§1012 Definitions

Summary

Defines the main words used in this part of the law. World War II veteran means someone who served in the U.S. active military or in the organized forces of the Commonwealth of the Philippines while those forces were under U.S. command under the President’s July 26, 1941 order (this can include guerrilla forces under commanders appointed, designated, or later recognized by the Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area or other U.S. Army authority), with that service done before December 31, 1946, and who was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable after at least 90 days of service or because of a service-related injury or disability. World War II means the period from September 16, 1940, through July 24, 1947. Supplemental security income benefit under subchapter XVI includes State supplementary payments paid by the Commissioner of Social Security under an agreement under section 1382e(a) of this title or section 212(b) of Public Law 93–66. Federal benefit rate under subchapter XVI means, for any month, the SSI cash amount payable that month to an eligible person with no income, not counting those State supplementary payments paid by the Commissioner under the same agreements. United States means only the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Benefit income means recurring payments like annuities, pensions, retirement, or disability benefits (including veterans’ benefits, workers’ compensation, old-age, survivors, or disability insurance, railroad retirement, and unemployment), but only if a similar payment came from the same or a related source during the 12 months before the month the person applies for benefits under this subchapter.