Social Security Act of 1935
TITLE XI- GENERAL PROVISIONS
Definitions
Rules and Regulations
Separability
Reservation of Power
Short Title
SECTION 1101. (a) When used in this Act-
(1) The term State (except when used in section 531) includes Alaska,
Hawaii, and the District of Columbia.
(2) The term United States when used in a geographical sense means the
States, Alaska, Hawaii, and the District of Columbia.
(3) The term person means an individual, a trust or estate, a partnership,
or a corporation.
(4) The term corporation includes associations, joint-stock companies,
and insurance companies.
(5) The term shareholder includes a member in an association, joint- stock
company, or insurance company.
(6) The term employee includes an officer of a corporation.
(b) The terms includes and including when used in a definition contained
in this Act shall not be deemed to exclude other things otherwise within
the meaning of the term defined.
(c) Whenever under this Act or any Act of Congress, or under the law of
any State, an employer is required or permitted to deduct any amount from
the remuneration of an employee and to pay the amount deducted to the
United States, a State, or any political subdivision thereof, then for
the purposes of this Act the amount so deducted shall be considered to
have been paid to the employee at the time of such deduction.
(d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing any Federal
official, agent, or representative, in carrying out any of the provisions
of this Act, to take charge of any child over the objection of either
of the parents of such child, or of the person standing in loco parentis
to such child.
SEC. 1102. The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Social Security Board respectively, shall make and publish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, as may be necessary to the efficient administration of the functions with which each is charged under this Act.
SEC. 1103. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
SEC. 1104. The right to alter, amend, or repeal any provision of this Act is hereby reserved to the Congress.
SEC. 1105. This Act may be cited as the Social Security Act.
Approved, August 14, 1935.