BENEFITS IN CASE OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES^[267]

SEC. 229. [42 U.S.C. 429] For purposes of determining entitlement to and the amount of any monthly benefit for any month after December 1972, or entitlement to and the amount of any lump-sum death payment in case of a death after such month, payable under this title on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of any individual, and for purposes of section 216(i)(3), such individual, if he was paid wages for service as a member of a uniformed service (as defined in section 210(m)) which was included in the term “employment” as defined in section 210(a) as a result of the provisions of section 210(l)(1)(A), shall be deemed to have been paid—

(1) in each calendar quarter occurring after 1956 and before 1978 in which he was paid such wages, additional wages of $300, and

(2) in each calendar year occurring after 1977 and before 2002^[268] in which he was paid such wages, additional wages of $100 for each $300 of such wages, up to a maximum of $1,200 of additional wages for any calendar year.^[269]

^[267] See Vol. II, 38 U.S.C. 5303A.

P.L. 107-117, §8134, provides “Notwithstanding section 229(a) of the Social Security Act, no wages shall be deemed to have been paid to any individual pursuant to that section in any calendar year after 2001.”

^[268] P.L. 108-203, §420(b)(2), inserted “and before 2002”, effective March 2, 2004.

^[269] P.L. 108-203, §420(b)(1)(A), removed the subsection designation (a) and §420(b)(1)(B), struck out subsection (b), effective March 2, 2004.