(2) of this subsection, insofar as it repeals the definition of "employee", shall be effective only with respect to services performed after 1950.

(b) Effective October 1, 1950, section 1101 (a) of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

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(7) The terms 'physician' and 'medical care' and 'hospitalization' include osteopathic practitioners or the services of osteopathic practitioners and hospitals within the scope of their practice as defined by State law."

(c) Section 1102 of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "Social Security Board" and inserting in lieu thereof "Federal Security Administrator".

(d) Section 1106 of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows:

"DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN POSSESSION OF AGENCY

"SEC. 1106. (a) No disclosure of any return or portion of a return (including information returns and other written statements) filed with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue under title VIII of the Social Security Act or under subchapter E of chapter 1 or subchapter A of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code, or under regulations made under authority thereof, which has been transmitted to the Administrator by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, or of any file, record, report, or other paper, or any information, obtained at any time by the Administrator or by any officer or employee of the Federal Security Agency in the course of discharging the duties of the Administrator under this Act, and no disclosure of any such file, record, report, or other paper, or information, obtained at any time by any person from the Administrator or from any officer or employee of the Federal Security Agency, shall be made except as the Administrator may by regulations prescribe. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.

"(b) Requests for information, disclosure of which is authorized by regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may be complied with if the agency, person, or organization making the request agrees to pay for the information requested in such amount, if any (not exceeding the cost of furnishing the information), as may be determined by the Administrator. Payments for information furnished pursuant to this section shall be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be requested by the Administrator, and shall be deposited in the Treasury as a special deposit to be used to reimburse the appropriations (including authorizations to make expenditures from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund) for the unit or units of the Federal Security Agency which prepared or furnished the information.”

(e) Section 1107 (a) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, or the Federal Unemployment Tax Act," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "subchapter E of chapter 1 or subchapter A, C, or E of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code,”.

(f) Section 1107 (b) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "Board" and inserting in lieu thereof "Administrator", and by striking out "wife, parent, or child", wherever appearing therein, and inserting in lieu thereof "wife, husband, widow, widower, former wife divorced, child, or parent”.

ADVANCES TO STATE UNEMPLOYMENT FUNDS

SEC. 404. (a) Section 1201 (a) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "January 1, 1950" and inserting in lieu thereof "January 1, 1952”.

(b) (1) Clause (2) of the second sentence of section 904 (h) of the Social Security Act is amended to read: “(2) the excess of the taxes collected in each fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1946, and ending prior to July 1, 1951, under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, over the unemployment administrative expenditures made in such year, and the excess of such taxes collected during the period beginning on July 1, 1951, and ending on December 31, 1951, over the unemployment administrative expenditures made during such period."

(2) The third sentence of section 904 (h) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "April 1, 1950" and inserting in lieu thereof "April 1, 1952".

(c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be effective as of January 1, 1950.

PROVISIONS OF STATE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAWS

SEC. 405. (a) Section 1603 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code is amended (1) by striking out the phrase "changed its law" and inserting in lieu thereof "amended its law", and (2) by adding before the period at the end thereof the following: "and such finding has become effective. Such finding shall become effective on the ninetieth day after the Governor of the State has been notified thereof unless the State has before such ninetieth day so amended its law that it will comply substantially with the Secretary of Labor's interpretation of the provision of subsection (a), in which event such finding shall not become effective. No finding of a failure to comply substantially with the provision in State law specified in paragraph (5) of subsection (a) shall be based on an application or interpretation of State law with respect to which further administrative or judicial review is provided for under the laws of the State".

(b) Section 303 (b) of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ": Provided, That there shall be no finding under clause (1) until the question of entitlement shall have been decided by the highest judicial authority given jurisdiction under such State law: Provided further, That any costs may be paid with respect to any claimant by a State and included as costs of administration of its law".

SUSPENDING APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF CRIMINAL CODE TO CERTAIN PERSONS

SEC. 406. Service or employment of any person to assist the Senate Committee on Finance, or its duly authorized subcommittee, in the investigation ordered by S. Res. 300, agreed to June 20, 1950, shall

not be considered as service or employment bringing such person within the provisions of section 281, 283, or 284 of title 18 of the United States Code, or any other Federal law imposing restrictions, requirements, or penalties in relation to the employment of persons, the performance of services, or the payment or receipt of compensation in connection with any claim, proceeding, or matter involving the United States.

