extension of coverage

extension of coverage Foreign Agricultural Workers Sec. 104. (a) Section 210 (a) (1) (B) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: “(B) Service performed by foreign agricultural workers (i) under contracts entered into in accordance with title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, or (ii) lawfully admitted to the United States from the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the other British West Indies, or from any foreign country or possession thereof, on a temporary basis to perform agricultural labor;”. Employees of Federal Home Loan Banks and of the Tennessee Valley Authority (b) (1) Section 210 (a) (6) (B) (ii) of such Act is amended by inserting “a Federal Home Loan Bank,” after “a Federal Reserve Bank,”. (2) Section 210 (a) (6) (C) (vi) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “(vi) by any individual to whom the Civil Service Retirement Act does not apply because such individual is subject to another retirement system (other than the retirement system of the Tennessee Valley Authority);”. Share-Farming Arrangements (c) (1) Section 210 (a) of such Act is amended by striking out or” at the end of paragraph (14), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon, and by adding after paragraph (15) the following new paragraph: “(16) Service performed by an individual under an arrangement with the owner or tenant of land pursuant to which— “(A) such individual undertakes to produce agricultural or horticultural commodities (including livestock, bees, poultry, and fur-bearing animals and wildlife) on such land, “(B) the agricultural or horticultural commodities produced by such individual, or the proceeds therefrom, are to be divided between such individual and such owner or tenant, and “(C) the amount of such individual’s share depends on the amount of the agricultural or horticultural commodities produced; or”. (2) Section 211 (a) (1) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “except that the preceding provisions of 70 Stat. 825 this paragraph shall not apply to any income derived by the owner or tenant of land if (A) such income is derived under an arrangement, between the owner or tenant and another individual, which provides that such other individual shall produce agricultural or horticultural commodities (including livestock, bees, poultry, and fur-bearing animals and wildlife) on such land, and that there shall be material participation by the owner or tenant in the production or the management of the production of such agricultural or horticultural commodities, and (B) there is material participation by the owner or tenant with respect to any such agricultural or horticultural commodity;”. (3) Section 211 (c) (2) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “(2) The performance of service by an individual as an employee (other than service described in section 210 (a) (14) (B) performed by an individual who has attained the age of eighteen, service described in section 210 (a) (16), and service described in paragraph (4) of this subsection);”. Professional Self-Employed (d) Paragraph (5) of section 211 (c) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “(5) The performance of service by an individual in the exercise of his profession as a doctor of medicine or Christian Science practitioner; or the performance of such service by a partnership.” Certain State and Local Employees (e) Section 218 (d) (6) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: “For the purposes of this subsection, any retirement system established by the State of Florida, Georgia, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin, or the Territory of Hawaii, or any political subdivision of any such State or Territory, which, on, before, or after the date of enactment of this sentence is divided into two divisions or parts, one of which is composed of positions of members of such system who desire coverage under an agreement under this section and the other of which is composed of positions of members of such system who do not desire such coverage, shall, if the State or Territory so desires and if it is provided that there shall be included in such division or part composed of members desiring such coverage the positions of individuals who become members of such system after such coverage is extended, be deemed to be a separate retirement system with respect to each such division or part. The position of any individual which is covered by any retirement system to which the Preceding sentence is applicable shall, if such individual is ineligible to become a member of such system on the date of enactment of such sentence or, if later, the day he first occupies such position, be deemed to be covered by the separate retirement system consisting of the positions of members of the division or part who do not desire coverage under the insurance system established under this title. For the purposes of this subsection, in the case of any retirement system of the State of Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Washington, or the Territory of Hawaii which covers positions of employees of such State or Territory who are compensated in whole or in part from grants made to such State or Territory under title III, there shall be deemed to be, if such State or Territory so desires, a separate retirement system with respect to any of the following: (A) the positions of such employees; (B) the positions of all employees of such State or Territory covered by such retirement system who are employed in the department of such State or Territory in which 70 Stat. 826 the employees referred to in clause (A) are employed; or (C) employees of such State or Territory covered by such retirement system who are employed in such department of such State or Territory in positions other than those referred to in clause (A).” Certain Nonprofessional School District Employees (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 218 of the Social Security Act, any agreement under such section entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act by the State of Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, or the Territory of Hawaii shall if the State or Territory concerned so requests, be modified prior to July 1, 1957, so as to apply to services performed by employees of the respective public school districts of such State or Territory who, on the date such agreement is made applicable to such services, are not in positions the incumbents of which are required by State or Territorial law or regulation to have valid State or Territorial teachers’ or administrators’ certificates in order to receive pay for their services. