(5) TIMING AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall commence disbursing 
payments under this section at the earliest prac-
ticable date for any non-COLA year prior to April 
1 following such year. The Secretary of the Treasury 
may disburse any payment electronically to an indi-
vidual in such manner as if such payment was a 
benefit payment or cash benefit to such individual 
under the applicable program described in subpara-
graph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1). 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF RECIPIENTS.—The Commis-
sioner of Social Security, the Railroad Retirement Board, 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall certify the in-
dividuals entitled to receive payments under this section 
for each non-COLA year and provide the Secretary of the 
Treasury with the information needed to disburse such 
payments. A certification of an individual shall be unaf-
fected by any subsequent determination or redetermina-
tion of the individual’s entitlement to, or eligibility for, a 
benefit specified in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection 
(a)(1) (except that such certification shall be affected by 
a determination that an individual is an individual de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of sub-
section (a)(4) during a period described in such subpara-
graphs). 
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(c) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.— 
(1) PAYMENT TO BE DISREGARDED FOR PUR-
POSES OF ALL FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED 
PROGRAMS.—A payment under subsection (a) shall 
not be regarded as income and shall not be regarded 
as a resource for the month of receipt and the fol-
lowing 9 months, for purposes of determining the 
eligibility of the recipient (or the recipient’s spouse 
or family) for benefits or assistance, or the amount 
or extent of benefits or assistance, under any Fed-
eral program or under any State or local program fi-
nanced in whole or in part with Federal funds. 
(2) PAYMENT NOT CONSIDERED INCOME FOR 
PURPOSES OF TAXATION.—A payment under sub-
section (a) shall not be considered as gross income 
for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(3) PAYMENTS
PROTECTED
FROM
ASSIGN-
MENT.—The 
provisions 
of 
sections 
207 
and 
1631(d)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
407, 1383(d)(1)), section 14(a) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231m(a)), and sec-
tion 5301 of title 38, United States Code, shall 
apply to any payment made under subsection (a) as 
if such payment was a benefit payment or cash ben-
efit to such individual under the applicable program 
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described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection 
(a)(1). 
(4) PAYMENTS SUBJECT TO OFFSET.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (3)— 
(A) any payment made under this section 
shall, in the case of a payment of a direct de-
posit which is made after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, be subject to the reclamation 
provisions under subpart B of part 210 of title 
31, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to 
reclamation of benefit payments); and 
(B) any payment made under this section 
shall not, for purposes of section 3716 of title 
31, United States Code, be considered a benefit 
payment or cash benefit made under the appli-
cable program described in subparagraph (B) 
or (C) of subsection (a)(1), and all amounts 
paid shall be subject to offset to collect delin-
quent debts. 
(d) PAYMENT TO REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES AND FI-
DUCIARIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which an in-
dividual who is entitled to a payment under sub-
section (a) and whose benefit payment or cash ben-
efit described in paragraph (1) of that subsection is 
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paid to a representative payee or fiduciary, the pay-
ment under subsection (a) shall be made to the indi-
vidual’s representative payee or fiduciary and the en-
tire payment shall be used only for the benefit of the 
individual who is entitled to the payment. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.— 
(A) PAYMENT ON THE BASIS OF A TITLE 
II OR SSI BENEFIT.—Section 1129(a)(3) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–8(a)(3)) 
shall apply to any payment made on the basis 
of an entitlement to a benefit specified in para-
graph (1)(B)(i) or (1)(C) of subsection (a) in 
the same manner as such section applies to a 
payment under title II or XVI of such Act. 
(B) PAYMENT ON THE BASIS OF A RAIL-
ROAD
RETIREMENT
BENEFIT.—Section 13 of 
the Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 231l) 
shall apply to any payment made on the basis 
of an entitlement to a benefit specified in para-
graph (1)(B)(ii) of subsection (a) in the same 
manner as such section applies to a payment 
under such Act. 
(C) PAYMENT ON THE BASIS OF A VET-
ERANS
BENEFIT.—Sections 5502, 6106, and 
6108 of title 38, United States Code, shall 
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apply to any payment made on the basis of an 
entitlement to a benefit specified in paragraph 
(1)(B)(iii) of subsection (a) in the same manner 
as those sections apply to a payment under that 
title. 
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