Editorial Notes
Amendments
1999—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 106–170, § 410(a)(1)(A), substituted “in accordance with paragraph (5)” for “at such times and in such installments as may be agreed upon between the Commissioner of Social Security and such State”.
Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 106–170, § 410(a)(1)(B), added par. (5).
1997—Subsec. (d)(2)(B)(iii) to (x). Pub. L. 105–33, § 5102(a)(1)(A), and Pub. L. 105–78, § 516(a)(1)(A), amended subpar. (B) identically, striking out “and” at end of cl. (iii), adding cls. (iv) to (x) and striking out former cl. (iv) which read as follows: “for fiscal year 1997 and each succeeding fiscal year, $5.00, or such different rate as the Commissioner of Social Security determines is appropriate for the State.”
Subsec. (d)(2)(C). Pub. L. 105–33, § 5102(a)(1)(B), and Pub. L. 105–78, § 516(a)(1)(B), amended subpar. (C) identically, substituting “subparagraph (B)(x)(II)” for “subparagraph (B)(iv)”.
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 105–78, § 516(b)(1)(A), amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows:
“(4)(A) The first $5 of each administration fee assessed pursuant to paragraph (2), upon collection, shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
“(B) That portion of each administration fee in excess of $5, and 100 percent of each additional services fee charged pursuant to paragraph (3), upon collection for fiscal year 1998 and each subsequent fiscal year, shall be credited to a special fund established in the Treasury of the United States for State supplementary payment fees. The amounts so credited, to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, shall be available to defray expenses incurred in carrying out this subchapter and related laws. The amounts so credited shall not be scored as receipts under section 902 of title 2, and the amounts so credited shall be credited as a discretionary offset to discretionary spending to the extent that the amounts so credited are made available for expenditure in appropriations Acts.”
Pub. L. 105–33, § 5102(b)(1)(A), amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: “All administration fees and additional services fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.”
1994—Pub. L. 103–296 substituted “Commissioner of Social Security” for “Secretary” wherever appearing and “the Commissioner conducts” for “he conducts” in subsec. (b)(2).
1993—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–66 designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted before period at end “, plus an administration fee assessed in accordance with paragraph (2) and any additional services fee charged in accordance with paragraph (3)”, and added pars. (2) to (4).
1986—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–272 inserted provision at end relating to modification of the agreement at the option of the State to provide for supplementary payments on and after an effective date specified in the agreement.
1981—Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 97–35 struck out “, as a part of the services program planning procedures established pursuant to section 1397c of this title” after “available for public review”.
1980—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 96–265 added par. (3).
1976—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 94–566, § 505(d), added subsec. (e), effective Oct. 1, 1977. Pub. L. 94–566, § 505(c), repealed former subsec. (e) which provided for reduction of supplemental security income payments to individuals provided institutional medical or other remedial care, State financed under Federal grants for medical assistance, effective Oct. 1, 1976. See Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note below.
1973—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 93–233 added subsec. (e).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1999 Amendment
Pub. L. 106–170, title IV, § 410(b), Dec. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 1917, as amended by Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(1) [title V, § 515], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–72, provided that:
“The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section and provisions set out as a note under
section 1382 of this title] shall apply to payments and fees arising under an agreement between a State and the Commissioner of Social Security under section 1616 of the
Social Security Act (
42 U.S.C. 1382e) or under section 212 of
Public Law 93-66 (
42 U.S.C. 1382 note) with respect to monthly benefits paid to individuals under title XVI of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.] for months after September 2001 (October 2001 in the case of a State with a fiscal year that coincides with the Federal fiscal year), without regard to whether the agreement has been modified to reflect such amendments or the Commissioner has promulgated regulations implementing such amendments.”
Effective Date of 1993 Amendment
Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13731(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 661, provided that:
“The amendments made by this section [amending this section and provisions set out as a note under
section 1382 of this title] shall apply to supplementary payments made pursuant to section 1616(a) of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 1382e(a)] or
section 212(a) of Public Law 93–66 [set out as a note under
section 1382 of this title] for any calendar month beginning after
September 30, 1993, and to services furnished after such date, regardless of whether regulations to implement such amendments have been promulgated by such date, or whether any agreement entered into under such section 1616(a) or such section 212(a) has been modified.”
