[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21811-21812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09911]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2017-0034]


Rescission of Social Security Rulings Related to Special Payments 
at Age 72

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice of rescission of Social Security Rulings.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 20 CFR 402.35(b)(1), the Acting 
Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of the rescission of 
Social Security Rulings (SSR): SSR 67-28; SSR 68-13; SSR 68-36; SSR 68-
37; SSR 68-52; SSR 68-78; SSR 70-23c; SSR 72-27; and SSR 74-27c.

DATES: The rescission is effective May 10, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Appler, Social Security 
Administration, (410) 966-6760 or [email protected]. For information 
on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national toll-free 
number, 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit our internet 
site, Social Security Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1) and (a)(2) do 
not require us to publish this notice, we are doing so in accordance 
with 20 CFR 402.35(b)(1).
    Through SSRs, we make available to the public precedential 
decisions relating to the Federal old-age, survivors, disability, 
supplemental security income, and special veterans benefits programs. 
We may base SSRs on determinations or decisions made at all levels of 
administrative adjudication, Federal court decisions, Commissioner's 
decisions, opinions of the Office of the General Counsel, or other 
interpretations of the law and regulations.
    We are rescinding the following SSRs:
     SSR 67-28: Section 228(c)(1) and (h)(2).--Special Age 72 
Payments For Uninsured Individuals--Reduction Because Of Eligibility 
For Governmental Pension;
     SSR 68-13: Sections 228(c)(1) and 228(h)(2).--Special Age 
72 Payments--Governmental Pension System--Teachers' Retirement Fund;
     SSR 68-36: Section 228(c) and 228(h)(2).--Special Age 72 
Payment--Reduction Because Of Eligibility For Veterans' Administration 
Pension;
     SSR 68-37: Section 228(c) and (h).--Special Age 72 
Payment--Eligibility For Teacher's Annuity Purchased From Personal 
Funds Not Cause For Offset;
     SSR 68-52: Sections 228(c)(1), 228(h)(2) and (3).--Special 
Age 72 Payments For Uninsured Individual--Reduction Due To Commutation 
Of Periodic Pension;
     SSR 68-78: Sections 228(c)(1) and (h)(2).--Special Age 72 
Payments For Uninsured Individuals--Reduction

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Because Of Eligibility For Governmental Pension;
     SSR 70-23c: Section 228(c).--Special Age 72 Payments--
Effect On Claimant's Eligibility Where Application Not Filed By Spouse 
Who Is Eligible For Periodic Benefit Under Governmental Pension System;
     SSR 72-27: Sections 228 (of Social Security Act) and 103 
of Social Security Amendments of 1965.--Special Age 72 and Hospital 
Insurance Benefits--5 Years Continuous Residence Requirement; and
     SSR 74-27c: Sections 205(g), 228(a) and (e) (42 U.S.C. 
405(g), 428(a), and 428(e)).--Special Age 72 Payments--Application and 
Residence Requirements--Constitutionally [sic] as to Puerto Rican 
Residents.
    These SSRs interpret and apply our rules on ``Special Payments at 
Age 72'' in 20 CFR 404.380, 404.381, 404.382, 404.383, and 404.384. In 
today's Federal Register, we published a final rule that removes our 
``Special Payments at Age 72'' rules, and revises other rules that 
refer to special age 72 payments. As we explain in that final rule, we 
are removing our rules on special age 72 payments because they are 
obsolete and no longer needed. We are rescinding these SSRs for the 
same reason.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, Programs Nos. Social 
Security--Retirement Insurance; 96.004, Social Security--Survivors 
Insurance.)

Nancy A. Berryhill,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-09911 Filed 5-9-18; 8:45 am]
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