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PUBLIC LAW 98-21—APR. 20, 1983 97 STAT. 137 (3) provide cost-impact analyses on each proposal presented. (b) For the purposes of subsection (a), the term "earnings sharing" refers to proposals that the combined earnings of a husband and wife during the period of their marriage shall be divided equally and shared between them for social security benefit purposes. (c) In preparing the report and proposals required in subsection (a), the Secretary shall include consideration and analysis of the earnings sharing proposals contained in (1) S. 3, 98th Congress, 1st Session, (2) H.R. 1513, 97th Congress, 1st Session, and (3) the earn- ings sharing option described in the report entitled "Social Security and the Changing Roles of Men and Women", submitted to the Congress pursuant to Public Law 95-216, the Social Security Amendments of 1977. (d) In carrying out subsections (a), Ob), and (c), the Secretary shall consult with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. Not later than 30 days after the Secretary submits the report required in subsection (a), the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall submit a report to the committees identified in such subsection on the methodologies, recommendations, and analyses used in the Sec- retary's report. 42 u s e 1305 note. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION REORGANIZATION SEC. 344. The requirements of section 210(bX2)(A) of title 38, United States Code, shall not apply to the planned administrative reorganization at the Veterans' Administration Los Angeles Data Processing Center involving the transfer of 25 full-time equivalent employees from the Office of Data Management and Technology to the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Adminis- tration. SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS SEC. 345. (a) Section 205(cX2) of the Social Security Act is amended 42 use 405. by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: "(D) The Secretary shall issue a social security card to each individual at the time of the issuance of a social security account number to such individual. The social security card shall ble made of banknote paper, and (to the maximum extent practicable) shall be a card which cannot be counterfeited.". Ob) The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect Effective date. to all new and replacement social security cards issued more than 42 use 405 note. 193 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the Report to Secretary of Health and Human Services shall report to the Con- Congress. gress on his plans for implementing the amendment made by this section. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF TRUST FUND OPERATIONS SEC. 346. (aXD Title VII of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 143 of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end Ante, p. 102. thereof the following new section: BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF TRUST FUND OPERATIONS "SEC. 710. The disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survi- 42USC9ii. vors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust