Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare
42 U.S.C. § 1320b: Notification of Social Security claimant with respect to deferred vested benefits
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the entitlement of any individual to monthly benefits under section 402, 423, or 428 of this title, or the entitlement of any individual to a lump-sum death payment payable under section 402(i) of this title on account of the death of any person to whom such individual is related by blood, marriage, or adoption, the Secretary makes a finding of fact and a decision as to the entitlement under section 426 of this title of any individual to hospital insurance benefits under part A of subchapter XVIII, or by any individual with respect to whom the Commissioner of Social Security holds information obtained under section 6057 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or in the case of the death of the individual referred to in subparagraph (A), by the individual who would be entitled to payment under section 404(d) of this title , For purposes of section 401(g)(1) of this title , expenses incurred in the administration of subsection (a) shall be deemed to be expenses incurred for the administration of subchapter II. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund for each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 ) such sums as the Commissioner of Social Security deems necessary on account of additional administrative expenses resulting from the enactment of the provisions of subsection (a).
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