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[CITE: 42USC617]

 
                 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. 617. Limitation on Federal authority

    No officer or employee of the Federal Government may regulate the 
conduct of States under this part or enforce any provision of this part, 
except to the extent expressly provided in this part.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 417, as added Pub. L. 104-193, 
title I, Sec. 103(a)(1), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2159; amended Pub. L. 
105-33, title V, Sec. 5514(c), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 620.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 617, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 417, 
formerly Sec. 418, as added Oct. 13, 1988, Pub. L. 100-485, title VI, 
Sec. 603(a), 102 Stat. 2408; renumbered Sec. 417, Nov. 10, 1988, Pub. L. 
100-647, title VIII, Sec. 8105(7), 102 Stat. 3798, related to Assistant 
Secretary for Family Support, 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.
