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97 STAT. 130 PUBLIC LAW 98-21—APR. 20, 1983 Effective date. (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective on 42 use 416 note, the date of the enactment of this Act. ONE-MONTH RETROACTIVITY OF WIDOW'S AND WIDOWER'S INSURANCE BENEFITS 42 use 402. SEC. 334. (a) Section 202(j)(4XB) of the Social Security Act is amended— (1) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and (2) by adding after clause (ii) the following new clause: "(iii) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to a benefit under subsec- tion (e) or (f) for the month immediately preceding the month of application, if the insured individual died in that preceding month.". Effective date. (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 42 use 402 note, respect to survivors whose applications for monthly benefits are filed after the second month following the month in which this Act is enacted. 42 u s e 407. 42 u s e 659. 26 u s e 86. Ante, p. 80. 26 u s e 871. Ante, p. 82. Effective date. 42 u s e 407 note. NONASSIGNABILITY OF BENEFITS SEC. 335. (a) Section 207 of the Social Security Act is amended— (1) by inserting "(a)" before "The right"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) No other provision of law, enacted before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this section, may be construed to limit, super- sede, or otherwise modify the provisions of this section except to the extent that it does so by express reference to this section.". (b)(1) Section 459(a) of such Act is amended by inserting "(includ- ing section 207)" after "any other provision of law". (2)(A) Section 86(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (as added by section 121(a) of this Act) is amended by inserting "(notwith- standing section 207 of the Social Security Act)" before "includes". (B) Section 871(a)(3)(A) of such Code (as added by section 121(cXl) of this Act) is amended by inserting "(notwithstanding section 207 of the Social Security Act)" after "income". (c) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply only with respect to benefits payable or rights existing under the Social Security Act on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 42 u s e 405. USE OF DEATH CERTIFICATES TO PREVENT ERRONEOUS BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO DECEASED INDIVIDUALS SEC. 336. Section 205 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: USE OF DEATH CERTIFICATES TO CORRECT PROGRAM INFORMATION "(rXD The Secretary shall undertake to establish a program under which— "(A) States (or political subdivisions thereof) voluntarily con- tract with the Secretary to furnish the Secretary periodically with information (in a form established by the Secretary in consultation with the States) concerning individuals with respect to whom death certificates (or equivalent documents maintained by the States or subdivisions) have been officially filed with them; and