Established federal social-insurance and welfare programs including Old-Age Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, and Aid to Dependent Children. Codified primarily at 42 U.S.C. ch. 7.
Social Security Act of 1935
AmendedCodified at42 U.S.C. ch. 7
Enacted August 14, 1935 · Pub. L. 74-271
Expanded by the Medicare/Medicaid Amendments of 1965 and many subsequent revisions.