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[CITE: 42USC620]

 
                 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 B--Child and Family Services
 
                    subpart 1--child welfare services
 
Sec. 620. Authorization of appropriations

    (a) For the purpose of enabling the United States, through the 
Secretary, to cooperate with State public welfare agencies in 
establishing, extending, and strengthening child welfare services, there 
is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year the sum of 
$325,000,000.
    (b) Funds appropriated for any fiscal year pursuant to the 
authorization contained in subsection (a) of this section shall be 
included in the appropriation Act (or supplemental appropriation Act) 
for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which such funds are 
available for obligation. In order to effect a transition to this method 
of timing appropriation action, the preceding sentence shall apply 
notwithstanding the fact that its initial application will result in the 
enactment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation Act or 
otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for the then current 
fiscal year and one for the succeeding fiscal year.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 420, as added Pub. L. 90-248, 
title II, Sec. 240(c), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 911; amended Pub. L. 92-
603, title IV, Sec. 412, Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1492; Pub. L. 96-272, 
title I, Sec. 103(a), June 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 516; Pub. L. 98-369, div. 
B, title VI, Sec. 2663(c)(8), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1166; Pub. L. 101-
239, title X, Sec. 10401(a), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2487.)


                               Amendments

    1989--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-239 substituted ``$325,000,000'' for 
``$266,000,000''.
    1984--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-369 struck out the comma after 
``preceding sentence''.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-272 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
struck out provisions that had made specific authorization of 
appropriations for fiscal years 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976, and added 
subsec. (b).
    1972--Pub. L. 92-603 substituted ``$196,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1973, $211,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1974, $226,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, 
$246,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and 
$266,000,000'' for ``$55,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1968, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and 
$110,000,000''.


                    Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

    Section 10401(b) of Pub. L. 101-239 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section and sections 627 and 674 
of this title] shall take effect on October 1, 1989.''


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-369 effective July 18, 1984, but not to be 
construed as changing or affecting any right, liability, status, or 
interpretation which existed (under the provisions of law involved) 
before that date, see section 2664(b) of Pub. L. 98-369, set out as a 
note under section 401 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

    Section 412 of Pub. L. 92-603 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective with respect to fiscal years beginning after 
June 30, 1972.


                             Effective Date

    Section 240(e)(2) of Pub. L. 90-248 provided that: ``Part B of title 
IV of the Social Security Act (as added by subsection (c) of this 
section) [this part], and the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
of this section [amending subchapter IV and enacting Part A heading] 
shall become effective on the date this Act is enacted [Jan. 2, 1968].''


                         Appropriation of Funds

    Section 103(f) of Pub. L. 96-272 provided that:
    ``(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds which are 
appropriated for fiscal year 1980 pursuant to section 420 of the Social 
Security Act [this section], and for which States are eligible for 
payment under part B of title IV of that Act [this part], shall remain 
available, to the extent so provided in an appropriation Act hereafter 
enacted, for payment with respect to expenditures for child welfare 
services under part B of title IV of that Act until September 30, 1981.
    ``(2) Section 420(b) of the Social Security Act (as added by 
subsection (a) of this section) shall apply only with respect to 
appropriation Acts, which appropriate funds for fiscal years after 
fiscal year 1981 pursuant to the authorization contained in section 420 
of the Social Security Act, enacted after the date of enactment of this 
Act [June 17, 1980].''


   State Plans; Date of Development; Appropriations, Allotments, and 
                              Reallotments

    Section 240(f)(1), (2) of Pub. L. 90-248 provided that: ``In the 
case of any State which has a plan developed as provided in part 3 of 
title V of the Social Security Act [part 3 of subchapter V of this 
chapter] as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act [Jan. 2, 
1968]--
        ``(1) such plan shall be treated as a plan developed, as 
    provided in part B of title IV of such Act [this part], on the date 
    this Act is enacted [Jan. 2, 1968];
        ``(2) any sums appropriated, allotted, or reallotted pursuant to 
    part 3 of title V; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, shall 
    be deemed appropriated, allotted, or reallotted (as the case may be) 
    under part B of title IV of such Act [this part] for such fiscal 
    year;''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 621 of this title.
