Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/892

 95 STAT. 866

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 tional payment made under this section shall be deemed to be a payment of supplemental security income benefits. ELIGIBILITY OF SSI RECIPIENTS FOR FOOD STAMPS

42 USC 1382e note.

42 USC 1382e.

42 USC 1382g.

Effective date. 42 USC 1382e note.

SEC. 2342. (a) Section 8(d) of Public Law 93-233 is amended to read as follows: "(d) Upon the request of a State, the Secretary shall find, for purposes of the provisions specified in subsection (c), that the level of such State's supplementary payments of the type described in section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act has been specifically increased for any month so as to include the bonus value of food stamps (and that such State meets the applicable requirements of subsection (c)(1)) if— "(1) the Secretary has found (under this subsection or subsection (c), as in effect in December 1980) that such State's supplementary payments in December 1980 were increased to include the bonus value of food stamps; and "(2) such State continues without interruption to meet the requirements of section 1618 of such Act for each month after the month referred to in paragraph (1) and up to and including the month for which the Secretary is making the determination.". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall become effective July 1, 1981. P A Y M E N T TO STATES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN UNNEGOTIATED CHECKS

42 USC 1383.

SEC. 2343. (a) Section 1631 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "Payment to States With Respect to Certain Unnegotiated Checks

42 USC 1382e. 87 Stat. 155.

Investigation.

Effective date. 42 USC 1383 note.

"(i)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall, on a monthly basis, notify the Secretary of all benefit checks issued under this title which include amounts representing State supplementary payments as described in paragraph (2) and which have not been presented for payment within one hundred and eighty days after the day on which they were issued. "(2) The Secretary shall from time to time determine the amount representing the total of the State supplementary payments made pursuant to agreements under section 1616(a) of this Act and under section 212(b) of Public Law 93-66 which is included in all checks payable to individuals entitled to benefits under this title but not presented for payment within one hundred and eighty days after the day on which they were issued, and shall pay each State (or credit each State with) an amount equal to that State's share of all such amount. Amounts not paid to the States shall be returned to the appropriation from which they were originally paid. "(3) The Secretary, upon notice from the Secretary of the Treasury under paragraph (1), shall notify any State having an agreement described in paragraph (2) of all such benefit checks issued under that State's agreement which were not presented for payment within one hundred and eighty days after the day on which they were issued. "(4) The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent feasible, investigate the whereabouts and eligibility of the individuals whose benefit checks were not presented for payment within one hundred and eighty days after the day on which they were issued.". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall become effective October 1, 1982.

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