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Title 2—THE CONGRESS > CHAPTER 20—EMERGENCY POWERS TO ELIMINATE BUDGET DEFICITS > SUBCHAPTER I—ELIMINATION OF DEFICITS IN EXCESS OF MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT

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Benefits payable under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), and benefits payable under sections 231b and 231c  1 1

See References in Text note below. of title 45, shall be exempt from reduction under any order issued under this subchapter.

( Pub. L. 99–177, title II, § 255 , Dec. 12, 1985 , 99 Stat. 1082 ; Pub. L. 99–509, title VII, § 7002(a) , Oct. 21, 1986 , 100 Stat. 1949 ; Pub. L. 99–514, § 2 , Oct. 22, 1986 , 100 Stat. 2095 ; Pub. L. 100–86, title V, § 506(a) , Aug. 10, 1987 , 101 Stat. 634 ; Pub. L. 100–119, title I, § 104(a)(1) , (2), (b), (c)(1), Sept. 29, 1987 , 101 Stat. 775–777 ; Pub. L. 101–73, title VII, § 743(a) , (c), Aug. 9, 1989 , 103 Stat. 437 ; Pub. L. 101–220, § 8 , Dec. 12, 1989 , 103 Stat. 1881 ; Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII, § 13101(c) , Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1388–589 ; Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(a) , June 13, 1991 , 105 Stat. 274 ; Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(2) , Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(d) , Oct. 24, 1992 , 106 Stat. 2944 ; Pub. L. 102–572, title VI, § 601 , Oct. 29, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4514 ; Pub. L. 104–193, title I, § 110(r)(1) , Aug. 22, 1996 , 110 Stat. 2175 ; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title II, § 2704(d)(10) , Sept. 30, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3009–489 ; Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10207 , Aug. 5, 1997 , 111 Stat. 704 ; Pub. L. 109–171, title II, § 2102(b) , Feb. 8, 2006 , 120 Stat. 9 ; Pub. L. 111–139, title I, § 11 , Feb. 12, 2010 , 124 Stat. 23 ; Pub. L. 113–67, div. A, title I, § 121(5) –(8), Dec. 26, 2013 , 127 Stat. 1175 ; Pub. L. 114–113, div. O, title IV, § 403(a) , Dec. 18, 2015 , 129 Stat. 3007 ; Pub. L. 115–254, div. F, title VI, § 1470(a) , Oct. 5, 2018 , 132 Stat. 3515 ; Pub. L. 117–167, div. A , §§ 102(e), 106(d), 107(c), Aug. 9, 2022 , 136 Stat. 1378 , 1393, 1398.)

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