[COMMITTEE PRINT] COMPILATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY LAWS INCLUDING THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, FER Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means COMPILATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY LAWS 65368 INCLUDING THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1961 PREFACE Amendments to Social Security Act The original Social Security Act was enacted August 14, 1935. Since then it has been amended on a number of occasions. Some of the laws amending the original Act have made rather extensive and significant changes. Among these laws are the Social Security Act Amendments of 1939 (53 Stat. 1360), the Social Security Act Amendments of 1946 (60 Stat. 978), the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950 (64 Stat. 477), the Social Security Amendments of 1954 (68 Stat. 1052), the Social Security Amendments of 1956 (70 Stat. 807), the Social Security Amendments of 1958 (72 Stat. 1013), and the Social Security Amendments of 1960 (74 Stat. 924). A listing of all the laws which have amended the Social Security Act can be found in the Appendix. Administration of Social Security Act Administration of the original Social Security Act was largely the responsibility of the Social Security Board. The exceptions to this were 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 (now the Vocational Rehabilitation Act); and title VI which authorized grants to the States for public health work. The Board was transferred to the Federal Security Agency by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1939; its functions were thenceforth to be carried on by it under the direction and supervision of the Federal Security Administrator. By Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1946, the functions of the Social Security Board, as well as the functions of the Children's Bureau (and the functions of the Secretary of Labor) under title V of the Social Security Act, were transferred to the Federal Security Administrator, and the Board was abolished. The Bureau of Employment Security, with its unemployment compensation and employment service functions, 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 created by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953. To it were transferred all functions of the Federal Security Agency, which was abolished. The functions of the Federal Security Administrator were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. References to Federal Security Administrator In the provisions of the Social Security Act amended by the Social Security Amendments of 1954, 1956, 1958, and 1960, references to the "Federal Security Administrator" or "Administrator" were changed |