42 U.S.C. § 901 — Social Security Administration

submitted 91 years ago by ch. 531 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 58 words · no verdicts yet

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This section establishes the Social Security Administration and identifies the programs it administers. It also describes the Administration’s independence and its relationship to the Commissioner and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

(a) There is hereby established, as an independent agency in the executive branch of the Government, a Social Security Administration (in this subchapter referred to as the “Administration”). (b) It must be the duty of the Administration to administer the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under subchapter II and the supplemental security income program under subchapter XVI.

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(a)

There is hereby established, as an independent agency in the executive branch of the Government, a Social Security Administration (in this subchapter referred to as the “Administration”).

(b)

It shall be the duty of the Administration to administer the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under subchapter II and the supplemental security income program under subchapter XVI.

Source credit: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title VII, § 701, 49 Stat. 635; Aug. 28, 1950, ch. 809, title IV, § 401(a), 64 Stat. 558; Pub. L. 103–296, title I, § 101, Aug. 15, 1994, 108 Stat. 1465.)

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1935Enacted · Act of Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531 · 49 Stat. 635
1950Amended · Act of Aug. 28, 1950, ch. 809 · 64 Stat. 558
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-296 · 108 Stat. 1465

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