conforming amendments

conforming amendments Sec. 205. (a) Section 202(m) (1) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: “(1) In any case in which an individual is entitled to a monthly benefit under this section on the basis of a primary insurance amount computed under section 215 (a) or (d), as in effect after December 1978, on the basis of the wages and self-employment income, of a deceased individual for any month and no other person is (without 91 STAT. 1529the application of subsection (j) (1)) entitled to a monthly benefit under this section for that month on the basis of such wages and self-employment income, the individual’s benefit amount for that month, prior to reduction under subsection (k) (3), shall not be less than that provided by subparagraph (C) (i) (I) of section 215(a) (1) and increased under section 215 (i) for months after May of the year in which the insured individual died as though such benefit were a primary insurance amount.”. (b) Section 202 (w) of such Act (as amended by section 203 of this Act) is further amended— (1) by inserting after “section 215(a) (3)” in paragraph (1) (in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)) the following: “as in effect in December 1978 or section 215(a) (1) (C) (i) (II) as in effect thereafter”; (2) by inserting “as in effect in December 1978, or section 215 (a) (1) (C) (i) (II) as in effect thereafter,” after “paragraph (3) of section 215(a)” in paragraph (5); and (3) by inserting “(whether before, in, or after December 1978)” after “determined under section 215(a)” in paragraph (5). (c) Section 217 (b) (1) of such Act is amended by inserting “as in effect in December 1978” after “section 215(c)” each place it appears, and after “section 215(d)”. (d) Section 224(a) of such Act is amended by inserting “(determined under section 215(b) as in effect prior to January 1979)” after “(A) the average monthly wage” in the sentence immediately following paragraph (8). (e) Section 1839(c) (3) (B) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “(B) the monthly premium rate most recently promulgated by the Secretary under this paragraph, increased by a percentage determined as follows: The Secretary shall ascertain the primary insurance amount computed under section 215(a) (1), based upon average indexed monthly earnings of $900, that applied to individuals who became eligible for and entitled to old-age insurance benefits on May 1 of the year of the promulgation. He shall increase the monthly premium rate by the same percentage by which that primary insurance amount is increased when, by reason of the law in effect at the time the promulgation is made, it is so computed to apply to those individuals on the following May 1.”.