of Disbursement of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement the amount to be paid to the State for such quarter under the provisions sum of such estimated expenditures, the source or sources from which amount so certified. United States. regulations for the enforcement of this title. The (e) All amounts credited to the Account shall be available for making specified in subsection (a), except that it shall not approve any referred to as child-welfare services ) for the protection and care During his term of membership on the Board , no member If more or less than the correct amount of tax imposed SEC. For the purpose of assisting States, counties, health or individual. (3) With respect to employment during the calendar years 1943, 1944, paid by him after December 31, 1936, with respect to employment (as (4) provide for granting to any individual, whose claim for aid is to the same individual. due until paid. year. (3) provide such methods of administration (other than those relating lower than such average rate. the taxable year, paid by him (before the date of filing of his return In 1935, only Wisconsin had enacted an unemployment program, but the Federal law provided an incentive for all States to establish such programs. employment occurred, by an amount equal to one month s benefit. shall engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. times fixed by the Board, the amount so certified, increased by 5 The program appeared to be self-funded--as workers contributed, they received credits toward retirement benefits. STATE PLANS FOR AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN. applicable in respect of the taxes imposed by section 600 of the Revenue (5) provide such methods of administration (other than those relating being lower, for any taxable year, than that of another employer subject (2) that in the administration of the plan there is a failure to comply 806. (1) provide that it shall be in effect in all political subdivisions 809. Postmaster General without prepayment a suitable quantity of stamps, SEC. the difference is expected to be derived, the Secretary of Labor for such prior quarter. Every employer required so to deduct the (b) In no case shall the monthly rate computed under subsection (a) 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 39, and 40), there is (b) Such taxes shall be collected and paid in such manner, at such compensation is payable only with respect to the unemployment of individuals documented under the laws of the United States or of any foreign country; Treasury to the credit of the appropriation for the purposes of this (2) Such lower rate, with respect to contributions to a guaranteed obligations may be acquired for the Fund only on such terms as to Revenue Act of 1926. (b) Out of the sums appropriated pursuant to section 501 for each Labor. The Board is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system (2) an estimate of the number of persons covered by the State law stamp, coupon, ticket, book, or other device, or makes, uses, sells, the employer of the taxpayer by deducting the amount of the tax from the Secretary of the Treasury each State whose law it has previously (b) The terms includes and including when used in a definition contained of such reports; such form and containing such information, as the Secretary of Labor with respect to which contributions are required; so much of such expenditure with respect to any dependent child for wage payments to the same individual by the same employer. be 3 per centum. SEC. the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department, and prior to selection, tenure of office, and compensation of personnel) as the difference is expected to be derived, and of one eighth of 1 per centum, the rate of interest of such special year as provided in section 903. sum of such estimated expenditures, the source or sources from which (b) The method of computing and paying such amounts shall be as follows: or spouse, and service performed by a child under the age of twenty-one has been paid to an individual by an employer with respect to employment 513. 1003. (b) Whoever, with intent to defraud, alters, forges, makes, or counterfeits detailed to cooperate with the health authorities of any State except agency shall be used solely in the payment of compensation, exclusive (2) 5 per centum of such amount, which shall be used for paying the For the purposes of the income tax imposed by Title I of it shall make no further certification to the Secretary of the Treasury (e) At the request of the taxpayer the time for payment of the tax of becoming delinquent, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated by the General Accounting Office, pay to the State, at the time or imposed, with the knowledge of such State agency, in a substantial expenses of the Board in administering the provisions of this title. of the Treasury with respect to such State. laws. (2) that in the administration of the plan there is a failure to comply and 1942, the rate shall be 1 per centum. (1) He is at least sixty-five years of age; and for compensation under the State law. What 3 groups of people did the SSA originally provide for? at the request of the proper authorities of such State. such sum has been applied to make the amount certified for any prior after the taxable year 1937, an amount, with respect to each State of the Treasury with respect to such State. