(Note: This is not a complete list of all enacted Social Security-related
legislation.)
| Date of Enactment |
P.L.
No. |
Description |
| 8-14-1935 |
74-271 |
Social Security Act of 1935 |
| Signed into law by President Roosevelt in the Cabinet
Room of the White House |
| 8-11-1939 |
76-379 |
Social Security Amendments of 1939 |
Signed into law by President Roosevelt at Hyde
Park, New York |
| 8-28-1950 |
81-374 |
Social Security Amendments of 1950 |
Signed into law by President Truman in Washington,
at the White House |
| 9-1-1954 |
83-761 |
Social Security Amendments of 1954 |
Signed into law by President Eisenhower at Byers
Peak Ranch near Fraser, Colorado |
| 8-1-1956 |
84-840 |
Social Security Amendments of 1956 |
Signed into law by President Eisenhower in Washington,
at the White House |
| 8-28-1958 |
85-840 |
Social Security Amendments of 1958 |
Signed into law by President Eisenhower in Washington,
at the White House |
| 6-30-1961 |
87-64 |
Social Security Amendments 1961 |
Signed into law by President Kennedy in Washington,
in the Oval Office |
| 7-30-1965 |
89-97 |
Social Security Amendments of 1965 |
Signed into law by President Johnson at the
Harry Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri |
| 1-2-1968 |
90-248 |
Social Security Amendments of 1967 |
Signed into law by President Johnson in San
Antonio, Texas |
| 10-30-1972 |
92-603 |
Social Security Amendments of 1972 |
Signed into law by President Nixon at the White
House |
| 7-9-1973 |
93-66 |
Cost-of-living Increase in Social Security |
Signed on a day that President
Nixon returned to Washington from San
Clemente, California (signing announced
two days later in Washington).
It is unclear whether the bill was signed in California, aboard Air Force One, or at the White House upon the President’s
return. |
| 12-20-1977 |
95-216 |
Social Security Amendments of 1977 |
Signed into law by President Carter in
the Indian Treaty Room of the
Old Executive Office
Building |
| 4-20-1983 |
98-21 |
Social Security Amendments of 1983 |
Signed into law by President Reagan on the South
Lawn of the White House |
| 10/9/1984 |
98-460 |
Disability Benefits Reform Act |
Signed by President Reagan in the Rose Garden |
| 11-5-1990 |
101-508 |
OBRA 1990 |
Signed into law by President George H.W. Bush
at the White House Rose |
| 8/15/1994 |
103-296 |
Independent Agency & Program Improvement |
Signed into law by President Clinton in the
White House Rose Garden |
| 10-31-1994 |
103-432 |
Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 |
| Signed into law by President Clinton in the White
House |
| 8-22-1996 |
104-193 |
Welfare Reform |
Signed into law by President Clinton in the
White House Rose Garden |
| 8/5/1997 |
105-33 |
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 |
Signed into law by President Clinton in the
White House |
| 12-17-1999 |
106-170 |
Ticket to Work |
Signed into law by President Clinton in Washington,
DC at the FDR Memorial |
| 4/7/2000 |
106-182 |
Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act |
Signed into law by President Clinton in Washington,
DC in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building |
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