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Agency overview | |
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Formed | July 1, 1939 |
Dissolved | April 11, 1953 |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Federal government of the United States |
The Federal Security Agency (FSA) was an independent agency of the United States government established in 1939 pursuant to the Reorganization Act of 1939. For a time, the agency oversaw food and drug safety, education funding, administration of public health programs, and the Social Security old-age pension plan. It became the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1953.