Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§1010a Optional Federal Administration of State Recognition Payments

Title 42 › Chapter 7— SOCIAL SECURITY › Subchapter VIII— SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS › § 1010a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Social Security Commissioner can make an agreement with a State or local government to pay that State’s regular cash benefits to people who qualify under this program. The agreement must include whatever terms the Commissioner thinks are needed to run both the federal and State parts smoothly. The State must repay the Commissioner for the benefit amounts paid and also pay an administrative fee, on whatever schedule they agree. Administrative fees go into a special Treasury fund for State recognition payments for certain World War II veterans. Money in that fund can be used to cover program costs only to the extent and in the amounts Congress provides ahead of time in appropriations laws.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1010a

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(a)The Commissioner of Social Security may enter into an agreement with any State (or political subdivision thereof) that provides cash payments on a regular basis to individuals entitled to benefits under this subchapter under which the Commissioner of Social Security shall make such payments on behalf of such State (or subdivision).

(b)(1)Such agreement shall include such terms as the Commissioner of Social Security finds necessary to achieve efficient and effective administration of both this subchapter and the State program.

(2)Such agreement shall provide for the State to pay the Commissioner of Social Security, at such times and in such installments as the parties may specify—

(A)an amount equal to the expenditures made by the Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to such agreement as payments to individuals on behalf of such State; and

(B)an administration fee to reimburse the administrative expenses incurred by the Commissioner of Social Security in making payments to individuals on behalf of the State.

(c)Administration fees, upon collection, shall be credited to a special fund established in the Treasury of the United States for State recognition payments for certain World War II veterans. 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.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1010a

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60