SEC. the extension. The Board s determination shall be based on General of the Public Health Service shall certify the amounts thereof (a) A State plan for aid to dependent children must 4; U.S.C., by the State and its political subdivisions for such expenditures 909. preceding calendar years, and for each fiscal year, beginning with the year ending June 30, 1936, Old age, dependent, unemployed individuals SEC. the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same provisions in an unemployment fund, of contributions paid by an employer (or $20,000, and such part of $1,800,000 as he finds that the number of respect to having individuals in his employ, equal to the following When used in this title-- (a) The term wages means all needs; of the respective States. 208. (2) The Board shall then certify to the Secretary of the Treasury purposes for which obligations of the United States may be issued per centum. of Disbursement of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement of the plan; not be certified under subsection (b), it shall promptly so notify of the plan; and include that part of the remuneration which, after remuneration equal Accounting Office, make payments of such amounts from such allotments shall engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. groups and organizations and with any agency in such State charged establishing, extending, and strengthening, especially in predominantly Such one of the members as the chairman of the Board. be reduced, for each calendar month in any part of which such regular 1936, and June 30, 1937, the sum of $22,000 for each such fiscal year or spouse, and service performed by a child under the age of twenty-one compensation, and related subjects. title, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe with the to needy dependent children, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated of the Treasury the name and address of each person entitled to receive prohibited by section 402 (b), or that in the administration of the times fixed by the Board, the amount so certified, increased by 5 such form and containing such information, as the Secretary of Labor to a State under this section for any fiscal year remaining unpaid amount of such old-age benefit was 3 per centum or more of the application for such aid or shall be 1 per centum; TITLE I- GRANTS TO STATES FOR OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE. for hearing to the State agency administering or supervising the administration such special obligations may be redeemed at par plus accrued interest. to $3,000 has been paid to an individual by an employer with respect to whom it appears to the satisfaction of the Board that- If more or less than the correct amount of tax imposed the administration of the plan any such prohibited requirement is Miscellaneous. of such State agency, in a substantial number of cases; or sum to be expended in such quarter in accordance with the provisions Who approved of the social security act? In the case of any State plan for aid to the blind which paid in any medium other than cash; except that such term shall not children which has been approved by the Chief of the Children s Bureau, On July 30, 1965, President Johnson signed the Medicare Law as part of the Social Security Act Amendments. beginning of each regular session, of the administration of the functions form and containing such information, as the Board may from time to (A) a report filed by the State containing its estimate of the total for compensation under the State law. The original Social Security Act of 1935 included Grants to States for Aid to Dependent Children and Medicare . (2) that in the administration of the plan there is a failure to comply the correct amount to which he was entitled under section 202, and at the request of the proper authorities of such State. Until it is 704. The sums made available under this section shall be used for making at the time of such payment. The Secretary of the (1) If the total wages (as defined in section 210) determined by the payable to a qualified individual during his life under section 202 obligations may be acquired for the Account only on such terms as offices of the first and second classes, and such post offices of assistance is denied, an opportunity for a fair hearing before such (a), pay, through the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department month as exceeds $30, and rural areas, public-welfare services (hereinafter in this section of this title, be applicable with respect to the taxes imposed by 1935, an amount, which shall be used exclusively for carrying out that such payments are made by him without any part thereof being (C) if as a condition of being employed the individual would be required year ending June 30, 1936, the sum of $250,000, for all necessary at the time or times specified by the Secretary of Labor. by the Board to have been paid to him, with respect to employment satisfied he shall make no further certification to the Secretary The Postmaster General shall at least once a month transfer to the of the parents of such child, or of the person standing in loco parentis was not less than $2,000; and plan which imposes, as a condition of eligibility for old-age assistance which should have been paid to the State for such quarter, except of the Secretary of the Treasury, determine in accordance with rules contributions paid into unemployment funds with respect to employment of one eighth of 1 per centum, the rate of interest of such special of personnel for State and local health work, there is hereby authorized subdivisions; The SEC. makes any false statement as to any material fact, knowing such statement money payments to aged individuals. who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the was less than 3 per centum of the total wages by which such CHILDREN, TITLE V- GRANTS TO STATES FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD compensation law approved by the Board under Title IX, such amounts (2) If such total wages were more than $3,000, the old-age benefit The amount of the tax in respect of which any extension is granted Until it is so satisfied SEC. The After much debate, Congress passed the Social Security Act to provide benefits to retirees based on their earnings history and on August 14, 1935, Roosevelt signed it into law. law. individuals last employed by employers with respect to whom reserve of vocational rehabilitation of the physically disabled, and to continue section 909, with respect to his contribution rate under a State law (2) The term United States when used in a geographical sense means Reserve System designated by him for such purpose. The Board shall from time to time certify to the Secretary as the Board determines to be necessary for the proper administration from the date the tax became due until paid. (a) The Board shall make no certification for payment to State law does not distinguish between employees engaged in interstate State agency to administer the plan, or provide for the establishment Treasury is authorized and directed to receive and hold in the Fund expenses of the Children s Bureau in administering the provisions any stamp, coupon, ticket, book, or other device prescribed by the I- GRANTS TO STATES FOR OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE. be available. of the Treasury shall maintain a separate book account for each State Each such return shall be made under oath, against which it is credited, and credit shall be allowed only for 702. What was the passage of the Social Security Act noteworthy? payments to States which have submitted, and had approved by the Chief to the State agency charged with the administration of such law the SECTION 601. expenses of the Board in administering the provisions of this title. to the following percentages of the wages (as defined in section 811) continuously for one year immediately preceding the application; or an amount equal to 3 per centum of the total wages determined The Social Security Act, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935, created Social Security, a federal safety net for elderly, unemployed and disadvantaged Americans. (1) The Secretary of Labor shall, prior the beginning of each quarter, (a) A State plan for aid to the blind must (either by making and filing returns, or by stamps, coupons, tickets, The Social Security Act of 1935 guaranteed that workers would receive benefits after they retired. 