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Amendment by section 505(c) of Pub. L. 94–566 effective Oct. 1, 1976, see section 505(e) of Pub. L. 94–566, set out as a note under section 1382 of this title.
Pub. L. 94–566, title V, § 505(d), Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2687, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective Oct. 1, 1977.
Limitations on Authorization of Appropriations
Pub. L. 105–78, title V, § 516(b)(2), Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1519, provided that:
“From amounts credited pursuant to section 1616(d)(4)(B) of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 1382e(d)(4)(B)] and
section 212(b)(3)(D)(ii) of Public Law 93–66 [set out as a note under
section 1382 of this title] to the special fund established in the Treasury of the
United States for State supplementary payment fees, there is authorized to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter, for administrative expenses in carrying out the
supplemental security income program under title XVI of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.] and related laws.”
Pub. L. 105–33, title V, § 5102(b)(2), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 597, provided that:
“From amounts credited pursuant to section 1616(d)(4)(B) of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 1382e(d)(4)(B)] and
section 212(b)(3)(D)(ii) of Public Law 93–66 [set out as a note under
section 1382 of this title] to the special fund established in the Treasury of the
United States for State supplementary payment fees, there is authorized to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter.”
Period Within Which California May Make Cash Payments in Lieu of Food Stamps to Recipients of Supplemental Security Income Benefits
Pub. L. 95–458, § 5(b), Oct. 14, 1978, 92 Stat. 1261, provided that:
“No additional cash payment under title XVI of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.] may be made pursuant to the third sentence of
section 8(d) of Public Law 93–233 (as added by subsection (a) of this section) [amending a note under this section] for any month beginning before
October 1, 1978, or ending after
September 30, 1979.”
Eligibility of Supplemental Security Income Recipients for Food Stamps
Pub. L. 93–233, § 8(c), Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 957, as amended by Pub. L. 95–113, title XIII, § 1302(a)(3), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 979, provided that:
“For purposes of section 6(g) of the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 [now the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008] [
section 2015(g) of Title 7, Agriculture] and subsections (b)(3) [set out as a note under
section 612c of Title 7] and (f) [set out below] of this section, the level of State supplementary payment under section 1616(a) [
42 U.S.C. 1382e(a)] shall be found by the
Secretary to have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps (1) only if, prior to
October 1, 1973, the State has entered into an agreement with the
Secretary or taken other positive steps which demonstrate its intention to provide supplementary payments under section 1616(a) [
42 U.S.C. 1382e(a)] at a level which is at least equal to the maximum level which can be determined under section 401(b)(1) of the
Social Security Amendments of 1972 [set out as a note under this section] and which is such that the limitation on State fiscal liability under section 401 [set out as a note under this section] does result in a reduction in the amount which would otherwise be payable to the
Secretary by the State, and (2) only with respect to such months as the State may, at its option, elect.”
[Pub. L. 95–113, title XIII, § 1302(b), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 979, provided that the amendment of section 8(c) of Pub. L. 93–233 by section 1302(a)(3) of Pub. L. 95–113 is effective Oct. 1, 1977.]
Pub. L. 93–233, § 8(d), Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 957, as added by Pub. L. 94–379, § 1(a), Aug. 10, 1976, 90 Stat. 1111, and amended by Pub. L. 95–458, § 5(a), Oct. 14, 1978, 92 Stat. 1260; Pub. L. 97–18, § 2, June 30, 1981, 95 Stat. 102; Pub. L. 97–35, title XXIII, § 2342(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 866, provided that:
“Upon the request of a State, the Secretary shall find, for purposes of the provisions specified in subsection (c) [set out above], that the level of such State’s supplementary payments of the type described in section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1382e(a)] has been specifically increased for any month so as to include the bonus value of food stamps (and that such State meets the applicable requirements of subsection (c)(1)) if—
“(1)
the
Secretary has found (under this subsection or subsection (c), as in effect in December 1980) that such State’s supplementary payments in December 1980 were increased to include the bonus value of food stamps; and
“(2)
such State continues without interruption to meet the requirements of section 1618 of such Act [
section 1382g of this title] for each month after the month referred to in paragraph (1) and up to and including the month for which the
Secretary is making the determination.”
