Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§1006 Applications and furnishing of information

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - SOCIAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS › § 1006

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commissioner of Social Security must make rules about how to apply, what information people must give, and how to report events or changes. These rules are to keep the program running properly. The rules cannot let someone get benefits just because they say they qualify. They must require checking important facts with outside sources and getting more information when needed so benefits go only to qualified individuals or their representative payees and in the right amounts.

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Title 42, §1006

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(a)The Commissioner of Social Security shall, subject to subsection (b), prescribe such requirements with respect to the filing of applications, the furnishing of information and other material, and the reporting of events and changes in circumstances, as may be necessary for the effective and efficient administration of this subchapter.
(b)The requirements prescribed by the Commissioner of Social Security under subsection (a) shall preclude any determination of entitlement to benefits under this subchapter solely on the basis of declarations by the individual concerning qualifications or other material facts, and shall provide for verification of material information from independent or collateral sources, and the procurement of additional information as necessary in order to ensure that the benefits are provided only to qualified individuals (or their representative payees) in correct amounts.

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, see note set out under section 1001 of this title.

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42 U.S.C. § 1006

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73