42 USC § 4636 - Payments not to be considered as income for revenue purposes or for eligibility for assistance under Social Security Act or other Federal law

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title: "42 USC § 4636 - Payments not to be considered as income for revenue purposes or for eligibility for assistance under Social Security Act or other Federal law"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "4636"
section_name: "Payments not to be considered as income for revenue purposes or for eligibility for assistance under Social Security Act or other Federal law"
chapter_number: 61
chapter_name: "UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION POLICIES FOR FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–646, title II, § 216, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1902; Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 100–17, title IV, § 413, Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 255.)"
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# § 4636. Payments not to be considered as income for revenue purposes or for eligibility for assistance under Social Security Act or other Federal law

42 U.S.C. 301

No payment received under this subchapter shall be considered as income for the purposes of title 26; or for the purposes of determining the eligibility or the extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under the Social Security Act [ et seq.] or any other Federal law (except for any Federal law providing low-income housing assistance).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–646, title II, § 216, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1902; Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 100–17, title IV, § 413, Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 255.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§ 301 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

### Amendments

1987— inserted “(except for any Federal law providing low-income housing assistance)” before period at end.

1986— substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on effective date provided in regulations promulgated under  (as amended by ), but not later than 2 years after , see , set out as a note under .