(a) Payment from May 1983 on. If you are entitled to special age 72 payments from May 1983 on, you will receive a monthly payment of $125.60. If your spouse is also entitled to special age 72 payments, he or she will also receive $125.60. This amount, first payable for June 1982, will be increased when cost-of-living adjustments of Social Security benefits occur. This special payment may be reduced, suspended or not paid at all as explained in Sec. 404.384.
(b) Payment prior to May 1983. If a husband or a single individual is entitled to special age 72 payments for months prior to May 1983, the amount payable was $125.60 for the months since June 1982. The wife received an amount approximiately one-half the husband's amount (i.e., $63.00 for months in the period June 1982-April 1983). [49 FR 24116, June 12, 1984]