Social Security Amendments of 1956

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United States federal statute amendment to the Social Security Act

The Social Security Amendments of 1956 were a major U.S. legislative update that, among other changes, first introduced disability insurance benefits into the Social Security program.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Social Security Amendments of 1956 canonical	2
Social Security Amendments	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ amendment to the Social Security Act ⓘ
aimedTo	expand the scope of Social Security coverage ⓘ provide income protection against loss of earnings due to disability ⓘ
appliesTo	dependents of disabled workers ⓘ workers with severe long-term disabilities ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ
appliesToProgram	Social Security ⓘ surface form: Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
changed	benefit structure of Social Security ⓘ eligibility rules for Social Security benefits ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdProgram	Social Security Disability Insurance ⓘ surface form: Disability Insurance (DI) under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Social Security Disability Insurance ⓘ
effectiveInYear	1956 ⓘ
enactedBy	84th United States Congress ⓘ
field	social insurance ⓘ social welfare law ⓘ
follows	Social Security Amendments of 1954 ⓘ
hasImpactOn	U.S. social safety net ⓘ federal social welfare policy ⓘ labor force participation of disabled workers ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post–World War II United States ⓘ
introducedDisabilityInsurance	true ⓘ
isPartOf	United States federal social welfare system ⓘ
legalForm	public law ⓘ
legalStatus	in force (as amended) ⓘ
legislativeArea	disability benefits ⓘ retirement benefits ⓘ survivors benefits ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
mainSubject	Social Security ⓘ disability insurance ⓘ old-age and survivors insurance ⓘ
notableFor	first introduction of disability insurance benefits into the Social Security program ⓘ
partOf	United States Social Security system ⓘ surface form: United States Social Security legislation
partOfSeries	Social Security Amendments of 1956 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Social Security Amendments
pointInTime	1956 ⓘ
precedes	Social Security Amendments of 1958 ⓘ
regulates	eligibility for disability benefits under Social Security ⓘ federal disability insurance benefits ⓘ
signedBy	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
signingPresident	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
topic	disability policy ⓘ income security ⓘ public pensions ⓘ
typeOfAmendment	substantive amendment ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Social Security Act amendments → notableAmendment → Social Security Amendments of 1956 ⓘ

Title II of the Social Security Act → hasBeenAmendedBy → Social Security Amendments of 1956 ⓘ

Social Security Amendments of 1956 → partOfSeries → Social Security Amendments of 1956 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Security Amendments