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COMPILATION
OF THE
SOCIAL SECURITY LAWS
INCLUDING THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT,
AS AMENDED, AND RELATED ENACTMENTS
THROUGH JANUARY
2001
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VOLUME
I
THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
SELECTED PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
INDEX TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
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AS AMENDED, AND RELATED ENACTMENTS
THROUGH JANUARY
2001
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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
BILL THOMAS, California, Chairman
PHILIP M. CRANE, Illinois CHARLES B. RANGEL, NewYork
E. CLAY SHAW, Jr., Florida FORTNEY PETE STARK, California
NANCY L. JOHNSON, Connecticut ROBERT T. MATSUI, California
AMO HOUGHTON, New York WILLIAMJ. COYNE, Pennsylvania
WALLY HERGER, California SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan
JIM McCRERY, Louisiana BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland
DAVE CAMP, Michigan JIM McDERMOTT, Washington
JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota GERALD D. KLECZKA, Wisconsin
JIM NUSSLE, Iowa JOHN LEWIS, Georgia
SAM JOHNSON, Texas RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts
JENNIFER DUNN, Washington MICHAEL R. McNULTY, NewYork
MAC COLLINS, Georgia WILLIAMJ. JEFFERSON, Louisiana
ROB PORTMAN, Ohio JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee
PHIL ENGLISH, Pennsylvania XAVIER BECERRA, California
WES WATKINS, Oklahoma KAREN L. THURMAN, Florida
J.D. HAYWORTH, Arizona LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas
JERRY WELLER, Illinois EARL POMEROY, North Dakota
KENNY C. HULSHOF, Missouri
SCOTT McINNIS, Colorado
RON LEWIS, Kentucky
MARK FOLEY, Florida
KEVIN BRADY, Texas
PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin
Allison Giles, ChiefofStaff
Janice Mays, Minority ChiefCounsel
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PREFACE
The Social SecurityAct
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
lawswhich have amended theActmay be found inVolume II.
Administration ofthe Social SecurityAct
The Social Security Board was responsible for administration of the original So-
cial Security Act except for parts 1, 2, 3, and 5 ofTitle V (which were administered
by the Children's Bureau, then in the Department ofLabor); part 4 ofTitle Vwhich
increased the appropriations authorized forcarrying out theAct ofJune 2, 1920 and
TitleVIwhich authorized grants to the States for public healthwork.
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 ofthe Federal Security Administrator. Reorga-
nization Plan No. 2 of 1946 transferred the functions ofthe Children's Bureau and
the functions ofthe Secretary ofLabor under Title V ofthe Act to the Federal Secu-
rityAdministrator 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 ofLabor byReorganization Plan No. 2 of1949.
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was established by Reorga-
nization Plan No. 1 of 1953 with a Secretary ofHealth, Education, and Welfare as
the head of the Department. All functions of the Federal Security Agency, which
was abolished, were transferred to the Department ofHealth, Education, and Wel-
fare. The functions of the Federal Security Administrator were transferred to the
Secretary ofHealth, Education and Welfare.
The Department ofHealth, Education, and Welfare was redesignated the Depart-
ment ofHealth and Human Services, and the Secretary ofHealth, Education, and
Welfare was redesignated the Secretary ofHealth and Human Services by P.L. 96-
88, §509, approved October 17, 1979. The Department ofHealth and Human Serv-
ices redesignation was effective May 4, 1980 (45 Federal Register 29642; May 5,
1980). The Department ofEducation 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 ofall duties oftheAdministration.
Compilation ofthe Social SecurityLaws
This compilation is current through January 1, 2001. This compilation contains:
Volume
I
Table ofContents;
The Social SecurityAct,—as in effectJanuary 1, 2001;
Internal Revenue Code Selected Provisions; and
Indexto the Social SecurityAct.
VolumeII
Table ofContents;
Other provisions ofthe Internal Revenue Code, provisions ofpublic laws and stat-
utes which are cited in the Social Security Act, and provisions ofpublic laws which
affect administration oftheActbutdo not amend it;
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iv
Appendixes containingother helpful information; and
Provisions ofthe Social SecurityActwhich have been superseded.
Effect ofCompilation
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 forconvenientreference purposes.
Cautions
Although they are not a part ofthe text ofthe 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 afterthe public law section, forexample:
Social SecurityAct Sec. 201. [42 U.S.C. 401]
Public Law 99-509 Sec. 9342 [42 U.S.C. 1395b-lnote]
Both sections maybe found in Title 42 ofthe 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.