us/statute/42/415/a/5

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(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B), (C), (D) and (E), for purposes of computing the primary insurance amount (after December 1978) of an individual to whom paragraph (1) does not apply (other than an individual described in paragraph (4)(B)), this section as in effect in December 1978 shall remain in effect, except that, effective for January 1979, the dollar amount specified in paragraph (3) of this subsection shall be increased to $11.50.

(B) (i) Subject to clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the primary insurance amount of any individual described in subparagraph (C) shall be, in lieu of the primary insurance amount as computed pursuant to any of the provisions referred to in subparagraph (D), the primary insurance amount computed under subsection (a) of this section as in effect in December 1978, without regard to subsections (b)(4) and (c) of this section as so in effect. (ii) The computation of a primary insurance amount under this subparagraph shall be subject to section 104(j)(2) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 (relating to the number of elapsed years under subsection (b)). (iii) In computing a primary insurance amount under this subparagraph, the dollar amount specified in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) (as in effect in December 1978) shall be increased to $11.50. (iv) In the case of an individual to whom subsection (d) applies, the primary insurance amount of such individual shall be the greater of— (I) the primary insurance amount computed under the preceding clauses of this subparagraph, or (II) the primary insurance amount computed under subsection (d).

(C) An individual is described in this subparagraph if— (i) paragraph (1) does not apply to such individual by reason of such individual’s eligibility for an old-age or disability insurance benefit, or the individual’s death, prior to 1979, and (ii) such individual’s primary insurance amount computed under this section as in effect immediately before November 5, 1990 , would have been computed under the provisions described in subparagraph (D).

(D) The provisions described in this subparagraph are— (i) the provisions of this subsection as in effect prior to July 30, 1965 , if such provisions would preclude the use of wages prior to 1951 in the computation of the primary insurance amount, (ii) the provisions of section 409 of this title as in effect prior to August 28, 1950 , and (iii) the provisions of subsection (d) as in effect prior to December 20, 1977 .

(E) For purposes of this paragraph, the table for determining primary insurance amounts and maximum family benefits contained in this section in December 1978 shall be revised as provided by subsection (i) for each year after 1978.

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- name: first_pia_formula_factor kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 415(a)(1)(A)(i) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: amount source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/415/a/1 excerpt: 90 percent of the individual's average indexed monthly earnings versions: - effective_from: '1979-01-01' formula: '0.90'

- name: second_pia_formula_factor kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 415(a)(1)(A)(ii) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: amount source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/415/a/1 excerpt: 32 percent of the individual's average indexed monthly earnings versions: - effective_from: '1979-01-01' formula: '0.32'

- name: third_pia_formula_factor kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 415(a)(1)(A)(iii) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: amount source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/415/a/1 excerpt: 15 percent of the individual's average indexed monthly earnings versions: - effective_from: '1979-01-01' formula: '0.15'

- name: pia_rounding_multiple kind: parameter dtype: Money unit: USD source: 42 USC 415(a)(1)(A) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: amount source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/415/a/1 excerpt: if not a multiple of $0.10 - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/415/a/1 excerpt: to the next lower multiple of $0.10 versions: - effective_from: '1979-01-01' formula: '0.10'

- name: aime_in_first_pia_segment kind: derived entity: Person dtype: Money period: Year unit: USD source: 42 USC 415(a)(1)(A)(i) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/415/a/1 excerpt: >- to the extent that such earnings do not exceed the amount established for purposes of this clause - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:statutes/42/415/b#average_indexed_monthly_earnings output: average_indexed_monthly_earnings hash: sha256:27fa5eb3bb8e437cfdf12283d133bca9241c321e7b50f6fc46e66ca3a147ea98 - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:policies/ssa/pia-bend-points/2026#first_pia_bend_point output: first_pia_bend_point hash: sha256:dd39d3ceda711c0eca7e2a752561c368efd59d64dbf35343b16d1cd5e7c882e0 versions: - effective_from: '1979-01-01' formula: min(average_indexed_monthly_earnings, first_pia_bend_point)

- name: aime_in_second_pia_segment kind: derived entity: Person dtype: Money period: Year unit: USD source: 42 USC 415(a)(1)(A)(ii) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/415/a/1 excerpt: >- to the extent that such earnings exceed the amount established for purposes of clause (i) but do not exceed the amount established for purposes of this clause - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:policies/ssa/pia-bend-points/2026#first_pia_bend_point output: first_pia_bend_point hash: sha256:dd39d3ceda711c0eca7e2a752561c368efd59d64dbf35343b16d1cd5e7c882e0 - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:policies/ssa/pia-bend-points/2026#second_pia_bend_point output: second_pia_bend_point hash: sha256:dd39d3ceda711c0eca7e2a752561c368efd59d64dbf35343b16d1cd5e7c882e0 versions: - effective_from: '1979-01-01' formula: |- min( max(average_indexed_monthly_earnings - first_pia_bend_point, 0), second_pia_bend_point - first_pia_bend_point )

- name: aime_in_third_pia_segment kind: derived entity: Person dtype: Money period: Year unit: USD source: 42 USC 415(a)(1)(A)(iii) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/415/a/1 excerpt: >- to the extent that such earnings exceed the amount established for purposes of clause (ii) - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:policies/ssa/pia-bend-points/2026#second_pia_bend_point output: second_pia_bend_point hash: sha256:dd39d3ceda711c0eca7e2a752561c368efd59d64dbf35343b16d1cd5e7c882e0 versions: - effective_from: '1979-01-01' formula: max(average_indexed_monthly_earnings - second_pia_bend_point, 0)

- name: unrounded_primary_insurance_amount kind: derived entity: Person dtype: Money period: Year unit: USD source: 42 USC 415(a)(1)(A)(i)-(iii) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/415/a/1 excerpt: be equal to the sum of - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:statutes/42/415/a#aime_in_first_pia_segment output: aime_in_first_pia_segment hash: sha256:local - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:statutes/42/415/a#aime_in_second_pia_segment output: aime_in_second_pia_segment hash: sha256:local - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:statutes/42/415/a#aime_in_third_pia_segment output: aime_in_third_pia_segment hash: sha256:local versions: - effective_from: '1979-01-01' formula: |- first_pia_formula_factor * aime_in_first_pia_segment + second_pia_formula_factor * aime_in_second_pia_segment + third_pia_formula_factor * aime_in_third_pia_segment

- name: primary_insurance_amount kind: derived entity: Person dtype: Money period: Year unit: USD source: 42 USC 415(a)(1)(A) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/415/a/1 excerpt: rounded, if not a multiple of $0.10, to the next lower multiple of $0.10 - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:statutes/42/415/a#unrounded_primary_insurance_amount output: unrounded_primary_insurance_amount hash: sha256:local - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:statutes/42/415/a#pia_rounding_multiple output: pia_rounding_multiple hash: sha256:local versions: - effective_from: '1979-01-01' formula: floor(unrounded_primary_insurance_amount / pia_rounding_multiple) * pia_rounding_multiple