extension of period for filing proof of support and applications for lump-sum death payment

extension of period for filing proof of support and applications for lump-sum death payment Sec. 114. (a) Section 202 of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting after subsection (o) the following new subsection: “Extension of Period for Filing Proof of Support and Applications for Lump-Sum Death Payment “(p) In any case in which there is a failure— “(1) to file proof of support under subparagraph (D) of subsection (c) (1), clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (E) of subsection (f) (1), or subparagraph (B) of subsection (h) (1), or under clause (B) of subsection (f) (1) of this section as in effect prior to the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950 within the period prescribed by such subparagraph or clause, or “(2) to file, in the case of a death after 1946, application for a lump-sum death payment under subsection (i), or under subsection (g) of this section as in effect prior to the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950, within the period prescribed by such subsection, and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary that there was good cause for failure to file such proof or application, as the case may be, within such period, such proof or application shall be deemed to have been filed within such period if it is filed within two years following such period or within two years following August 1956, whichever is later. The determination of what constitutes good cause for purposes of this subsection shall be made in accordance with regulations of the Secretary.” (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply in the case of lump-sum death payments under title II of the Social Security Act, and monthly benefits under such title for months after August 1956, based on applications filed after August 1956.