I I II 104TH CONGRESS 1 ^C^O^M^rMrTrrTmTr^ETE^ ^PTR^IrNmT j WMCPl 2dSession j ,^^,3 J COMPILATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY LAWS mCLUDING THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, AS AMENDED, AND RELATED ENACTMENTS THROUGH JANUARY 1995 1, VOLUME n PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND OTHER PUB- UC LAWS AND STATUTES CITED IN, AND AFFECTING ADMINIS- TRATION OF, THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT APPENDIXES LAW KF 3643 .99 U53 1995, vol. 2 104th Congress I COMMITTEE PRINT 1 WMCP* 2dSession j 104-13 | COMPILATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY LAWS INCLUDING THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, AS AMENDED, AND RELATED ENACTMENTS THROUGH JANUARY 1995 1, VOLUME n — ~ CMslibrary " • , 02-07-13 7500 Security Blvd, i1 J^P^PI^f Maryfeand 21244 f PRINTED FOR THE USE OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BY ITS STAFF U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 93-529CC WASHINGTON :1996 ForsalebytheU.S.GovernmentPrintingOffice SuperintendentofDocuments,MailStop:SSOP.Washington,DC 20402-9328 ISBN 0-16-052430-X COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL ARCHER, Texas, Chairman PHILIP M. CRANE, Illinois SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida BILLTHOMAS, California CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York E. CLAYSHAW, Jr., Florida FORTNEY PETE STARK, California NANCY L. JOHNSON, Connecticut ANDYJACOBS, Jr., Indiana JIM BUNNING, Kentucky HAROLD E. FORD, Tennessee AMO HOUGHTON, New York ROBERT T. MATSUI, California WALLY HERGER, California BARBARA B. KENNELLY, Connecticut JIM McCRERY, Louisiana WILLIAM J. COYNE, Pennsylvania MEL HANCOCK, Missouri SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan DAVE CAMP, Michigan BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota JIM McDERMOTT, Washington DICK ZIMMER, New Jereey GERALD D. KLECZKA, Wisconsin JIM NUSSLE, Iowa JOHN LEWIS, Georgia SAM JOHNSON, Texas L.F. PAYNE, Vir^nia JENNIFER DUNN, Washington RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts MAC COLLINS, Georgia MICHAEL R. McNULTY, New York ROB PORTMAN, Ohio JIMMY HAYES, Louisiana GREG LAUGHLIN, Texas PHILIP S. ENGLISH, Pennsylvania JOHN ENSIGN, Nevada JON CHRISTENSEN. Nebraska Philup D. MOSELEY, ChiefofStaff Janice Mays, Minority ChiefCounsel (II) / PREFACE TheSocialSecurityAct The original Social Security Act is P.L. 74-271 (49 Stat. 620), approved August 14, 1935. The Social Security Act has been amended in part, a number oftimes. A list of lawsamendingtheSocial SecurityActisinAppendixG,Volume II. AdministrationoftheSocialSecurityAct The Social Security Board was responsible for administration ofthe original Social SCheicludrrietny'AsctBuerxecaeup,t ftohrepnaritns 1t,h2e, 3D,eapnadrt5meofntTitolfe VLab(owrh)i;chpwaretre4adomfinTiisttleereVd bwyhitchhe increased the appropriations authorized for carrying out the Act ofJune 2, 1920; and TitleVIwhich authorized grantsto the Statesforpublichealthwork. The Social Security Board was transferred to the Federal Security Agency by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1939 and the Board's functions were to be carried on under the direction and supervision ofthe Federal Security Administrator. Reorgani- zation Plan No. 2 of 1946 transferred the functions ofthe Children's Bureau and the functions of the Secretary of Labor under Title V of the Social Security Act to the Federal SecurityAdministratorand theBoardwasabolished. The Bureau of Employment Security, with its unemployment compensation and employmentservice function,wastransferred from the Federal SecurityAgency to the DepartmentofLaborbyReorganizationPlan No. 2of1949. The Department ofHealth, Education, and Welfare was established by Reorganiza- tion PlanNo. 1of1953with aSecretaryofHealth,Education, andWelfare asthe nead ofthe Department. All functionsofthe Federal SecurityAgency,which was abolished, were transferred to the Department ofHealth, Education, and Welfare. The functions of the Federal Security Administrator were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education andWelfare. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was redesignated the Depart- ment of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare was redesignated the Secretary ofHealth and Human Services by P.L. 96-88, §509, approved October 17, 1979. The Department of Health and Human Services redesignationwaseffective May4, 1980(45FederalRegister 29642; May 5, 1980). The Social Security Administration was established as an independent agency with a Commissioner of Social Security responsible for the exercise of all powers and the discharge ofall dutiesoftheAdministration, effective March 31, 1995, byP.L. 103-296, Title I, approvedAugust 15, 1994. ThisCompilationoftheSocialSecurityLaws Thiscompilation iscurrentthroughJanuary 1, 1995. Thiscompilation contains: VolumeI (1) TableofContents; (2) The Social SecurityAct—, asin effectJanuary 1, 1995; (3) Internal RevenueCode SelectedProvisions; and (4) Index totheSocial SecurityAct. VolumeII (1) Table ofContents; (2) Other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, provisions of public laws and statuteswhich are cited in the Social SecurityAct, andprovisionsofpublic lawswhich affectadministration oftheSocial SecurityActbutdo notamendit; and (3) Appendixescontainingotherhelpful information. VolumeIII ProvisionsoftheSocial SecurityActwhichhave been superseded. EffectofCompilation This Compilation of the Social Security Laws is not prima facie evidence of the provisionsofthe Social SecurityActor other lawsorstatuteswhich are included. This compilation hasbeen prepared solelyforconvenientreference purposes. (iii) 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 bracketsafterthe publiclawsection, asforexample: [ Social SecurityAct] Sec. 201. [ 42U.S.C. 401] [ PublicLaw99-509] Sec. 9342. [ 42U.S.C. 1395b-lnote] . Thus, 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 ] " meansthe provision isnot in the United States Code, butcan be foundinthe public law. (iv)