42 U.S.C. § 1320b–1 — Notification of Social Security claimant with respect to deferred vested benefits

(a) Whenever (1) the Commissioner decides whether a person is entitled to monthly benefits under section 402, 423, or 428, or to a lump-sum death payment under section 402(i) because of the death of a blood, marriage, or adoption relative; (2) the Secretary decides whether a person is entitled to hospital insurance under section 426; or (3) the Commissioner is asked by (A) a person about whom the Commissioner has information obtained under section 6057 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or (B) after that person’s death, by the person entitled to payment under section 404(d), the Commissioner must send the person covered by paragraph (1) or (2), or the requester under paragraph (3), employer-reported information about any deferred vested benefit reported under section 6057 for the person concerned or for the person whose wages and self-employment income support the entitlement or claim. (b) (1) For section 401(g)(1), expenses of administering subsection (a) are treated as expenses of administering subchapter II. (2) For each fiscal year beginning with the year ending June 30, 1974, amounts the Commissioner considers necessary for the added administrative expenses are authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund.