US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

42 U.S.C. § 1382f

Cost-of-living adjustments in benefits

(a)

Increase of dollar amounts

section 415(i) of this titleWhenever benefit amounts under subchapter II are increased by any percentage effective with any month as a result of a determination made under —
(1)
section 1382 of this titlesection 211 of Public Law 93–66 each of the dollar amounts in effect for such month under subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(2)(A), (b)(1), and (b)(2) of , and subsection (a)(1)(A) of , as specified in such subsections or as previously increased under this section, shall be increased by the amount (if any) by which—
(A)
the amount which would have been in effect for such month under such subsection but for the rounding of such amount pursuant to paragraph (2), exceeds
(B)
the amount in effect for such month under such subsection; and
(2)
the amount obtained under paragraph (1) with respect to each subsection shall be further increased by the same percentage by which benefit amounts under subchapter II are increased for such month, or, if greater (in any case where the increase under subchapter II was determined on the basis of the wage increase percentage rather than the CPI increase percentage), the percentage by which benefit amounts under subchapter II would be increased for such month if the increase had been determined on the basis of the CPI increase percentage, (and rounded, when not a multiple of $12, to the next lower multiple of $12), effective with respect to benefits for months after such month.
(b)

Publication in Federal Register of new dollar amounts

section 1382 of this titlesection 211 of Public Law 93–66section 415(i)(2)(D) of this titleThe new dollar amounts to be in effect under and under by reason of subsection (a) of this section shall be published in the Federal Register together with, and at the same time as, the material required by to be published therein by reason of the determination involved.

(c)

Additional increases

Effective —
(1)
section 1382 of this title each of the dollar amounts in effect under subsections (a)(1)(A) and (b)(1) of , as previously increased under this section, shall be increased by $240 (and the dollar amount in effect under subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 211 of Public Law 93-66, as previously so increased, shall be increased by $120); and
(2)
section 1382 of this title each of the dollar amounts in effect under subsections (a)(2)(A) and (b)(2) of , as previously increased under this section, shall be increased by $360.

Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531Pub. L. 93–368, § 6(b)88 Stat. 421Pub. L. 97–248, title I, § 182(a)96 Stat. 404Pub. L. 98–21, title IV, § 40197 Stat. 138(, title XVI, § 1617, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 211 of Public Law 93–66section 211 of Pub. L. 93–6687 Stat. 154section 1382 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (b), and (c)(1), is , title II, , , which is set out as a note under .

Amendments

Pub. L. 98–21, § 401(b)1983—Subsec. (a)(2). , inserted provision that the amount obtained under par. (1) with respect to each subsection shall be further increased by the percentage by which benefit amounts under subchapter II of this chapter would be increased for such month if the increase had been determined on the basis of the CPI increase percentage, if greater, in any case where the increase under subchapter II of this chapter was determined on the basis of the wage increase percentage rather than the CPI increase percentage.

Pub. L. 98–21, § 401(a)(2)Subsec. (b). , substituted “subsection (a) of this section” for “this section”.

Pub. L. 98–21, § 401(a)(1)Subsec. (c). , added subsec. (c).

Pub. L. 97–2481982— redesignated existing provisions as subsec. (a), revised method of computation into pars. (1) and (2) and among other changes increased base for rounding-off from a multiple of $1.20 to a multiple of $12.00, and struck out provisions relating to publication of increased dollar amounts in the Federal Register, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Pub. L. 97–248, title I, § 182(b)96 Stat. 405

“The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall become effective on .”
, , , provided that:

Cost-of-Living Increases; Cost-of-Living Computation Quarter Determinations

section 1 of Pub. L. 98–604section 415 of this titlePayment of increased benefits under program covered in subchapter II of this chapter, see , set out as a note under .

Application to Northern Mariana Islands

section 1801 of Title 48For applicability of this section to the Northern Mariana Islands, see section 502(a)(1) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America and Proc. No. 4534, , 42 F.R. 6593, set out as notes under , Territories and Insular Possessions.