in
Determining Substantial Gainful Activity of Blind Individuals.--The
second sentence of section 223(d)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 423(d)(4))
is amended by striking ''if section 102 of the Senior Citizens' Right
to Work Act of 1996 had not been enacted'' and inserting the following:
''if the amendments to section 203 made by section 102 of the Senior
Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1996 and by the Senior Citizens' Freedom
to Work Act of 1998 had not been enacted''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

The amendments and repeals made by this Act shall apply with
respect to taxable years ending after December 31, 1997.
A:
Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.