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The legal authority for the SSA is Title 42 of the United States Code.
The SSA is headquartered in Woodlawn, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore.
The SSA began existence as the Social Security Board (SSB), created as part of the New Deal program of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, by the Social Security Act of 1935. The Board consisted of three presidentially-appointed executives, and started with no budget, no staff, and no furniture. It obtained a temporary budget from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration headed by Harry Hopkins.
In 1939, the Social Security Board was merged into a cabinet-level Federal Security Agency , which included the SSB, the U.S. Public Health Service , the Civilian Conservation Corps, and other agencies.
In 1946 the SSB was renamed the Social Security Administration under President Harry S. Truman's Reorganization Plan.
In 1952 Cost of Living Allowances (COLAs) were introduced into SSA programs to deal with the effects of inflation on fixed incomes.
In 1953 the Federal Security Agency was abolished and the SSA was placed under the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. HEW became the Department of Health and Human Services in 19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 He. In 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an, President Bill ClintonWilliam Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) is a U. politician who served two terms as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A moderate Democrat who was elected Governor of Arkansas five times, Cli signed legislation returning the SSA to the status of an independent agency.
The SSA's coverage under the Social SecuritySocial Security is a social welfare program administered by the Social Security Administration under the authority of the United States federal government. It provides benefits to the retired elderly and to the disabled, and also provides survivors' insur program originally covered all workers in the continental U.S. and the territories of AlaskaOn January 3, 1959, Alaska was admitted to the United States as the 49th state. The population of the state is 626,932, as of 2000. The name "Alaska" is most likely derived from the Aleut word for "great country" or "mainland. The natives called it "Alyes and HawaiiFor the 1959 novel and 1966 movie, see Hawaii (novel). Hawaii ( Hawaiian/ Hawaiian English: Hawai‘i with the ‘okina is the archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii constitutes the 50th state of the United States, and as of the 2000 below the age of 65 in commerce and industry, except railroad workers; they were covered by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). In both cases, all coverage was compulsory. In 1939, the age restriction was eliminated. The RRB and the SSA merged coverage in 1946. Over the years, additional coverage was made compulsory.