§ 407. Assignment of benefits

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1935

   Pub. L. 74–531 · 49 Stat. 620

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 407

   Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title II, § 207, 49 Stat. 624

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title II, § 207, 49 Stat. 624

2. 1983

   Pub. L. 98–21 title III § 335(a) · 97 Stat. 65

   1. Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 407

      Pub. L. 98–21 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Added · 42 U.S.C. § 407

      Pub. L. 98–21 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 98–21 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 207 of the Social Security Act is amended— 42 USC 407. (1) by inserting “(a)” before “The right”; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(b) No other provision of law, enacted before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this section, may be construed to limit, supersede, or otherwise modify the provisions of this section except to the extent that it does so by express reference to this section.”.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 98–21, title III, § 335(c), Apr. 20, 1983, 97 Stat. 130, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply only with respect to benefits payable or rights existing under the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.] on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Apr. 20, 1983].”

3. 1998

   Pub. L. 105–277 div. J title IV § 4005(a) · 112 Stat. 2681

   Added · 42 U.S.C. § 407(c)

   Pub. L. 105–277 added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277 added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Inapplicability of Assignment Prohibition.— Section 207 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 407) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit withholding taxes from any benefit under this title, if such withholding is done pursuant to a request made in accordance with section 3402(p)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by the person entitled to such benefit or such person’s representative payee.”.

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