Amendments
1994—Subsecs. (a), (b). [Pub. L. 103–296] substituted “Commissioner of Social Security” for “Secretary”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by [Pub. L. 103–296] effective Mar. 31, 1995, see [section 110(a) of Pub. L. 103–296], set out as a note under section 401 of this title.
Effective Date
[Pub. L. 101–239, title VIII, § 8008(b)], Dec. 19, 1989, [103 Stat. 2463], provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 19, 1989].”
Application to Northern Mariana Islands
For 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, Oct. 24, 1977, 42 F.R. 6593, set out as notes under section 1801 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.