45 U.S.C. § 231r

42 U.S.C. 401December 31, 1974section 231a of this titlesection 231a of this titleProvided, howeversection 231a of this title42 U.S.C. 301December 31, 1974section 231a of this titleDecember 31, 1974Provided furtherIf title II of the Social Security Act [ et seq.] is amended at any time after , to reduce the eligibility requirements for old-age insurance benefits, disability insurance benefits, wife’s insurance benefits payable to a wife, husband’s insurance benefits, child’s insurance benefits payable to a child of a deceased individual, widow’s insurance benefits payable to a widow, widower’s insurance benefits, mother’s insurance benefits payable to a widow, or parent’s insurance benefits, such reduced eligibility requirements shall be applicable, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Board, to individuals, spouses, or survivors, as the case may be, under to the extent that such reduced eligibility requirements would provide such individuals, spouses, or survivors with entitlement to annuities under such to which they would not be entitled except for such reduced eligibility requirements: , That no annuity shall be paid to any person pursuant to the provisions of this subsection if that person does not satisfy an eligibility requirement imposed by of a kind not imposed by the Social Security Act [ et seq.] on , or an eligibility requirement imposed by of a kind which was imposed by the Social Security Act on , but which was not reduced by the amendment to that Act: , That the annuity amounts to which such individuals, spouses, or survivors will be entitled under this subchapter by reason of the provisions of this subsection shall be only such amounts as are determined under the provisions of section 231b(a), 231c(a), or 231c(f), respectively, of this title.

42 U.S.C. 401December 31, 1974January 1, 1975section 231a of this title42 U.S.C. 301December 31, 1936If title II of the Social Security Act [ et seq.] is amended at any time after , to provide monthly insurance benefits under that Act to a class of beneficiaries not entitled to such benefits thereunder prior to , every person who is a member of such class of beneficiaries shall be entitled to annuities under , in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Board, in an amount equal to the amount of the monthly insurance benefit to which such person would have been entitled under the Social Security Act [ et seq.] if service as an employee after , had been included in the term “employment” as defined in that Act.

42 U.S.C. 42642 U.S.C. 1395December 31, 1974December 31, 1974December 31, 193642 U.S.C. 301December 31, 1995If section 226 [] or title XVIII [ et seq.] of the Social Security Act is amended at any time after , to reduce the conditions of entitlement to, or to expand the nature of, the benefits payable thereunder, or if health care benefits in addition to, or in lieu of, the benefits payable under such section 226 or such title XVIII are provided by any provision of law which becomes effective at any time after , such reductions in the conditions of entitlement to benefits, such expanded benefits, or such additional, or substituted, health care benefits shall be available to every employee (as defined in this subchapter), and those deriving from him, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as if his service as an employee after , had been included in the term “employment” as defined in the Social Security Act [ et seq.]. The Board shall have the same authority, in accordance with regulations prescribed by it, to determine the rights of employees who will have completed ten years of service (or five or more years of service, all of which accrues after ), and of those deriving from such employees, to benefits provided by reason of the provisions of this subsection as the Secretary of Health and Human Services has with respect to individuals insured under the Social Security Act.