study of proposals to eliminate dependency and sex discrimination under the social security program

study of proposals to eliminate dependency and sex discrimination under the social security program Sec. 341. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in consultation with the Task Force on Sex Discrimination in the Department of Justice, shall make a detailed study, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Social Security Administration, of proposals to eliminate dependency as a factor in the determination of entitlement to spouse’s benefits under the program established under title II of the Social Security Act, and of proposals to bring about equal treatment for men and women in any and all respects under such program, taking into account the practi-91 STAT. 1549cal effects (particularly the effect upon women’s entitlement to such benefits) of factors such as— (1) changes in the nature and extent of women’s participation in the labor force (2) the increasing divorce rate, and (3) the economic value of women’s work in the home. The study shall include appropriate cost analyses. (b) The Secretary shall submit to the Congress within six months after the date of the enactment of this Act a full and complete report on the study carried out under subsection (a).