42 USC § 1005 - Benefit amount

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s1005"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 1005 - Benefit amount"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1005"
section_name: "Benefit amount"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title VIII, § 805, as added Pub. L. 106–169, title II, § 251(a), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 1845.)"
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# § 1005. Benefit amount

The benefit under this subchapter payable to a qualified individual for any month shall be in an amount equal to 75 percent of the Federal benefit rate under subchapter XVI for the month, reduced by the amount of the qualified individual’s benefit income for the month.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title VIII, § 805, as added Pub. L. 106–169, title II, § 251(a), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 1845.)

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