; (C) by striking paragraph (4); and (D) in paragraph (5)(A), by amending clause (ii) to read as follows: (ii) which begins not earlier than the first day of the seventeenth month before the month in which his application is filed. ; and (b) Elimination of reduction of benefit amounts for benefits claimed by widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses with disabilities before retirement age Section 202(q) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(q) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking and has attained age 62 and all that follows through widower's insurance benefit) and inserting and, in the case of a wife's or husband's insurance benefit, has attained age 62 ; (2) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E) No widow's or widower's insurance benefit shall be reduced under this subsection for any month during which the individual entitled to such benefit is entitled to the benefit on the basis of paragraph (1)(B)(ii) of subsection (e) (in the case of a widow's insurance benefit) or paragraph (1)(B)(ii) of subsection (f) (in the case of a widower's insurance benefit). ; and (3) in paragraph (7)— (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking benefits, and and inserting benefits, ; (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting , and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (G) in the case of a widow's or widower's insurance benefit— (i) any month in which there was no reduction to the benefit under this subsection pursuant to paragraph (5)(E); and (ii) any month in which there would have been no reduction to the benefit under this subsection pursuant to paragraph (5)(E) if such paragraph had been in effect for such month. . (c) Technical amendments Section 202 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (e)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (7)