---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 408.501"
title: "20"
number: "408.501"
heading: "What is this subpart about?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/408.501"
---

# §408.501. What is this subpart about?


This subpart explains how we compute the amount of your monthly SVB payment, including how we reduce your payments if you receive other benefit income. It also explains how we pay benefits under the SVB program.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 801, 805, and 810 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1001, 1005, and 1010); Sec. 251, Pub. L. 106-169, 113 Stat. 1844.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 16418, Apr. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted.