Social Security Amendments of 1972
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The Social Security Amendments of 1972 were a major U.S. federal law that expanded and restructured Social Security, notably creating the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and introducing automatic cost-of-living adjustments for benefits.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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social welfare legislation → |
| administeredBy |
Social Security Administration
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| affectsProgram |
Medicaid
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Medicare → Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance → state public assistance programs for the aged, blind, and disabled → |
| amends |
Social Security Act of 1935
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| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States
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| benefitType |
Social Security disability benefits
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Social Security retirement benefits → Social Security survivors benefits → cash income support → |
| country |
United States
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| createsProgram |
Supplemental Security Income
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| establishes |
Supplemental Security Income
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| historicalSignificance |
established a national minimum income floor for certain aged, blind, and disabled persons
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introduced permanent automatic cost-of-living adjustments into the Social Security system → |
| indexingMeasure |
Consumer Price Index
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| introduces |
automatic cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits
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| introducesMechanism |
automatic indexing of Social Security benefits to inflation
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| legalDomain |
public assistance law
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social insurance law → |
| legislativeBody |
United States Congress
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| partOf |
Social Security Act amendments
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| policyGoal |
protect Social Security beneficiaries from inflation
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shift financial responsibility for certain cash assistance programs from states to the federal government → standardize eligibility and benefit rules for the aged, blind, and disabled nationwide → |
| policyInnovation |
automatic cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs)
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| presidentAtEnactment |
Richard Nixon
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| primaryFocus |
expansion of Social Security benefits
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federalization of certain cash assistance programs for the aged, blind, and disabled → restructuring of Social Security → |
| programAbbreviation |
SSI
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| relatedProgram |
Medicaid
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Medicare → Social Security → Supplemental Security Income → |
| replaces |
state-administered aid to the blind with a federal SSI program
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state-administered aid to the permanently and totally disabled with a federal SSI program → state-administered old-age assistance programs for the needy aged with a federal SSI program → |
| shortName |
1972 Social Security Amendments
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| signedBy |
Richard Nixon
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| subjectTo |
United States federal budget appropriations for SSI
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| targetPopulation |
low-income aged individuals
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low-income blind individuals → low-income disabled individuals → |
| transfersAdministrationTo |
Social Security Administration
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| yearEnacted |
1972
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Social Security Act of 1935
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amendedBy |
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Supplemental Security Income
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createdBy |
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Social Security Act amendments
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notableAmendment |
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Social Security Amendments of 1972
("1972 Social Security Amendments")
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shortName |