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PUBLIC LAW 74-271 -
approved AUG. 14, 1935
49 Stat. 620 (H.R. 7260)
(As Amended through January 1, 2009)
To provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment compensation laws; to establish a Social Security Board; to raise revenue; and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
P.L. 74-271, approved August 14, 1935, 49 Stat. 620.
Title I — Grants to States for Old-Age Assistance for the Aged2
Title II — Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits1
Title III — Grants To States For Unemployment Compensation Administration1
Title V — Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant1
Title VI — Temporary State Fiscal Relief
Title VIII — Special Benefits For Certain World War II Veterans1
Title IX — Miscellaneous Provisions Relating To Employment Security1
Title X — Grants To States For Aid To Blind1
Title XI — General Provisions, Peer Review, and Administrative Simplification1
Title XII — Advances To State Unemployment Funds1
Title XIII — Repealed - (Reconversion Unemployment Benefits For Seamen)1
Title XIV — Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled1
Title XV — Repealed - (Unemployment Compensation For Federal Employees)1
Title XVIa — Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled1
Title XVIb — Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled1
Title XVII — Grants for Planning Comprehensive Action to Combat Mental Retardation1
Title XVIII — Health Insurance for the Aged and Disabled
Title XIX — Grants To States For Medical Assistance Programs1