earnings. (iv) In the case of any individual who, at the time of application for old-age or disability insurance benefits under this title, has recorded noncovered earnings in an amount the Commissioner of Social Security determines may entitle the individual to a monthly periodic payment based on such earnings (but whose application does not report such a monthly periodic payment), the Commissioner shall reconfirm with the individual whether such a monthly periodic payment is being paid in order to ensure the proper application of paragraph (7) and this paragraph. (D) Upon the death of an individual whose primary insurance amount is computed or recomputed under this paragraph, such primary insurance amount shall be computed or recomputed under paragraph (1) of this subsection. (E) In the case of any individual whose primary insurance amount would be computed under this paragraph who first becomes entitled after 1985 to a monthly periodic payment made by a foreign employer or foreign country that is based in whole or in part upon noncovered service, the primary insurance amount of such individual shall be computed or recomputed under paragraph (7) or paragraph (1), as applicable, for months beginning with the first month of the individual’s initial entitlement to such monthly periodic payment. . (b) Conforming amendments Section 215(a)(7)(A) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 415(a)(7)(A) ) is amended— (1) by striking hereafter in this paragraph and in subsection (d)(3) and inserting in this paragraph, paragraph (8), and subsection (d)(3)