[Pub. L. 97–18, § 2, June 30, 1981, 95 Stat. 102, provided that the amendment of section 8(d) of Pub. L. 93–233, set out above, by Pub. L. 97–18 is effective for the period July 1, 1981, to Aug. 31, 1981.]
[Pub. L. 97–35, title XXIII, § 2342(b), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 866, provided that the amendment of section 8(d) of Pub. L. 93–233, set out above, by section 2342(a) of Pub. L. 97–35 is effective July 1, 1981.]
Adjusted Payment Level; Payment Level Modification
Pub. L. 93–233, § 8(e), formerly § 8(d), Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 957, as renumbered § 8(e) by Pub. L. 94–379, § 1(a), Aug. 10, 1976, 90 Stat. 1111, provided that:
“Section 401(b)(1) of the
Social Security Amendments of 1972 [set out below] is amended by striking out everything after the word ‘exceed’ and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘a payment level modification (as defined in paragraph (2) of this subsection) with respect to such plans’.”
Pub. L. 93–233, § 8(f), formerly § 8(e), Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 957, as amended by Pub. L. 93–335, § 1(b), July 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 291; Pub. L. 94–44, § 3(b), June 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 235; Pub. L. 94–365, § 2(2), July 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 990, and renumbered § 8(f) and amended by Pub. L. 94–379, § 1(a), (b), Aug. 10, 1976, 90 Stat. 1111; Pub. L. 95–59, § 3(2), June 30, 1977, 91 Stat. 255; Pub. L. 95–113, title XIII, § 1302(a)(4), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 979, provided that:
“The amendment made by subsection (e) [set out above] shall not be effective in any State which provides supplementary payments of the type described in section 1616(a) of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 1382e(a)] the level of which has been found by the
Secretary to have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps.”
[Amendment of section 8(e) [now § 8(f)] of Pub. L. 93–233 by section 1(b) of Pub. L. 93–335, effective July 1, 1974, see section 1(c) of Pub. L. 93–335, set out as a note below.]
[Pub. L. 93–335, § 1(c), July 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 291, provided that amendments by section 1(a), (b) of Pub. L. 93–335 to section 8(a)(1), (2), (b)(1)–(3), and (e) of Pub. L. 93–233, Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 956, set out as notes under this section and sections 612c, 1431 and 2012 of Title 7, Agriculture, is effective as of July 1, 1974.]
[Pub. L. 95–59, § 3, June 30, 1977, 91 Stat. 255, provided that the amendment of section 8(f) of Pub. L. 93–233, set out above, by section 3(2) of Pub. L. 95–59 is effective July 1, 1977.]
[Pub. L. 95–113, title XIII, § 1302(b), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 979, provided that the amendment of section 8(f) of Pub. L. 93–233, set out above, by section 1302(a)(4) of Pub. L. 95–113 is effective Oct. 1, 1977.]
Commodity Distribution Program: Individual Receiving Supplemental Security Income Benefits as Member of Household for any Purpose of Program
Individual receiving supplemental security income benefits or payments as part of benefits or payments described in subsec. (a) of this section as member of a household for any purpose of the food distribution program, see section 4(c) of Pub. L. 93–86, set out as a note under section 612c of Title 7, Agriculture.
Application to Northern Mariana Islands
For applicability of this section to the Northern Mariana Islands, see section 502(a)(1) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America and Proc. No. 4534, Oct. 24, 1977, 42 F.R. 6593, set out as notes under section 1801 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
Limitation on Fiscal Liability of States for Payment to Secretary of Supplementary Payments Made by Secretary Pursuant to Agreement
Pub. L. 92–603, title IV, § 401, Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1485, as amended by Pub. L. 93–233, § 18(h), Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 969; Pub. L. 94–566, title V, § 504(a), Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2686; Pub. L. 94–585 § 2(b), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2902; Pub. L. 97–248, title I, § 184(a), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, § 4115(c)(1)(A)(ii), (vi), (B)(iv), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1109; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title IV, § 4115(c)(1)(A)(ii), (vi), (B)(iv), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1870, 1871, provided that:
“(a)
(1)
The amount payable to the
Secretary by a State for any fiscal year, other than fiscal year 1974, pursuant to its agreement or agreements under section 1616 of the
Social Security Act [this section] shall not exceed the non-Federal share of expenditures as aid or assistance for quarters in the calendar year 1972 under the plans of the State approved under titles I, X, XIV, and XVI of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 301 et seq., 1201 et seq., 1351 et seq., 1381 et seq.] (as defined in subsection (c) of this section), and the amount payable for fiscal year 1974 pursuant to such agreement or agreements shall not exceed one-half of the non-Federal share of such expenditures.