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to services of any such employees to which any such agreement applies without regard to this subsection. Policemen and Firemen in the States of Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, and South Dakota (g) Section 218 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: Policemen and Firemen in Certain States “(p) Any agreement with the State of Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, or South Dakota entered into pursuant to this section prior to the date of enactment of this subsection may, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) (5) (A) and the references thereto in subsections (d) (1) and (d) (3), be modified pursuant to subsection (c) (4) to apply to service performed by employees of such State or any political subdivision thereof in any policeman’s or fireman’s position covered by a retirement system in effect on or after the date of the enactment of this subsection, but only upon compliance with the requirements of subsection (d) (3). For the purposes of the preceding sentence, a retirement system which covers positions of policemen or firemen, or both, and other positions shall, if the State concerned so desires, be deemed to be a separate retirement system with respect to the positions of such policemen or firemen, or both, as the case may be.” Ministers (h) Paragraph (7) (B) of section 211 (a) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: “(B) a citizen of the United States performing service described in subsection (c) (4) as an employee of an American employer (as defined in section 210 (e)) or as a minister in a foreign country who has a congregation which is composed predominantly of citizens of the United States,”. Effective Dates (i) (1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to service performed after 1956. The amendments made by 70 Stat. 827 paragraph (1) of subsection (c) shall apply with respect to service performed after 1954. The amendment made by paragraph (2) of subsection (c) shall apply with respect to taxable years ending after 1955. The amendment made by paragraph (3) of subsection (c) shall apply with respect to taxable years ending after 1954. The amendment made by subsection (d) shall apply with respect to taxable years ending after 1955. The amendment made by subsection (h) shall apply with respect to the same taxable years with respect to which the amendment made by section 201 (g) of this Act applies. (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply only with respect to service performed after June 30, 1957, and only if— (i) in the case of the amendment made by paragraph (1) of such subsection, the conditions prescribed in subparagraph (B) are met; and (ii) in the case of the amendment made by paragraph (2) of such subsection, the conditions prescribed in subparagraph (C) are met. (B) The amendment made by paragraph (1) of subsection (b) shall be effective only if— (i) the Federal Home Loan Bank Board submits to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Secretary approves, before July 1, 1957, a plan, with respect to employees of Federal Home Loan Banks, for the coordination, on an equitable basis, of the benefits provided by the retirement system applicable to such employees with the benefits provided by title II of the Social Security Act; and (ii) such plan specifies, as the effective date of the plan, July 1, 1957, or the first day of a prior calendar quarter beginning not earlier than January 1, 1956. If the plan specifies as the effective date of the plan a day before July 1, 1957, the amendment made by paragraph (1) of subsection (b) shall apply with respect to service performed on or after such effective date; except that, if such effective date is prior to the day on which the Secretary approves the plan, such amendment shall not apply with respect to service performed, prior to the day on which the Secretary approves the plan, by an individual who is not an employee of a Federal Home Loan Bank on such day. (C) The amendment made by paragraph (2) of subsection (b) shall be effective only if— (i) the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority submits to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Secretary approves, before July 1, 1957, a plan, with respect to employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority, for the coordination, on an equitable basis, of the benefits provided by the retirement system applicable to such employees with the benefits provided by title II of the Social Security Act; and (ii) such plan specifies, as the effective date of the plan, July 1, 1957, or the first day of a prior calendar quarter beginning not earlier than January 1, 1956. If the plan specifies as the effective date of the plan a day before July 1, 1957, the amendment made by paragraph (2) of subsection (b) shall apply with respect to service performed on or after such effective date; except that, if such effective date is prior to the day on which the Secretary approves the plan, such amendment shall not apply with respect to service performed, prior to the day on which the Secretary approves the plan, by an individual who is not an employee of the Tennessee Valley Authority on such day. (D) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, on before July 31, 1957, submit a report to the Congress setting forth 70 Stat. 828 the details of any plan approved by him under subparagraph (B) or (C).