SPECIAL PAYMENT TO RECIPIENTS OF BENEFITS UNDER CERTAIN RETIREMENT AND SURVIVOR BENEFIT PROGRAMS.

SEC. 702. SPECIAL PAYMENT TO RECIPIENTS OF BENEFITS UNDER CERTAIN RETIREMENT AND SURVIVOR BENEFIT PROGRAMS. (a) Payment.— The Secretary of the Treasury shall, at the earliest practicable date after the enactment of this Act, make a $50 payment to each individual, who for the month of March, 1975, was entitled (without regard to sections 202(j)(1) and 223(b) of title II of the Social Security Act and without the application of section 5(a)(ii) of the Bail road Retirement Act of 1974) to— (1) a monthly insurance benefit payable under title II of the Social Security Act, (2) a monthly annuity or pension payment under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1935, the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, or the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, or (3) a benefit under the supplemental security income benefits program established by title XVI of the Social Security Act; except that, (A) such $50 payment shall be made only to individuals who were paid a benefit for March 1975 in a check issued no later than August 31, 1975; (B) no such $50 payment shall be made to any individual who is not a resident of the United States (as defined in section 210(i) of the Social Security Act); and (C) if an individual is entitled under two or more of the programs referred to in clauses (1), (2), and (3), such individual shall be entitled to receive only one such $50 payment. For purposes of this subsection, the term “resident” means an individual whose address of record for check payment purposes is located within the United States. (b) Recipient Identification.— The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Railroad Retirement Board shall provide the Secretary of the Treasury with such information and data as may be needed to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to ascertain which individuals are entitled to the payment authorized under subsection (a). 89 STAT. 67 (c) Coordination With Other Federal Programs.—Any payment made by the Secretary of the Treasury under this sect ion to any individual shall not be regarded as income (or, in the calendar year 1975, as a resource) of such individual (or of the family of which he is a member) for purposes of any Federal or State program which undertakes to furnish aid or assistance to individuals or families, where eligibility to receive such aid or assistance (or the amount of such aid or assistance) under such program is based on the need therefor of the individual or family involved. The requirement imposed by the preceding sentence shall be treated as a condition for Federal financial participation in any State (or local) welfare program for any calendar quarter commencing after the date of enactment of this Act. (d) Appropriations Authorization.—There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. (e) Payment Not To Be Considered Income.— Payments made under this section shall not be considered as gross income for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.