DEFINITIONS.

SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. (a) Dependent Child.—Section 771(1) is amended by striking “or” at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting “; or”, and by adding after subparagraph (B) the following: “(C) between 18 and 22 years of age and is a student regularly pursuing a full-time course of study or training in residence in a high school, trade school, technical or vocational institute, junior college, college, university, or comparable recognized educational institution. For the purposes of this subchapter, a child whose 22nd birthday occurs before July 1 or after August 31 of a calendar year, and while such child is regularly pursuing such a course of study or training, is deemed to have become 22 years of age on the first day of July after that birthday. A child who is a student is deemed not to have ceased to be a student during an interim period between school years if the interim period is not more than 5 months and if such child shows to the satisfaction of the General Counsel of the General Accounting Office that such child has a bona fide intention of continuing in the same or a different school during the school semester (or other period into which the school year is divided) immediately after the interim period.”. (b) Surviving Spouse.—Section 771(2) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “2 years” and inserting “1 year”; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “before age 55” after “remarried”.