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[CITE: 42USC605]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES 
              WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES
 
   Part A--Block Grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy 
                                Families
 
Sec. 605. Administrative provisions


(a) Quarterly

    The Secretary shall pay each grant payable to a State under section 
603 of this title in quarterly installments, subject to this section.

(b) Notification

    Not later than 3 months before the payment of any such quarterly 
installment to a State, the Secretary shall notify the State of the 
amount of any reduction determined under section 612(a)(1)(B) of this 
title with respect to the State.

(c) Computation and certification of payments to States

                           (1) Computation

        The Secretary shall estimate the amount to be paid to each 
    eligible State for each quarter under this part, such estimate to be 
    based on a report filed by the State containing an estimate by the 
    State of the total sum to be expended by the State in the quarter 
    under the State program funded under this part and such other 
    information as the Secretary may find necessary.

                          (2) Certification

        The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall certify to the 
    Secretary of the Treasury the amount estimated under paragraph (1) 
    with respect to a State, reduced or increased to the extent of any 
    overpayment or underpayment which the Secretary of Health and Human 
    Services determines was made under this part to the State for any 
    prior quarter and with respect to which adjustment has not been made 
    under this paragraph.

(d) Payment method

    Upon receipt of a certification under subsection (c)(2) of this 
section with respect to a State, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, 
through the Fiscal Service of the Department of the Treasury and before 
audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, pay to the State, 
at the time or times fixed by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the amount so certified.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 405, as added Pub. L. 104-193, 
title I, Sec. 103(a)(1), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2128; amended Pub. L. 
105-33, title V, Sec. 5514(c), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 620.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 605, acts Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, 
Sec. 405, 49 Stat. 629; July 25, 1962, Pub. L. 87-543, title I, 
Sec. 107(a), 76 Stat. 188, related to use of payments for benefit of 
children, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 103(a)(1), as amended 
by Pub. L. 105-33, title V, Sec. 5514(c), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 620.


                               Amendments

    1997--Pub. L. 105-33 made technical amendment to directory language 
of Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 103(a)(1), which enacted this section.


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-33 effective as if included in the 
provision of Pub. L. 104-193 amended at the time the provision became 
law, see section 5518(d) of Pub. L. 105-33, set out as a note under 
section 862a of Title 21, Food and Drugs.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective July 1, 1997, with transition rules relating to 
State options to accelerate such date, rules relating to claims, 
actions, and proceedings commenced before such date, rules relating to 
closing out of accounts for terminated or substantially modified 
programs and continuance in office of Assistant Secretary for Family 
Support, and provisions relating to termination of entitlement under 
AFDC program, see section 116 of Pub. L. 104-193, as amended, set out as 
a note under section 601 of this title.
