Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§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 Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Social Security Commissioner can agree with any State (or its local governments) that already gives regular cash payments to people who qualify under this part of the law to let Social Security make those payments for the State. The agreement must include whatever terms the Commissioner needs to run both the federal benefits and the State program smoothly. The State must pay Social Security back for the exact amounts paid to people and must also pay an extra fee to cover Social Security’s work. Those fees go into a special Treasury fund for State recognition payments for certain World War II veterans and, if money is provided ahead of time in appropriation laws, can be used to help pay for running this part of the law.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1010a

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(a)In general

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)Agreement terms

(1)In general

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)Financial terms

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)Special disposition of administration fees

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110