Pub. L. 85-840, tit. III, sec. 303
eligibility of remarried widows for mother’s insurance benefits
eligibility of remarried widows for mother’s insurance benefits Sec. 303. (a) Section 202 (g) of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(3) In the case of any widow or former wife divorced of an individual— “(A) who marries another individual, and “(B) whose marriage to the individual referred to in subparagraph (A) is terminated by his death but she is not, and upon filing application therefor in the month in which he died would not be, entitled to benefits for such month on the basis of his wages and self-employment income, the marriage to the individual referred to in clause (A) shall, for the purpose of paragraph (1), be deemed not to have occurred. No benefits shall be payable under this subsection by reason of the preceding sentence for any month prior to whichever of the following is the latest: (i) the month in which the death referred to in subparagraph (B) of the preceding sentence occurs, (ii) the twelfth month before the month in which such widow or former wife divorced files application for purposes of this paragraph, or (iii) the month following the month in which this paragraph is enacted.” (b) The paragraph (3) added to such section 202 (g) by H. K. 5411, Eighty-fifth Congress, is hereby repealed effective with respect to benefits payable for any month following the month in which this Act is enacted.