Compilation of the social security laws : including the Social Security Act, as amended, and related enactments through ..

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COMMITTEE PRINT
1st Session
COMPILATION
OF THE
OCIAL SECURITY LAWS
INCLUDING THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT,
AS AMENDED, AND RELATED ENACTMENTS
THROUGH JANUARY 1, 2003
VOLUME I
THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
SELECTED PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
INDEX TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
BILL THOMAS, California, Chairman
PHILIP M. CRANE, Illinois CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York
E. CLAY SHAW, Jr., Florida FORTNEY PETE STARK, California
NANCY L. JOHNSON, Connecticut ROBERT T. MATSUI, California
AMO HOUGHTON, New York SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan
WALLY HERGER, California BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland
JIM McCRERY, Louisiana JIM McDERMOTT, Washington
DAVE CAMP, Michigan GERALD D. KLECZKA, Wisconsin
JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota JOHN LEWIS, Georgia
JIM NUSSLE, Iowa RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts
SAM JOHNSON, Texas MICHAEL R. McNULTY, New York
JENNIFER DUNN, Washington WILLIAM J. JEFFERSON, Louisiana
MAC COLLINS, Georgia JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee
ROB PORTMAN, Ohio XAVIER BECERRA, California
PHIL ENGLISH, Pennsylvania LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas
J.D. HAYWORTH, Arizona EARL POMEROY, North Dakota
JERRY WELLER, Illinois MAX SANDLIN, Texas
KENNY C. HULSHOF, Missouri STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, Ohio
SCOTT McINNIS, Colorado
RON LEWIS, Kentucky
MARK FOLEY, Florida
KEVIN BRADY, Texas
PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin
ERIC CANTOR, Virginia
Allison H. Giles, Chief of Staff
Janice Mays, Minority Chief Counsel
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PREFACE
The Social Security Act
The original Social Security Act (the Act) is P.L. 74-271 (49 Stat. 620), approved
August 14, 1935. The Act has been amended in part, a number of times. A list of
laws which have amended the Act may be found in Volume II.
Administration of the Social Security Act
The Social Security Board was responsible for administration of the original So-
cial Security Act except for parts 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Title V (which were administered
by the Children's Bureau, then in the Department of Labor); part 4 of Title V which
increased the appropriations authorized for carrying out the Act of June 2, 1920 and
Title VI which authorized grants to the States for public health work.
The Social Security Board was transferred to the Federal Security Agency by Re-
organization Plan No. 1 of 1939 and the Board's functions were to be carried on
under the direction and supervision of the Federal Security Administrator. Reorga-
nization Plan No. 2 of 1946 transferred the functions of the Children's Bureau and
the functions of the Secretary of Labor under Title V of the Act to the Federal Secu-
rity Administrator and the Board was abolished.
The Bureau of Employment Security, with its unemployment compensation and
employment service function, was transferred from the Federal Security Agency to
the Department of Labor by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1949.
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was established by Reorga-
nization Plan No. 1 of 1953 with a Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as
the head of the Department. All functions of the Federal Security Agency, which
was abolished, were transferred to the Department of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare. The functions of the Federal Security Administrator were transferred to the
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was redesignated the Depart-
ment of H ealth and Human Services, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare was redesignated the Secretary of Health and Human Services by P.L. 96-
88, §509, approved October 17, 1979. The Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices redesignation was effective May 4, 1980 (45 Federal Register 29642; May 5,
1980). The Department of Education which was established by P.L. 96-88 was acti-
vated May 4, 1980 (Executive Order 12212 of May 2, 1980; 45 Federal Register
29557; May 5, 1980).
The Social Security Administration was established as an independent agency, ef-
fective March 31, 1995, by P.L. 103-296, §101, approved August 15, 1994 with a
Commissioner of Social Security responsible for the exercise of all powers and the
discharge of all duties of the Administration.
Compilation of the Social Security Laws
This compilation is current through January 1, 2003. This compilation contains:
Volume I
Table of Contents;
The Social Security Act, as in effect January 1, 2003;
Internal Revenue Code— Selected Provisions; and
Index to the Social Security Act.
Volume n
Table of Contents;
Other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, provisions of public laws and stat-
utes which are cited in the Social Security Act, and provisions of public laws which
affect administration of the Act but do not amend it;
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IV
Appendixes containing other helpful information; and
Provisions of the Social Security Act which have been superseded.
Effect of Compilation
This Compilation of the Social Security Laws is not prima facie evidence of the
provisions of the Social Security Act or other laws or statutes which are included,
but has been prepared solely for convenient reference purposes.
Cautions
Although they are not a part of the text of the law, citations have been included
which will enable the reader to locate the same material in the United States Code
(U.S.C.). These matching citations to the United States Code are shown within
brackets after the public law section, for example:
Social Security Act Sec. 201. [42 U.S.C. 401]
Public Law 99-509 Sec. 9342 [42 U.S.C. 1395b-lnote]
Both sections may be found in Title 42 of the United States Code, the first at section
401 and the second in the notes following section 1395b-l. "[None Assigned]"
means the provisions are not in the United States Code, but can be found in the
public law.