Insured Status

Insured Status Sec. 108. (a) Section 214 (a) of the Social Security Act is amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4) and inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: “(3) In the case of any individual who did not die prior to January 1, 1955, the term ‘fully insured individual’ means any individual who meets the requirements of paragraph (2) and, in addition, any individual with respect to whom all of the quarters elapsing after 1954 and prior to (i) July 1, 1956, or (ii) if later, the quarter in which he 68 Stat. 1084attained retirement age or died, whichever first occurred, are quarters, but only if there are not fewer than six of such quarters so elapsing.” (b) Subparagraph (B) of section 213 (a) (2) of such Act is amended by inserting “(except wages for agricultural labor paid after 1954)” after “$50 or more in wages” in that part of such subparagraph which precedes clause (i), and by striking out clause (iv) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(iv) if an individual is paid wages for agricultural labor in a calendar year after 1954, then, subject to clause (i), (a) the last quarter of such year which can be but is not otherwise a quarter of coverage shall be a quarter of coverage if such wages are less than $200; (b) the last two quarters of such year which can be but are not otherwise quarters of coverage shall be quarters of coverage if such wages equal or exceed $200 but are less than $300; (c) the last three quarters of such year which can be but are not otherwise quarters of coverage shall be quarters of coverage if such wages equal or exceed $300 but are less than $400; and (d) each quarter of such year which is not otherwise a quarter of coverage shall be a quarter of coverage if such wages are $400 or more; and “(v) no quarter shall be counted as a quarter of coverage prior to the beginning of such quarter. If, in the case of any individual who has attained retirement age or died or is under a disability and who has been paid wages for agricultural labor in a calendar year after 1954, the requirements for insured status in subsection (a) or (b) of section 214, the requirements for entitlement to a computation or recomputation of his primary insurance amount, or the requirements of paragraph (3) of section 216 (i) are not met after assignment of quarters of coverage to quarters in such year as provided in clause (iv) of the preceding sentence, but would be met if such quarters of coverage were assigned to different quarters in such year, then such quarters of coverage shall instead be assigned, for purposes only of determining compliance with such requirements, to such different quarters.”