Social Security Board
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The Social Security Board was the federal agency originally established to administer and oversee the United States' Social Security program, including the registration of workers and the distribution of benefits.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Social Security Board canonical | 10 |
| Social Security Board of Trustees | 1 |
| U.S. Social Security Board | 1 |
| independent Social Security Board | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct federal agency of the United States
ⓘ
government board ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| appointedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| archivesAt | National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ |
| boardMembersAppointedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| boardMembersConfirmedBy | United States Senate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolutionReason | reorganization of federal social welfare agencies ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1946 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
public administration
ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ |
| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| hasEffect | implementation of old-age benefits in the United States ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
Social Security beneficiaries in the United States
ⓘ
workers in the United States ⓘ |
| hasRole |
administration of the Social Security program
ⓘ
distribution of Social Security benefits ⓘ oversight of the Social Security program ⓘ registration of workers for Social Security ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception |
1935
ⓘ
August 14, 1935 ⓘ |
| industry | social insurance ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Social Security Act of 1935 ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | reported to United States Congress ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Social Security Act of 1935
ⓘ
surface form:
Social Security
|
| numberOfBoardMembers | 3 ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Federal Security Agency ⓘ |
| partOf |
New Deal
ⓘ
surface form:
New Deal agencies
United States government ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| precededBy | Committee on Economic Security ⓘ |
| reorganizedInto | Federal Security Agency ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier ad hoc arrangements for Social Security administration ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Social Security Administration ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
collecting data on covered workers
ⓘ
developing regulations for Social Security administration ⓘ issuing Social Security account numbers ⓘ maintaining Social Security records ⓘ processing Social Security benefit claims ⓘ |
| scopeOfAuthority | nationwide ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
creation of national system of worker registration for Social Security
ⓘ
start of Social Security benefit payments ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
Federal Security Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Security Administrator
|
| usedDocument |
Social Security account number application forms
ⓘ
Social Security earnings records ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
independent Social Security Board
subject surface form:
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
this entity surface form:
U.S. Social Security Board
this entity surface form:
Social Security Board of Trustees