MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT WITH IOWA TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN.

SEC. 9008. MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT WITH IOWA TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN. (a) In General.— Notwithstanding subsection (d)(5)(A) of section 218 of the Social Security Act and the references thereto in subsec-101 STAT. 1330–293tions (d)(1) and (d)(3) of such section 218, the agreement with the State of Iowa heretofore entered into pursuant to such section 218 may, at any time prior to January 1, 1989, be modified pursuant to subsection (c)(4) of such section 218 so as to apply to services performed in policemen’s or firemen’s positions required to be covered by a retirement system pursuant to section 410.1 of the Iowa Code as in effect on July 1, 1953, if the State of Iowa has at any time prior to the date of the enactment of this Act paid to the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to any of the services performed in such positions, the sums prescribed pursuant to subsection (e)(1) of such section 218 (as in effect on December 31, 1986, with respect to payments due with respect to wages paid on or before such date). (b) Service to Be Covered.— Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (e) of section 218 of the Social Security Act (as so redesignated by section 9002(c)(1) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986)), any modification in the agreement with the State of Iowa under subsection (a) shall be made effective with respect to— (1) all services performed in any policemen’s or firemen’s , position to which the modification relates on or after January 1, 1987, and (2) all services performed in such a position before January 1, 1987, with respect to which the State of Iowa has paid to the Secretary of the Treasury the sums prescribed pursuant to subsection (e)(1) of such section 218 (as in effect on December 31, 1986, with respect to payments due with respect to wages paid on or before such date) at the time or times established pursuant to such subsection (e)(1), if and to the extent that— (A) no refund of the sums so paid has been obtained, or (B) a refund of part or all of the sums so paid has been obtained but the State of Iowa repays to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of such refund within 90 days after the date on which the modification is agreed to by the State and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.