For the purpose of establishing a national program to provide supplemental security income to individuals who have attained age 65 or are blind or disabled, there are authorized to be appropriated sums sufficient to carry out this subchapter.
Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531Pub. L. 92–603, title III, § 30186 Stat. 1465(, title XVI, § 1601, as added , , .)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVI, § 1601Pub. L. 87–543, title I, § 141(a)76 Stat. 197Pub. L. 92–603, § 301A prior section 1381, , as added , , , authorized appropriations for grants to States for aid to aged, blind, or disabled, and for medical assistance for aged, prior to the general amendment of title XVI of the Social Security Act by , but is set out as a note below in view of its continued applicability to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 92–603, title III, § 30186 Stat. 1465, , , provided that this section is effective .
Continuation of Federal Financial Participation in Experimental, Pilot, or Demonstration Projects Approved Before October 1973, for Period On-and-After , Without Denial or Reduction On Account Of Subchapter XVI Provisions; Waiver of Subchapter XVI Restrictions for Individuals; Federal Payments of Non-Federal Share as Supplementary Payments
section 11 of Pub. L. 93–23387 Stat. 958section 1315 of this titleSubchapter provisions without effect on Federal Financial Participation in Experimental, Pilot or Demonstration Projects approved before , for period on-and-after , see , , , set out as a note under .
Application to Northern Mariana Islands
section 1801 of Title 48For applicability of this section to the Northern Mariana Islands, see section 502(a)(1) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America and Proc. No. 4534, , 42 F.R. 6593, set out as notes under , Territories and Insular Possessions.
Puerto Rico, Guam, and Virgin Islands
Pub. L. 92–60342 U.S.C. 1381section 303(b) of Pub. L. 92–603section 301 of this titlePub. L. 92–60342 U.S.C. 1381Enactment of section 1601 of the Social Security Act by , eff. (), was not applicable to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. See , set out as a note under . Therefore, as to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, section 1601 of the Social Security Act as it existed prior to reenactment by (former ), and as amended, continues to apply and reads as follows:
§ 1381. Authorization of appropriations
For the purpose of enabling each State, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to furnish financial assistance to needy individuals who are 65 years of age or over, are blind, or are 18 years of age or over and permanently and totally disabled, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. The sums made available under this section shall be used for making payments to States which have submitted, and had approved by the Commissioner of Social Security, State plans for aid to the aged, blind, or disabled.
Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531Pub. L. 87–543, title I, § 141(a)76 Stat. 197Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b)93 Stat. 695Pub. L. 97–35, title XXI, § 2184(d)(3)95 Stat. 817Pub. L. 103–296, title I, § 107(a)(1)108 Stat. 1477(, title XVI, § 1601, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , title XXIII, § 2353(m)(1), , 873; , , .)
section 107(a)(1) of Pub. L. 103–296section 110(a) of Pub. L. 103–296section 401 of this title[Amendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1994 Amendment note under .]
Payments Under Chapter Provisions in Effect Before , for: Activities Carried Out Through , Under State Plans Approved Under Subchapter I, X, XIV, or XVI Provisions; and for Administrative Activities After , Closing Out Such Activities
Pub. L. 93–233, § 19(b)87 Stat. 974