Federal Security Agency

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Federal Security Agency

Agency overview
Formed	July 1, 1939; 85 years ago (1939-07-01)
Dissolved	April 11, 1953 (1953-04-11)
Superseding agency	United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
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.