“(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall only apply with respect to that portion of the supplementary payments made by the Secretary on behalf of the State under such agreements in any fiscal year which does not exceed in the case of any individual the difference between—
“(A)
the adjusted payment level under the appropriate approved plan of such State as in effect for January 1972 (as defined in subsection (b) of this section), and
“(B)
the benefits under title XVI of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.] (subject to the second sentence of this paragraph), plus income not excluded under section 1612(b) of such Act [
42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)] in determining such benefits, paid to such individual in such fiscal year,
and shall not apply with respect to supplementary payments to any individual who (i) is not required by section 1616 of such Act [
42 U.S.C. 1382e] to be included in any such agreement administered by the
Secretary and (ii) would have been ineligible (for reasons other than income) for payments under the appropriate approved State plan as in effect for January 1972. In determining the difference between the level specified in subparagraph (A) and the benefits and income described in subparagraph (B) there shall be excluded any part of any such benefit which results from (and would not be payable but for) any cost-of-living increase in such benefits under section 1617 of such Act [
42 U.S.C. 1382f] (or any general increase enacted by law in the dollar amounts referred to in such section) becoming effective after
June 30, 1977.
“(b)
(1) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘adjusted payment level under the appropriate approved plan of a State as in effect for January 1972’ means the amount of the money payment which an individual with no other income would have received under the plan of such State approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 301 et seq., 1201 et seq., 1351 et seq., 1381 et seq.], as may be appropriate, and in effect for January 1972; except that the State may, at its option, increase such payment level with respect to any such plan by an amount which does not exceed the sum of—
“(A)
a payment level modification (as defined in paragraph (2) of this subsection) with respect to such plan, and
“(B)
the bonus value of food stamps [probably should be “benefits”] in such State for January 1972 (as defined in paragraph (3) of this subsection).
“(2)
For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘payment level modification’ with respect to any State plan means that amount by which a State which for January 1972 made money payments under such plan to individuals with no other income which were less than 100 per centum of its standard of need could have increased such money payments without increasing (if it reduced its standard of need under such plan so that such increased money payments equaled 100 per centum of such standard of need) the non-Federal share of expenditures as aid or assistance for quarters in calendar year 1972 under the plans of such State approved under titles I, X, XIV, and XVI of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 301 et seq., 1201 et seq., 1351 et seq., 1381 et seq.].
“(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘bonus value of benefits in a State for January 1972’ (with respect to an individual) means—
“(B)
the charge which such an individual would have paid for such benefit allotment,
if the income of such individual, for purposes of determining the charge it would have paid for its benefit allotment, had been equal to the adjusted payment level under the State plan (including any payment level modification with respect to the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph (2) (but not including any amount under this paragraph)). The total face value of benefits and the cost thereof in January 1972 shall be determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the
Secretary of Agriculture in effect in such month.
