; or (B) to award such other equitable relief as may be appropriate, including employment, reinstatement, and promotion. (i) Applicability of certain Social Security Act provisions The provisions of sections 204, 205, 206, and 208 of the Social Security Act shall apply to benefit payments authorized by and paid out pursuant to this section in the same way that such provisions apply to benefit payments authorized by and paid out pursuant to title II of such Act. (j) Effective date for applications Applications described in this section may be filed beginning 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 5. Funding for State administration option for legacy States (a) In general (1) Payments to legacy States In each calendar year beginning with calendar year 2025, the Commissioner shall make a grant to each State that, for the calendar year preceding such calendar year, was a legacy State and that met the data sharing requirements of subsection (e), in an amount equal to the lesser of— (A) an amount, as estimated by the Commissioner, equal to the total amount of comprehensive paid leave benefits that would have been paid under section 4 (including the costs to the Commissioner to administer such benefits, not to exceed (for purposes of estimating such total amount under this subparagraph) 7 percent of the total amount of such benefits paid) to individuals who received paid family and medical leave benefits under a State law described in paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (b) during the calendar year preceding such calendar year if the State had not been a legacy State for such preceding calendar year; or (B) an amount equal to the total cost of paid family and medical leave benefits under a State law described in paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (b) for the calendar year preceding such calendar year, including— (i) any paid family and medical leave benefits provided by an employer (whether directly, under a contract with an insurer, or provided through a multiemployer plan) as described in subsection (d)