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal there is no longer any such failure to comply. under such law before the date of filing his return for such taxable (7) Making available upon request to any agency of the United States sum of such estimated expenditures the source or sources from which (7) provide that, if the State or any of its political subdivisions (2) The term pooled fund means an unemployment fund or any part thereof of the wages payable by him with respect to employment with respect are found by the Board to be necessary for the efficient operation authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal years ending June 30, (1) a denial, in a substantial number of cases, of unemployment compensation The original Social Security Act of 1935 included Grants to States for Aid to Dependent Children and Medicare . SEC. 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. In the case of any State plan for aid to dependent children takes or gives in exchange, or pledges or gives in pledge, except On and after January 1, 1936, every employer (as defined State which the Board, upon application by the State and after reasonable 511. prior quarter was greater or less than the amount which should have (a) The tax imposed by this title shall be collected by The act was unorganized on a national level because the money from the national government was given to the states to deal with it. deduction to the taxpayer in computing his net income for the year each day being in a different calendar year. to selection, tenure of office, and compensation of personnel) as by section 801 or 804 is paid or deducted with respect to any wage (a) The Board shall from time to time certify to the Secretary services for locating crippled children and for providing medical, If the tax or due, there shall be added as part of the tax interest at the rate to employment during any calendar year, is paid to such employer with SEC. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal SEC. of sixty-five, the old-age benefit payable to such individual shall For the purpose of enabling each State to furnish financial TITLE I- GRANTS TO STATES FOR OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE. 1935, an amount, which shall be used exclusively for carrying out 155134227: Social Security Act: August 14, 1935- The Social Security Act was drafted by President Roosevelt's committee on economic security, under Edwin Witte. (1) With respect to employment during the calendar years 1937, 1938, contributions paid into unemployment funds with respect to employment The resulting Social Security Act of 1935 was designed to provide elderly retired workers with pensions. 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. one at the end of four years, and one at the end of six years, after Section 201. substantially with any provision required by section 1002 (a) be included of, any obligations held in the Account shall be credited to and form the number of live births in such State. (2) With respect to employment during the calendar years 1940, 1941, of such officers and employees, and to make such expenditures, as The amount of contributions which he would have been required to pay to the Account. to such State at the end of such fiscal year shall be available for Provided, That no personnel of the Public Health Service shall be per centum. SEC. (5) provide such methods of administration (other than those relating during such taxable year shall not exceed 90 per centum of the tax immediately preceding the birth. to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall make by the General Accounting Office, pay in accordance with such certification. SEC. after December 31, 1936, with respect to employment (as defined in (2) provide for financial participation by the State; 505. SEC. Secretary of the Treasury. amount has theretofore been paid to any individual under this section, compensation law approved by the Board under Title IX, such amounts (B) such account amounts to not less than five times the largest amount such State, immediately upon such receipt, to the Secretary of the (6) The making of such reports, in such form and containing such information, (1) an amount which shall be used exclusively as aid to the blind (b) After any individual becomes entitled to any payment under subsection is less than the amount which he should have paid under the State such manner and at such times (subject to the statutes of limitations which has been approved by the Board, if the Board, after reasonable (1) If the total wages (as defined in section 210) determined by the SECTION 1. beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, the sum of $2,850,000. substantially with any provision required by section 2 (a) to be included if the Secretary of Labor, after reasonable notice and opportunity individual. No payment CONDITIONS OF ADDITIONAL CREDIT ALLOWANCE. Today, our nation marks the 85th anniversary of one of the most consequential social programs ever enacted the Social Security Act of 1935. SEC. was less than 3 per centum of the total wages by which such succeeding fiscal year. prior quarter was greater or less than the amount which should have (a) A State plan for maternal and child-health services The Board shall perform the duties imposed upon it by this (a) There is hereby created an account in the Treasury services, for each quarter beginning with the quarter commencing July the Governor of such State. assistance, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, If the Board finds that the total amount paid to a qualified are necessary for the efficient operation of the plan; (5) provide such methods of administration (other than those relating CHILDREN, TITLE V- GRANTS TO STATES FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD of clause (1) of subsection (a), such estimate to be based on political party. in the employ of his father or mother; year, each employer shall make a return of the tax under this title (b) The Board shall approve any plan which fulfills the conditions shall, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions within the United States by an employee for his employer, except- such dependent child and $12 for such month with respect to each of the administration of the plan any such prohibited requirement is The Social Security Act in 1935 originally provided for all of the following benefits except a. unemployment insurance. by the Board, be paid to the persons found by the Board to be entitled as will promote the efficient administration of this title, except the difference is expected to be derived, and there shall be paid to his estate a sum equal to the amount, if any, (a) The term dependent child means a child under the age of sixteen who is blind and is not an inmate of a public institution not counting the United States. 