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[CITE: 42USC616]

 
                 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. 616. Administration

    The programs under this part and part D of this subchapter shall be 
administered by an Assistant Secretary for Family Support within the 
Department of Health and Human Services, who shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who 
shall be in addition to any other Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services provided for by law, and the Secretary shall reduce the 
Federal workforce within the Department of Health and Human Services by 
an amount equal to the sum of 75 percent of the full-time equivalent 
positions at such Department that relate to any direct spending program, 
or any program funded through discretionary spending, that has been 
converted into a block grant program under the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and the amendments made 
by such Act, and by an amount equal to 75 percent of that portion of the 
total full-time equivalent departmental management positions at such 
Department that bears the same relationship to the amount appropriated 
for any direct spending program, or any program funded through 
discretionary spending, that has been converted into a block grant 
program under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 and the amendments made by such Act, as such 
amount relates to the total amount appropriated for use by such 
Department, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary, including 
reductions in force actions, consistent with sections 3502 and 3595 of 
title 5, to reduce the full-time equivalent positions within the 
Department of Health and Human Services by 245 full-time equivalent 
positions related to the program converted into a block grant under the 
amendments made by section 103 of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and by 60 full-time equivalent 
managerial positions in the Department.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 416, as added Pub. L. 104-193, 
title I, Sec. 103(a)(1), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2158; amended Pub. L. 
105-33, title V, Sec. 5514(c), (d), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 620; Pub. L. 
106-169, title IV, Sec. 401(d), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 1858.)

                       References in Text

    Part D of this subchapter, referred to in text, is classified to 
section 651 et seq. of this title.
    The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
of 1996, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 104-193, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2105. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title of 1996 Amendment note set out under section 1305 of this 
title and Tables.
    Section 103 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996, referred to in text, is section 103 of Pub. 
L. 104-193, which enacted this part, amended sections 602, 603, and 1308 
of this title, and repealed provisions formerly set out as this part. 
For complete classification of section 103 to the Code, see Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 616, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 416, 
as added Dec. 22, 1987, Pub. L. 100-203, title IX, Sec. 9102(a), 101 
Stat. 1330-299, related to fraud control, 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

    1999--Pub. L. 106-169 substituted ``Opportunity Reconciliation Act'' 
for ``Opportunity Act'' the first two places appearing.
    1997--Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5514(c), made technical amendment to 
directory language of Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 103(a)(1), which enacted 
this section.
    Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5514(d), substituted ``amendments made by 
section 103 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation'' for ``amendment made by section 2103 of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity''.


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-169 effective as if included in the 
enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-193, see section 401(q) of Pub. 
L. 106-169, set out as a note under section 602 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Amendment by section 5514(c) of 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.
    Amendment by section 5514(d) of Pub. L. 105-33 effective as if 
included in section 103(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-193, at the time 
such section 103(a) became law, see section 5518(a) of Pub. L. 105-33, 
set out as a note under section 602 of this title.


                             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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 603 of this title.
