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<div id="content" role="main"><h1 align="center" class="preface" tabindex="0">PREFACE</h1>
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<h2 class="preface" tabindex="0">The Social Security Act</h2>
<p class="preface">The original Social Security Act is P.L. 74-271 (49 Stat.
620), approved August 14, 1935. The Social Security Act (SSAct) has
been amended significantly since 1935. A list of laws which have amended
the SSAct may be found in Volume II, Appendix G.</p>
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<div class="preface">
<h2 class="preface" tabindex="0">Administration of the Social Security Act</h2>
<p class="preface">The Social Security Board was responsible for administration
of the original Social Security Act except for parts 1, 2, 3, and
5 of Title V (which were administered by the Children&#8217;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.</p>
<p class="preface">The Social Security Board was transferred to the Federal
Security Agency by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1939 and the Board&#8217;s
functions were to be carried on under the direction and supervision
of the Federal Security Administrator. Reorganization Plan No. 2 of
1946 transferred the functions of the Children&#8217;s Bureau and
the functions of the Secretary of Labor under Title V of the Act to
the Federal Security Administrator and the Board was abolished.</p>
<p class="preface">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.</p>
<p class="preface">The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was established
by Reorganization 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 Welfare. The functions of the Federal Security
Administrator were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare.</p>
<p class="preface">The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was redesignated
the Department of Health 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, &sect;509, approved October 17,
1979. The Department of Health and Human Services redesignation was
effective May 4, 1980 (45 Federal Register 29642; May 5, 1980). The
Department of Education which was established by P.L. 96&#8211;88
was activated May 4, 1980 (Executive Order 12212 of May 2, 1980; 45
Federal Register 29557; May 5, 1980).</p>
<p class="preface">Effective March 31, 1995, the Social Security Administration
was established as an independent agency by P.L. 103-296, &sect;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.</p>
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<h2 class="preface" tabindex="0">Compilation of the Social Security Laws</h2>
<p class="preface">This Compilation currently consists of 2 volumes:</p>
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<div class="preface">
<h2 class="preface" tabindex="0">Volume I</h2>
<p class="preface">Table of Contents</p>
<p class="preface">The Social Security Act</p>
<p class="preface">PART 1 - Titles I through XVII</p>
<p class="preface">PART 2 - Titles XVIII through XXI and an</p>
<p class="preface">Index</p>
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<h2 class="preface" tabindex="0">Volume II</h2>
<p class="preface">Table of Contents</p>
<p class="preface">Provisions from other laws</p>
<p class="preface">&#8212;cited in the SSAct</p>
<p class="preface">&#8212;affecting programs administered under the SSAct and</p>
<p class="preface">Appendixes</p>
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<h2 class="preface" tabindex="0">Effect of Compilation</h2>
<p class="preface">The 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 for convenient
reference purposes.</p>
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<div class="preface">
<h2 class="preface" tabindex="0">Citations in Volume I</h2>
<p class="preface">Citations have been included to enable the reader to locate
the SSAct provisions in the United States Code (U.S.C.). These U.S.C.
citations are shown within brackets after the SSAct section.</p>
<p class="preface">For example: Social Security Act - Sec.201. [42 U.S.C. 401]</p>
<p class="preface">SSAct section 201 may be found in Title 42 of the U.S.C.
at section 401.</p>
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<h2 class="compiled" align="center" tabindex="0">COMPILED BY</h2>
<p class="compiled" align="center">THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION</p>
<p class="compiled" align="center">OFFICE OF LEGISLATION AND CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS</p>
<p class="compiled" align="center">AND</p>
<p class="compiled" align="center">OFFICE OF RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY POLICY </p>
<p class="compiled" align="center">OFFICE OF DATA EXCHANGE AND PROGRAM POLICY</p>
<p class="compiled" align="center">DIVISION OF POLICYNET MANAGEMENT</p>
<p class="compiled" align="center">PUBLICATIONS BRANCH</p>
<p class="compiled" align="center">6401 SECURITY BOULEVARD</p>
<p class="compiled" align="center">BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21235&#8211;6401</p>
<p class="referral" align="center">This volume is available online at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OP_Home/ssact.</p>
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