or to the Secretary, as the case may be, such information, including findings in the form and manner prescribed by regulations of the Secretary, as the Secretary considers practicable and necessary for the determination of the entitlement of an individual to compensation under this subchapter. (b) Subject to correction of errors and omissions as prescribed by regulations of the Secretary, the following are final and conclusive for the purpose of sections 8502 (d) and 8503 (c) of this title: (1) Findings by an agency of the United States made in accordance with subsection (a) of this section with respect to (A) whether or not an individual has met any condition specified by section 8521 (a) (1) of this title; (B) the periods of Federal service; and (C) the pay grade of the individual at the time of his latest discharge or release from Federal service. (2) The schedules of pay and allowances prescribed by the Secretary under section 8521 (a) (2) of this title. § 8524. [Repealed.] § 8525. EFFECT ON OTHER STATUTES. (a) [Repealed]. (b) An individual is not entitled to compensation under this subchapter for any period with respect to which he receives— (1) a subsistence allowance under chapter 31 of title 38 or under part VIII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1(a); or (2) an educational assistance allowance under chapter 35 of title 38. Excerpts From Public Law 93-66, As Amended TITLE II-PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE Part B-Provisions Relating to Federal Program of Supplemental Security Income Benefits For Essential Persons Sec. 211. (a) (1) In determining (for purposes of Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as in effect after December 1973) the eligibility for and the amount of the supplemental security income benefit payable to any qualified individual (as defined in subsection (b)), with respect to any period for which such individual has in his home an essential person (as defined in subsection (c))— (A) the dollar amounts specified in subsection (a) (1) (A) and (2) (A), and subsection (b) (1) and (2), of section 1611 of such Act, shall each be increased by $8761 for each such essential person, and (B) the income and resources of such individual shall (for purposes of such title XVI) be deemed to include the income and resources of such essential person; except that the provisions of this subsection shall not, in the case of any individual, be applicable for any period which begins in or after the first month that such individual (C) does not but would (except for the provisions of subparagraph (B)) meet (i) the criteria established with respect to income in section 1611 (a) of such Act, or (ii) the criteria established with respect to resources by such section 1611(a), (or, if applicable, by section 1611 (g) of such Act). (2) The provisions of section 1611(g) of the Social Security Act (as in effect after December 1973) shall, in the case of any qualified Under section 1617 of the Social Security Act, the amount $876 is increased to $946.90 effective July 1975 (40 F.R. 22289); to $1,008.00 effective July 1976 (41 F.R. 19999). individual (as defined in subsection (b)), be applied so as to include, in the resources of such individual, the resources of any person (described in subsection (b) (2)) whose needs were taken into account in determining the need of such individual for the aid or assistance referred to in subsection (b) (1). (b) For purposes of this section, an individual shall be a "qualified individual" only if (1) for the month of December 1973 such individual was a recipient of aid or assistance under a State plan approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act, and (2) in determining the need of such individual for such aid or assistance for such month under such State plan, there were taken into account the needs of a person (other than such individual) who (A) was living in the home of such individual, and (B) was not eligible (in his or her own right) for aid or assistance under such State plan for such month. (c) The term "essential person", when used in connection with any qualified individual, means a person who (1) for the month of December 1973 was a person (described in subsection (b) (2)) whose needs were taken into account in determining the need of such individual for aid or assistance under a State plan referred to in subsection (b) (1) as such State plan was in effect for June 1973, (2) lives in the home of such individual, (3) is not eligible (in his or her own right) for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act (as in effect after December 1973), and (4) is not the eligible spouse (as that term is used in such title XVI) of such individual or any other individual. If for any month after December 1973 any person fails to meet the criteria specified in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of the preceding sentence, such person shall not, for such month or any month thereafter be considered to be an essential person. Mandatory Minimum State Supplementation of SSI Benefits Program Sec. 212. (a) (1) In order for any State (other than the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands) to be eligible for payments pursuant to title XIX, with respect to expenditures for any quarter beginning after December 1973, such State must have in effect an agreement with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") whereby the State will provide to individuals residing in the State supplementary payments as required under paragraph (2). (2) Any agreement entered into by a State pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide that each individual who (A) is an aged, blind, or disabled individual (within the meaning of section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act, as enacted by section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972), and (B) for the month of December 1973 was a recipient of (and was eligible to receive) aid or assistance (in the form of money payments) under a State plan of such State (approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI, of the Social Security Act) shall be entitled to receive, from the State, the supplementary payment described in paragraph (3) for each month, beginning with January 1974, and ending with whichever of the following first occurs: (C) the month in which such individual dies, or (D) the first month in which such individual ceases to meet the condition specified in subparagraph (A); except that no individual shall be entitled to receive such supplementary payment for any month, if, for such month, such individual was ineligible to receive supplemental income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act by reason of the provisions of section 1611(e) (1) (A), (2), or (3), 1611(f), or 1615 (c) of such Act. (3) (A) The supplementary payment referred to in paragraph (2) which shall be paid for any month to any individual who is entitled thereto under an agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection, shall (except as provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E)) be an amount equal to (i) the amount by which such individual's "December 1973 income" (as determined under subparagraph (B)) exceeds the amount of such individual's "title XVI benefit plus other income" (as determined under subparagraph (C)) for such month, or (ii) if greater, such amount as the State may specify. (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), an individual's "December 1973 income" means an amount equal to the aggregate of (i) the amount of the aid or assistance (in the form of money payments) which such individual would have received (including any part of such amount which is attributable to meeting the needs of any other person whose presence in such individual's home is essential to such individual's well-being) for the month of December 1973 under a plan (approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI, of the Social Security Act) of the State entering into an agreement under this subsection, if the terms and conditions of such plan (relating to eligibility for and amount of such aid or assistance payable thereunder) were, for the month of December 1973, the same as those in effect, under such plan, for the month of June 1973, together with the bonus value of food stamps for January 1972, as defined in section 401 (b) (3) of Public Law 92-603, if, for such month, such individual resides in a State which provides State supplementary payments (I) of the type described in section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act, and (II) the level of which has been found by the Secretary pursuant to section 8 of Public Law 93–233 to have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps, and (ii) the amount of the income of such individual (other than the aid or assistance described in clause (i)) received by such individual in December 1973, minus any such income which did not result, but which if properly reported would have resulted in a reduction in the amount of such aid or assistance. (C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the amount of an individual's "title XVI benefit plus other income" for any month means an amount equal to the aggregate of (i) the amount (if any) of the supplemental security income benefit to which such individual is entitled for such month under title XVI of the Social Security Act, and (ii) the amount of any income of such individual for such month (other than income in the form of a benefit described in clause (i)). (D) If the amount determined under subparagraph (B) (i) includes, in the case of any individual, an amount which was payable to such individual solely because of (i) a special need of such individual (including any special allowance for housing, or the rental value of housing furnished in kind to such individual in lieu of a rental allowance) which existed in December 1973, or (ii) any special circumstance (such as the recognition of the needs of a person whose presence in such individual's home, in December 1973, was essential to such individual's well-being), and, if for any month after December 1973 there is a change with respect to such special need or circumstance which, if such change had existed in December 1973, the amount described in subparagraph (B) (i) with respect to such individual would have been reduced on account of such change, then, for such month and for each month thereafter the amount of the supplementary payment payable under the agreement entered into under this subsection to such individual shall (unless the State, at its option, otherwise specifies) be reduced by an amount equal to the amount by which the amount (described in subparagraph (B) (i)) would have been so reduced. (E) (i) In the case of an individual who, for December 1973 lived as a member of a family unit other members of which received aid |