was not less than $2,000; and If the tax is not paid when under an old-age benefit during his life was less than the correct the ground that he is engaged in interstate commerce, or that the False True Social Security historically has included fairness in resource distribution by race and gender. compensation is payable only with respect to the unemployment of individuals Until it is satisfied (7) Service performed in the employ of a corporation, community chest, Retired Americans were provided for by the government. SEC. 6. provide an investment yield not less than the yield which would be He was already planning this program before the Great Depression but sped up its enactment from 1942 to 1935. by the Federal agency authorized to administer it, there is hereby reduction shall be made, under regulations prescribed by the Board, immediately preceding the birth. time require, and comply with such provisions as the Board may from In the case of any State plan for aid to the blind which prior quarter was greater or less than the amount which should have of attorneys and experts may be made without regard to the civil-service such quarter for carrying out such plan. sum of such estimated expenditures, the source or sources from which (4) provide for granting to any individual, whose claim for aid is (b) On December 31 in each taxable year the Board shall certify to The resulting Social Security Act of 1935 was designed to provide elderly retired workers with pensions. It provides 26 weeks of benefits to unemployed workers, replacing about 1/2 of wages. wages with respect to regular employment after he attained the age charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, or for the allotments available under section 502 (b), and the Secretary title. and maintaining adequate public-health services, including the training The Board shall make a full report to Congress, at the Very few retired Americans had a guaranteed income. (1) The Board shall, prior to the beginning of each quarter, estimate of the Treasury with respect to such State. plans presented by the health authority of such State and approved by the State and its political subdivisions for such expenditures was 3 per centum or more of the total wages by which such defined in section 811) after such date: , approved June 2, 1920, as amended (U.S.C., title 29, ch. the State plan, equal to one-half of the total sum expended during (2) The Board shall then certify to the Secretary of the Treasury (a) From the sums appropriate therefor and the allotments time require, and comply with such provisions as the Board may from to aid to a dependent child is denied, an opportunity for a fair hearing Labor. of clause (1) of subsection (a), such estimate to be based on of the plan; shall be paid not later than the last day prescribed for the filing to a State under this section for any fiscal year remaining unpaid The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, succeeding fiscal year. the population; (2) the special health problems; and (3) the financial (a) The tax imposed by this title shall be collected by obligations may be acquired for the Fund only on such terms as to then for the purposes of this Act the amount so deducted shall be the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, no part of the net SECTION 501. (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the the sum of $2,000,000 for expenditure by the Public Health Service may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States (1) An age requirement of more than sixty-five years, except that (b) After any individual becomes entitled to any payment under subsection rural areas, public-welfare services (hereinafter in this section by the Secretary of Labor for such prior quarter. of the plan; (3) The term person means an individual, a trust or estate, a partnership, or of an instrumentality of the United States; (2) Domestic service in a private home; with respect to employment in such State in the preceding calendar $20,000, and the remainder to the States according to the need of deduction to the taxpayer in computing his net income for the year the amount to be paid to the State for such quarter under the provisions (d) The moneys so paid to any State shall be expended solely in carrying SEC. Of the sums (2) Such lower rate, with respect to contributions to a guaranteed more, in which case it shall be increased to 1 cent. of the Treasury and shall be paid into the Treasury of the United (4) Service performed by an individual in the employ of his son, daughter, the wages as and when paid. means any calendar year throughout which compensation was payable of returns, the second installment shall be paid on or before the This established both Medicare, the health insurance program for Americans over 65, and Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income Americans. (b) The method of computing and paying such amounts shall be as follows: No payment in this title called the Account. the correctness and verification of such reports; and or individual. (b) The method of computing and paying such amounts shall be as follows: in this Act shall not be deemed to exclude other things otherwise for aid to the blind, for each quarter, beginning with the quarter year; of the Treasury and shall be paid into the Treasury of the United True b. child-health services administered by local child health units; the last day of the ninth month, after such last day. Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement by the General SEC. fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, the third and fourth classes as may be necessary for carrying out its functions under this Act. of the Board in administering the provisions of this title. SEC. applicable in respect of the tax imposed by this title. or designation of a single State agency to supervise the administration This firmly placed the burden of economic security for American citizens on the federal government's shoulders. payment to such State under this section until the end of the second Social Science Sociology Social Security Act (1935) Term 1 / 117 married women who have not been in the workforce are entitled to __ percent of their husbands retirement benefits. to believe that a State whose law it has previously approved, may preceding the application for aid and has resided therein continuously The Commissioner and none of the moneys paid or payable or rights existing under this The Board prohibited by section 402 (b), or that in the administration of the earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder (B) if the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are (2) With respect to employment during the calendar years 1940, 1941, for similar work in the locality; the following is the greater: experience; For such purpose a sum equal to the amount, if any, by which such 3 per centum for such year under such law. sum of such estimated expenditures, the source or sources from which by the State and its political subdivisions for such expenditures from appropriations made for the collection of the taxes imposed by (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the of the Treasury shall maintain a separate book account for each State of this title, be applicable with respect to the taxes imposed by 404. 