“(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘non-Federal share of expenditures as aid or assistance for quarters in the calendar year 1972 under the plans of a State approved under titles I, X, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act’ [42 U.S.C. 301 et seq., 1201 et seq., 1351 et seq., 1381 et seq.] means the difference between—
“(1)
the total expenditures in such quarters under such plans for aid or assistance (excluding expenditures authorized under section 1119 of such Act [
42 U.S.C. 1319] for repairing the home of an individual who was receiving aid or assistance under one of such plans (as such section was in effect prior to the enactment of this Act)), and
“(2)
the total of the amounts determined under sections 3, 1003, 1403, and 1603 of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 303, 1203, 1353; 1383 note], under section 1118 of such Act [
42 U.S.C. 1318], and under section 9 of the Act of April 19, 1950 [former
25 U.S.C. 639], for such State with respect to such expenditures in such quarters.
“(d)
In addition to the amount which a State must pay to the
Secretary for the fiscal year 1983 or the fiscal year 1984, as determined under subsection (a), the State shall also pay, for the fiscal year 1983, 60 percent of the further amount that would be payable but for the limit specified in subsection (a), and, for the fiscal year 1984, 80 percent of such further amount. For each fiscal year thereafter, the limit prescribed in subsection (a) shall be inapplicable and a State shall pay to the
Secretary the full amount of any supplementary payments he makes on behalf of such State.”
[Amendment of section 401(a)(2) of Pub. L. 92–603, set out above, by Pub. L. 94–585 inserting parenthetical text in subpar. (B) and enacting last sentence, such amendments being identical to amendments by Pub. L. 94–566 less the words “and before July 1, 1979” following “June 30, 1977”, effective with respect to benefits payable for months after June 1977, see section 2(c) of Pub. L. 94–585, set out as a note under section 1382g of this title.]
[Amendment of section 401(a)(2) of Pub. L. 92–603, set out above, by Pub. L. 94–566 inserting parenthetical text in subpar. (B) and enacting last sentence effective under provisions of Pub. L. 94–566, title V, § 504(b), Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2686, with respect to benefits payable for months after June 1977.]
[Amendment of section 401 of Pub. L. 92–603, set out above, by section 18(h) of Pub. L. 93–233 effective Jan. 1, 1974, see section 18(z–3)(1) of Pub. L. 93–233.]
[Pub. L. 97–248, title I, § 184(b), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 406, provided that:
“The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending
section 401 of Pub. L. 92–603, set out above] shall become effective on the date of the enactment of this Act [
Sept. 3, 1982].”
]
Transitional Administration of Programs by State Pursuant to Agreement Between State and Secretary
Pub. L. 92–603, title IV, § 402, Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1487, as amended by Pub. L. 93–233, § 18(i), Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 970, provided that:
“In order for a State to be eligible for any payments pursuant to title IV, V, XVI, or XIX of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 601 et seq., 701 et seq., 1381 et seq., 1396 et seq.] with respect to expenditures for the third and fourth quarters in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1974, and any quarter in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1975, and for the purpose of providing an orderly transition from State to Federal
administration of the
Supplemental Security Income Program, such State shall enter into an agreement with the
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Health and Human Services] under which the State agencies responsible for administering or for supervising the
administration of the plans approved under titles I, X, XIV, and XVI of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 301 et seq., 1201 et seq., 1351 et seq., 1381 et seq.] will, on behalf of the
Secretary, administer all or such part or parts of the program established by section 301 of this Act [enacting this subchapter], during such portion of the third and fourth quarters of the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1974, and any quarter of the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1975, as may be provided in such agreement.”
Election of Payments Under Combined State Plan Rather Than Separate Plans
Pub. L. 87–543, § 141(b), July 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 205, provided that:
“No payment may be made to a State under title I, X, or XIV of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 301 et seq., 1201 et seq., 1351 et seq.] for any period for which such State receives any payments under title XVI of such Act or any period thereafter.”
Overpayment or Underpayment Adjustments
Pub. L. 87–543, § 141(f), July 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 205, provided that:
“In the case of any State which has a State plan approved under title XVI of the
Social Security Act [
42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.], any overpayment or underpayment which the
Secretary determines was made to such State under section 3, 1003, or 1403 of such Act [
42 U.S.C. 303, 1203, 1353] with respect to a period before the approval of the plan under such title XVI, and with respect to which adjustment has not been already made under subsection (b) of such section 3, 1003, or 1403, shall, for purposes of section 1603(b) of such Act [
42 U.S.C. 1383(b) prior to its omission on
Oct. 30, 1972], be considered an overpayment or underpayment (as the case may be) made under section 1603 of such Act [
42 U.S.C. 1383 as it existed prior to
Oct. 30, 1972].”