The Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act would provide a one-time $200 monthly payment to recipients of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), railroad retirement benefits, Civil Service Retirement System benefits, and veterans disability or pension benefits during the six-month period from January 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026. The payments would go to eligible individuals who reside in the 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands, with each person receiving only one payment per month even if they qualify under multiple benefit programs. The legislation specifies that these payments would not count as income for tax purposes or affect eligibility for other federal benefits, and would be protected from garnishment or offset. The bill appropriates necessary funds for the Treasury to disburse payments plus roughly $113 million in administrative costs across the Social Security Administration, Railroad Retirement Board, Veterans Affairs, and Office of Personnel Management to process and distribute the payments by July 1, 2026.
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