Pub. L. 90-257, tit. I, sec. 108

Sec. 108. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by this title, other than section 102, subsections (f) and (g) of section 105, and section 106, shall be effective with respect to annuities accruing for months beginning with the month with respect to which the increase in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act provided for by the Social Security Amendments of 1967 is effective, and with respect to pensions due in calendar months next following the month with respect to which the increase in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act provided for by the Social Security Amendments of 1967 is effective. The amendments made by section 102 shall be effective with respect to annuities accruing for months in calendar years after 1967. The amendments made by section 105 (f) and (g) shall be effective with respect to benefits payable on deaths occurring on or after the date of enactment of this Act. The amendments made by section 106 shall be effective on the enactment date of this Act. 82 Stat. 23 (b) In cases where an annuity is payable in the month before the month with respect to which increases in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act provided for by the Social Security Amendments of 1967 become effective in an amount determined under the Railroad Retirement Act, other than under the first proviso of section 3(e) of such Act, the provisions of this Act shall be presumed, in the absence of a claim to the contrary, to provide a higher amount of increase in the annuity than the provisions of the Social Security Amendments of 1967 would provide as an increase in the amount determined under the first proviso of section 3(e) of the Railroad Retirement Act. (c) All recertifications required by reason of the amendments made by this title shall be made by the Railroad Retirement Board without application therefor.