A Federal News Radio article says that the Social Security Administration will receive a special $300 million appropriation under the economic stimulus bill which is likely to become law today. However, I don't see anything about this in the link to the bill which they give. That's probably because what they link to is only Part A of the bill, with the appropriations being in Part B. I would love to see Part B if anyone has a link.
I'm looking as well but on page 156 of Part A there is a $38,000,000 appropriation.
ReplyDeletePage 772 of the big file. Part B starts about page 600, SSA buried near the end of it.
ReplyDelete1 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
2 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Limitation on Admin
4 istrative Expenses’’, $300,000,000, to remain available
5 through September 30, 2021 to prevent, prepare for, and
6 respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, in
7 cluding paying the salaries and benefits of all employees
8 affected as a result of office closures, telework, phone and
9 communication services for employees, overtime costs, and
10 supplies, and for resources necessary for processing dis
11 ability and retirement workloads and backlogs: Provided,
12 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
13 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
15 Deficit Control Act of 1985.