{"abstract":"We are issuing these final rules to reflect in our regulations changes to the Social Security Act (the Act) made by two provisions in the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (SSPA), enacted on March 2, 2004. One provision added a new situation in which the 9-month duration-of-marriage requirement for surviving spouses under title II of the Act is deemed to have been met. The other provision removed a restriction against payment of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, under title XVI of the Act, to certain blind or disabled children who were not eligible for SSI benefits the month before their military parents reported for duty outside the United States.","action":"Final rules.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Social Security Administration","name":"Social Security Administration","id":470,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/social-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/470","parent_id":null,"slug":"social-security-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2005/10/24/05-21117.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":404,"title":20},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":416,"title":20}],"citation":"70 FR 61364","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"These regulations are effective October 24, 2005.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Regulations Nos. 4 and 16"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"05-21117","effective_on":"2005-10-24","end_page":61366,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2005/10/24/05-21117.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/10/24/05-21117/deemed-duration-of-marriage-for-widowswidowers-and-removal-of-restriction-on-benefits-to-children-of","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/05-21117?publication_date=2005-10-24","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2005-10-24/05-21117/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":1804,"last_updated":"2026-09-20 22:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-10-24/pdf/05-21117.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2005-10-24","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2005/10/24/05-21117.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0960-AG23":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0960-AG23"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-12T17:26:17Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":61364,"subtype":null,"title":"Deemed Duration of Marriage for Widows/Widowers and Removal of Restriction on Benefits to Children of Military Parents Overseas","toc_doc":"Widows/widowers deemed marriage duration; children of military parents overseas restriction removal","toc_subject":"Social security benefits and supplemental security income:","topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Aged","Blind","Disability benefits","Old-age, Survivors and Disability Insurance","Public assistance programs","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Social security","Supplemental Security Income (SSI)"],"type":"Rule","volume":70}