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 26 OF 1950

SEC. 407. For the purposes of section 1 (a) of Reorganization Plan No. 26 of 1950, this Act shall be deemed to have been enacted prior to the effective date of such plan.

Approved August 28, 1950.

Chapter 945 - 2d Session

H. R. 7800

AN ACT

All 66 Stat. 767.

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase old-age and survivors insurance benefits, to preserve insurance rights of permanently and totally disabled individuals, and to increase the amount of earnings permitted without loss of benefits, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may Social Secube cited as the "Social Security Act Amendments of 1952".

INCREASE IN BENEFIT AMOUNTS

Benefits Computed by Conversion Table

rity Aot Amendments of 1952.

SEC. 2. (a) (1) Section 215 (c) (1) of the Social Security Act 64 Stat. 506. (relating to determinations made by use of the conversion table) is 42 U.S.C.$415. amended by striking out the table and inserting in lieu thereof the following new table:

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(2) Section 215 (c) (2) of such Act is amended to read as follows: (2) In case the primary insurance benefit of an individual (determined as provided in subsection (d)) falls between the amounts on any two consecutive lines in column I of the table, the amount referred to in paragraphs (2) (B) and (3) of subsection (a) for such individual shall be the amount determined with respect to such benefit (under the applicable regulations in effect on May 1, 1952), increased by 122 per centum or $5, whichever is the larger, and further increased, if it is not then a multiple of $0.10, to the next higher multiple of $0.10."

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42 U.S.C.$415.

42 U.S.C.$403.

(3) Section 215 (c) of such Act is further amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:

"(4) For purposes of section 203 (a), the average monthly wage of an individual whose primary insurance amount is determined under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be a sum equal to the average monthly wage which would result in such primary insurance amount upon application of the provisions of subsection (a) (1) of this section and without the application of subsection (e) (2) or (g) of this section; except that, if such sum is not a multiple of $1, it shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1."

Revision of the Benefit Formula; Revised Minimum and Maximum
Amounts

(b) (1) Section 215 (a) (1) of the Social Security Act (relating to primary insurance amount) is amended to read as follows:

"(1) The primary insurance amount of an individual who attained age twenty-two after 1950 and with respect to whom not less than six of the quarters elapsing after 1950 are quarters of coverage shall be 55 per centum of the first $100 of his average monthly wage, plus 15 per centum of the next $200 of such wage; except that, if his average monthly wage is less than $48, his primary insurance amount shall be the amount appearing in column II of the following table on the line on which in column I appears his average monthly wage.

(2) Section 203 (a) of such Act (relating to maximum benefits) is amended by striking out "$150" and "$40" wherever they occur and inserting in lieu thereof "$168.75" and "$45", respectively.

Effective Dates

(c) (1) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection and notwithstanding the provisions of section 215 (f) (1) of the Social Security Act, apply in the case of lump-sum death payments under section 202 of 42 U.S.C.§402. such Act with respect to deaths occurring after, and in the case of monthly benefits under such section for any month after, August 1952.

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(2) (A) In the case of any individual who is (without the application of section 202 (j) (1) of the Social Security Act) entitled to a monthly benefit under subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of such section 202 for August 1952, whose benefit for such month is computed through use of a primary insurance amount determined under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 215 (c) of such Act, and who is entitled to such benefit for any succeeding month on the basis of the same wages and self-employment income, the amendments made by this section shall not (subject to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of this paragraph) apply for purposes of computing the amount of such benefit for such succeeding month. The amount of such benefit for such succeeding month shall instead be equal to the larger of (i) 11212 per centum of the amount of such benefit (after the application of sections 203 (a) and 215 (g) of the Social Security Act as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act) for August 1952, increased, if it is not a multiple of $0.10, to the next higher multiple of $0.10, or (ii) the amount of such benefit (after the application of sections 203 (a) and 215 (g) of the Social Security Act as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act) for August 1952, increased by an amount equal to