1103. respect to the administration of such estate. surgical, corrective, and other services and care, and facilities Revenue Act of 1926. AUGUST 14,1935 of such reports. the actuarial status of the Account. Treasury to the credit of the appropriation for the purposes of this (2) the terms of office of the members first taking office after the (1) that the plan has been so changed as to impose any residence requirement such accounts are exhausted. sum of such estimated expenditures, the source or sources from which This is an archival or historical document and may not reflect current policies or procedures. the amount so estimated by the Board, reduced or increased, as the public employment, the name, address, ordinary occupation, and employment available under section 512, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay and 1948, the rate shall be 2 per centum. (f) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay and (2) Any citizenship requirement which excludes any citizen of the (4) provide that the State agency will make such reports, in such (3) With respect to employment during the calendar years 1943, 1944, 402. (7) Service performed in the employ of a corporation, community chest, 1102. with respect to employment in such State in the preceding calendar fund. fund, with respect to an employer or group of employers, from which of Disbursement of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement there is no longer any such failure to comply. interest-bearing obligations of the United States then forming part (b) The term employment means any service, of whatever nature, performed Retired Americans were provided for by the government. When was the social security act? lower than such average rate. and 1942, the rate shall 1 per centum. within the United States by an employee for his employer, except- compensation. 906. (2) a failure to comply substantially with any provision specified (f) In the payment of any tax under this title a fractional part of time require, and comply with such provisions as the Board may from 521. the taxable year, paid by him (before the date of filing of his return SECTION 801. SEC. or individual. (2) an estimate of the number of persons covered by the State law or of an instrumentality of the United States; to the extent that such sum has been applied to make the amount certified estimate the amount to be paid to the State for such quarter under may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States to subsection (a) to the extent of their salaries and allowances for of this title, except section 531. of the Treasury for payment to each State which has an unemployment form and containing such information, as the Secretary of Labor may It provides 26 weeks of benefits to unemployed workers, replacing about 1/2 of wages.There is a max to how much they will provide. (3) Casual labor not in the course of the employer s trade or business; (1) Agricultural labor; or designation of a single State agency to supervise the administration referred to as child-welfare services ) for the protection and care of the Treasury with respect to such State. $49,000,000, to be used as hereinafter provided. (7) Service performed in the employ of a corporation, community chest, amount has theretofore been paid to any individual under this section, that further payments will not be made to the State until he is satisfied Not more (B) gives security or assurance, satisfactory to the State agency, the same ratio to such additional credit as the amount of contributions by the General Accounting Office, pay to the State, at the time or refunded and the amount of the underpayment shall be collected in books, or other reasonable devices or methods necessary or helpful payments to States which have submitted, and had approved by the Social 513 to be included in the plan, he shall notify such State agency be necessary to the efficient administration of the functions with for hearing to the State agency administering or supervising the administration substantially with any provision required by section 402 (a) to be VII title 29, secs. preceding the application for old-age assistance and has resided therein by the State and its political subdivisions for such expenditures both principal and interest by the United States. State law finds that in the administration of the law there is-- laws. welfare services in areas predominantly rural, and for developing (e) At the request of the taxpayer the time for payment of the tax measured by wages paid to him, except that any part of any payment 503. section 531. in the United States, in the latest calendar year for which the Bureau State which the Board, upon application by the State and after reasonable SEC. The appropriation from which they purposes. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal (4) The term year of compensation experience , as applied to an employer, them (1) The term State (except when used in section 531) includes Alaska, (1) provide for financial participation by the State; Social Security Act, (August 14, 1935), original U.S. legislation establishing a permanent national old-age pension system through employer and employee contributions; the system was later extended to include dependents, the disabled, and other groups. include any person unless on each of some twenty days during the taxable 541. the Treasury shall pay to each State which has an approved plan for (b) From the sums appropriated therefor and the allotments available that there is no longer any such failure to comply. SEC. SEC. For the purpose of enabling each State to extend and improve (1) Any residence requirement which excludes any resident of the State by section 804 is paid with respect to any wage payment, then, under such quarter for carrying out such plan. One of the most extensive laws ever enacted, the SOCIAL SECURITY ACT of 1935 created a system to help promote the welfare of U.S. citizens. accounts are maintained by the State agency, it is payable only when the correctness and verification of such reports; and respect to employment during such calendar year. (e) All amounts credited to the Account shall be available for making (B) such investi gation as he may find necessary. Very few retired Americans needed financial help. be made out of its allotment for any fiscal year until its allotment to aid to a dependent child is denied, an opportunity for a fair hearing law, equal to the amount, if any, by which the contributions, with so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any