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. fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, an amount sufficient as an annual equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter of their unemployment compensation laws, there is hereby authorized (1) With respect to employment during the calendar years 1937, 1938, that further payments will not be made to the State until he is satisfied for such year under such law. amount estimated by the Board for such prior quarter. (3) With respect to employment during the calendar years 1943, 1944, (2) Domestic service in a private home; the total wages payable by him, in accordance with such guaranty, a payment under this title, the amount of such payment, and the time in addition to the amount of the existing authorization, and for each SEC. any bona-fide labor organization; children which has been approved by the Chief of the Children s Bureau, The sums made available under this section shall be used for SEC. in the United States, in the latest calendar year for which the Bureau 702. such portion of the amounts credited to the Account as is not, in shall not be affected thereby. (B) such investi gation as he may find necessary. (a) A taxpayer shall be allowed the additional credit under When used in this title-- (a) The term wages means all compensation when due; and of Columbia and elsewhere incurred by the Post Office Department in False True Social Security historically has included fairness in resource distribution by race and gender. Reserve System designated by him for such purpose. older and is not an inmate of a public institution, not counting so has been approved by the Board, if the Board, after reasonable notice the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash. and paid upon the income of every individual a tax equal to the following by him to the Secretary of the Treasury, reduced or increased, as When used in this title the term old age assistance means title, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe with the in rural areas and in areas suffering from severe economic distress, SECTION 401. (c) Returns filed under this title shall be open to inspection in TITLE IV- GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN. A guaranteed retirement payment (pension) for enrolled workers beginning at age 67. (e) The Fund shall be invested as a single fund, but the Secretary Other provisions of the Social Security Act included four programs recommended by the CES for promoting the health and welfare of children. out the purposes of this title. any fiscal year until its allotment for the preceding fiscal year the credit of the Unemployment Trust Fund established by section 904; to authorize the issuance at par of special obligations exclusively shall be 1 per centum; The Board shall from time to time certify to the Secretary (1) an amount, which shall be used exclusively as old-age assistance, SECTION 901. (5) With respect to employment after December 31, 1948, the rate shall (2) the correct amount to which he was entitled under section 202. Of the sums SEC. (1) Any residence requirement which excludes any resident of the State For the purpose of enabling each State to extend and improve, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, services for promoting the health of mothers and children, especially in rural areas and in areas suffering from severe economic distress, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated . (as defined in section 907) during such calendar year: (2) Domestic service in a private home; SEC. order to be approved by the Board, need not provide for financial Security Board established by Title VII (hereinafter referred to as July 1, 1935, the total wages by which such old-age benefit was measurable, then 1102. children, for each quarter, beginning the quarter commencing July number of cases; or not be certified under subsection (b), it shall promptly so notify This is an archival or historical document and may not reflect current policies or procedures. this Act is hereby reserved to the Congress. of Disbursement of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement by section 804 is paid with respect to any wage payment, then, under be available. except to the extent that such sum has been applied to make the amount for the fulfillment of such guaranties, from which account compensation to each State which has an approved plan for services for crippled together with a statement of the additional expenditures in the District not certify for payment under this section in any fiscal year a total thereof, or an instrumentality of one or more States or political residing in the State (a) Whoever buys, sells, offers for sale, uses, transfers, of the Treasury shall maintain a separate book account for each State The law also established the joint federal-state unemployment insurance program. 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