PUBLIC LAW 103-296—AUG. 15, 1994 108 STAT. 1493 (B) AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC AGENCIES AND OTHER QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS TO SERVE AS REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES.— (i) ALLOWABLE FEES. —Section 205(j)(4)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)(4)) is amended— (I) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively; (II) by inserting "(i)" after "(4)(A)"; (III) by striking subclause (II) (as redesignated nvA by subclause (I) of this clause) and inserting the following: "(II) $25.00 per month ($50.00 per month in any case in which the individual is entitled to benefits based on disability and alcoholism or drug addiction is a contributing factor material to the Secretary's determination that the individual is under a disability)."; (IV) by inserting, after and below subclause (II) (as amended), the following new sentence: "The Secretary shall adjust annually (after 1995) each dollar amount set forth in subclause (II) under procedures providing for adjustments in the same manner and to the same extent as adjustments are provided for under the procedures used to adjust benefit amounts under section 215(i)(2)(A), except that any amount so adjusted that is not a multiple of $1.00 shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1.00."; and (V) by adding at the end the following new clause: "(ii) In the case of an individual who is no longer currently entitled to monthly insurance benefits under this title but to whom all past-due benefits have not been paid, for purposes of clause (i), any amount of such past-due benefits payable in any month shall be treated as a monthly benefit referred to in clause (i)(I).". (ii) INCLUSION OF STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES AS QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS. —Section 205(j)(4)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)(4)(B)) is amended— (I) by inserting "State or local government agency whose mission is to carry out income maintenance, social service, or health care-related activities, any State or local government agency with fiduciary responsibilities, or any" after "means any"; (II) by striking "representative payee and which," and inserting "representative payee, if such agency,"; (III) by striking ", and" at the end of clause (ii) and inserting a period; and (IV) by striking clause (iii). (iii) RETROACTIVE REPEAL OF SUNSET.— Effective July 1, 1994, section 205(j)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph (D). (C) DEFINITION. —Section 205(j) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4050*)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(7) For purposes of this subsection, the term 'benefit based on disability' of an individual means a disability insurance benefit of such individual under section 223 or a child's, widow's, or widow-
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