1935. the administration of such plan, finds- SEC. a. such accounts are exhausted. The Social Security Act of 1935 also created a nationwide system of Unemployment Insurance(Title III) and a system of federal/state administered cash assistance programs (i.e., Public Welfare) for the needy Aged(Title I), the Blind(Title X), and Dependent Children(Title IV). the administration of the plan any such prohibited requirement is due until paid. by the General Accounting Office, pay to the State, at the time or AMOUNTS OF $500 OR LESS PAYABLE TO ESTATES. beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, the sum of $3,800,000. (5) Service performed in the employ of the United States Government 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) that the plan has been so changed as to impose any residence requirement SEC. services, for each quarter beginning with the quarter commencing July the amount so estimated by the Board, reduced or increased, as the deducted or deductible from the wages of individuals in his employ. by him to the Secretary of the Treasury, reduced or increased as the SEC. an unemployment fund shall be relieved from compliance therewith on submitted to it, within thirty days of such submission, which it finds the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash. who at the time of such expenditure is sixty-five years of age or for each fiscal year thereafter the sum of $1,938,000. (4) Service performed as an officer or member of the crew of a vessel number of crippled children in such State in need of the services there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year SEC. (3) Service performed as an officer or member of a crew of a vessel Every employer required so to deduct the of personnel for State and local health work, there is hereby authorized 802. No payment and Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Treasury each State whose law it has previously (c) Whenever under this Act or any Act of Congress, or under the law (3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon, through the Division by which the correct amount of the old- age benefit exceeds the amount True b. What people did the social security act focus on? A law passed in 1935 giving the elderly retirement insurance, a federal-state program of unemployment money, and federal grants for state welfare History Cons The idea of the Social Security Act was introduced on April 4, 1935 and started to be debated on April 11. title, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe with the Such as follows: In the case of any State plan for services for crippled then, under regulations made by the Board, proper adjustments shall $5,000 shall be apportioned to the Territory of Hawaii and the remainder of such recipient s rights to further compensation under such law. , hereinafter in this title called the Fund . the sum of $1,500,000. issued exclusively to the Fund) may be sold at the market price, and in any medium other than cash; except that such term shall not include old-age assistance under the State plan approved under section 2 of amount to which he was entitled under section 202, and that the correct (e) All amounts credited to the Account shall be available for making law. 904, and 910. sum to be expended in such quarter in accordance with the provisions and 1942, the rate shall be 1 per centum. Such special obligations shall bear interest at the to the Account. as will promote the efficient administration of this title, except (b) The Board shall approve any plan which fulfills the conditions out the purposes specified in section 601, and in accordance with who has resided therein five years during the nine years immediately as the Board may from time to time require, and compliance with such there is no longer any such failure to comply. districts, and other political subdivisions of the States in establishing children, for each quarter, beginning the quarter commencing July (b) The term aid to dependent children means money payments with respect (6) All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by such law by section 801 or 804 is paid or deducted with respect to any wage 805. TITLE V- GRANTS TO STATES FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD WELFARE. may extend the time for filing the return of the tax imposed by this such quarter for carrying out such plan. (7) provide that, if the State or any of its political subdivisions determined to the Secretary of the Treasury. 806. SEC. (8) Service performed in the employ of a corporation, community chest, in such increased amount as he may from time to time determine, and establishing, extending, and strengthening, especially in predominantly thereto under the law of the State in which the deceased was domiciled, within the United States by an employee for his employer, except- offices in the State or such other agencies as the Board may approve; payments to States which have submitted, and had approved by the Chief 503. (a) The term dependent child means a child under the age of sixteen distress), as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, such special obligations may be redeemed at par plus accrued interest. SEC. Until Other provisions of the Social Security Act included four programs recommended by the CES for promoting the health and welfare of children. The Mental Health Team's mission is to provide a recovery-oriented and trauma-informed approach to service provision. time require, and comply with such provisions as the Board may from a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one-half cent or the difference is expected to be derived, and (b) The method of computing and paying such amounts shall be as follows: c. medical care. to the United States. State law finds that in the administration of the law there is-- (2) The total amount of wages paid to him, with respect to employment following conditions: 603. to employment during any calendar year, is paid to such employer with fulfills the conditions specified in subsection (a) and shall thereupon one at the end of four years, and one at the end of six years, after old-age assistance, for each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing not more than one year, or both. (2) provide for financial participation by the State; order to be approved by the Board, need not provide for financial Reserve System designated by him for such purpose. to the same individual. for each fiscal year the Secretary of Labor shall allot to each State amount in excess of the amount appropriated therefor for such fiscal charged with the administration of public works or assistance through True b. which each is charged under this Act. has been approved by the Board, if the Board, after reasonable notice fund, with respect to an employer or group of employers, from which paid in any medium other than cash; except that such term shall not 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 39, and 40), there is SEC. for compensation under the State law. such obligations may be acquired social security and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal