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                 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 D--Child Support and Establishment of Paternity
 
Sec. 657. Distribution of collected support


(a) In general

    Subject to subsections (e) and (f) of this section, an amount 
collected on behalf of a family as support by a State pursuant to a plan 
approved under this part shall be distributed as follows:

                  (1) Families receiving assistance

        In the case of a family receiving assistance from the State, the 
    State shall--
            (A) pay to the Federal Government the Federal share of the 
        amount so collected; and
            (B) retain, or distribute to the family, the State share of 
        the amount so collected.

    In no event shall the total of the amounts paid to the Federal 
    Government and retained by the State exceed the total of the amounts 
    that have been paid to the family as assistance by the State.

           (2) Families that formerly received assistance

        In the case of a family that formerly received assistance from 
    the State:

        (A) Current support payments

            To the extent that the amount so collected does not exceed 
        the amount required to be paid to the family for the month in 
        which collected, the State shall distribute the amount so 
        collected to the family.

        (B) Payments of arrearages

            To the extent that the amount so collected exceeds the 
        amount required to be paid to the family for the month in which 
        collected, the State shall distribute the amount so collected as 
        follows:
            (i) Distribution of arrearages that accrued after 
                    the family ceased to receive assistance

                (I) Pre-October 1997

                    Except as provided in subclause (II), the provisions 
                of this section as in effect and applied on the day 
                before August 22, 1996 (other than subsection (b)(1) (as 
                so in effect)), shall apply with respect to the 
                distribution of support arrearages that--
                        (aa) accrued after the family ceased to receive 
                    assistance, and
                        (bb) are collected before October 1, 1997.
                (II) Post-September 1997

                    With respect to the amount so collected on or after 
                October 1, 1997 (or before such date, at the option of 
                the State)--

(aa) In general

                        The State shall first distribute the amount so 
                    collected (other than any amount described in clause 
                    (iv)) to the family to the extent necessary to 
                    satisfy any support arrearages with respect to the 
                    family that accrued after the family ceased to 
                    receive assistance from the State.

(bb) Reimbursement of governments for assistance provided to the family

                        After the application of division (aa) and 
                    clause (ii)(II)(aa) with respect to the amount so 
                    collected, the State shall retain the State share of 
                    the amount so collected, and pay to the Federal 
                    Government the Federal share (as defined in 
                    subsection (c)(2) of this section) of the amount so 
                    collected, but only to the extent necessary to 
                    reimburse amounts paid to the family as assistance 
                    by the State.

(cc) Distribution of the remainder to the family

                        To the extent that neither division (aa) nor 
                    division (bb) applies to the amount so collected, 
                    the State shall distribute the amount to the family.
            (ii) Distribution of arrearages that accrued before 
                    the family received assistance

                (I) Pre-October 2000

                    Except as provided in subclause (II), the provisions 
                of this section as in effect and applied on the day 
                before August 22, 1996 (other than subsection (b)(1) (as 
                so in effect)), shall apply with respect to the 
                distribution of support arrearages that--
                        (aa) accrued before the family received 
                    assistance, and
                        (bb) are collected before October 1, 2000.
                (II) Post-September 2000

                    Unless, based on the report required by paragraph 
                (5), the Congress determines otherwise, with respect to 
                the amount so collected on or after October 1, 2000 (or 
                before such date, at the option of the State)--

(aa) In general

                        The State shall first distribute the amount so 
                    collected (other than any amount described in clause 
                    (iv)) to the family to the extent necessary to 
                    satisfy any support arrearages with respect to the 
                    family that accrued before the family received 
                    assistance from the State.

(bb) Reimbursement of governments for assistance provided to the family

                        After the application of clause (i)(II)(aa) and 
                    division (aa) with respect to the amount so 
                    collected, the State shall retain the State share of 
                    the amount so collected, and pay to the Federal 
                    Government the Federal share (as defined in 
                    subsection (c)(2) of this section) of the amount so 
                    collected, but only to the extent necessary to 
                    reimburse amounts paid to the family as assistance 
                    by the State.

(cc) Distribution of the remainder to the family

                        To the extent that neither division (aa) nor 
                    division (bb) applies to the amount so collected, 
                    the State shall distribute the amount to the family.
            (iii) Distribution of arrearages that accrued while 
                    the family received assistance

                In the case of a family described in this subparagraph, 
            the provisions of paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to 
            the distribution of support arrearages that accrued while 
            the family received assistance.
            (iv) Amounts collected pursuant to section 664

                Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any 
            amount of support collected pursuant to section 664 of this 
            title shall be retained by the State to the extent past-due 
            support has been assigned to the State as a condition of 
            receiving assistance from the State, up to the amount 
            necessary to reimburse the State for amounts paid to the 
            family as assistance by the State. The State shall pay to 
            the Federal Government the Federal share of the amounts so 
            retained. To the extent the amount collected pursuant to 
            section 664 of this title exceeds the amount so retained, 
            the State shall distribute the excess to the family.
            (v) Ordering rules for distributions

                For purposes of this subparagraph, unless an earlier 
            effective date is required by this section, effective 
            October 1, 2000, the State shall treat any support 
            arrearages collected, except for amounts collected pursuant 
            to section 664 of this title, as accruing in the following 
            order:
                    (I) To the period after the family ceased to receive 
                assistance.
                    (II) To the period before the family received 
                assistance.
                    (III) To the period while the family was receiving 
                assistance.

             (3) Families that never received assistance

        In the case of any other family, the State shall distribute the 
    amount so collected to the family.

                (4) Families under certain agreements

        In the case of an amount collected for a family in accordance 
    with a cooperative agreement under section 654(33) of this title, 
    distribute the amount so collected pursuant to the terms of the 
    agreement.

                        (5) Study and report

        Not later than October 1, 1999, the Secretary shall report to 
    the Congress the Secretary's findings with respect to--
            (A) whether the distribution of post-assistance arrearages 
        to families has been effective in moving people off of welfare 
        and keeping them off of welfare;
            (B) whether early implementation of a pre-assistance 
        arrearage program by some States has been effective in moving 
        people off of welfare and keeping them off of welfare;
            (C) what the overall impact has been of the amendments made 
        by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
        Reconciliation Act of 1996 with respect to child support 
        enforcement in moving people off of welfare and keeping them off 
        of welfare; and
            (D) based on the information and data the Secretary has 
        obtained, what changes, if any, should be made in the policies 
        related to the distribution of child support arrearages.

                 (6) State option for applicability

        Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, a State 
    may elect to apply the rules described in clauses (i)(II), (ii)(II), 
    and (v) of paragraph (2)(B) to support arrearages collected on and 
    after October 1, 1998, and, if the State makes such an election, 
    shall apply the provisions of this section, as in effect and applied 
    on the day before August 22, 1996, other than subsection (b)(1) (as 
    so in effect), to amounts collected before October 1, 1998.

(b) Continuation of assignments

    Any rights to support obligations, assigned to a State as a 
condition of receiving assistance from the State under part A of this 
subchapter and in effect on September 30, 1997 (or such earlier date, on 
or after August 22, 1996, as the State may choose), shall remain 
assigned after such date.

(c) Definitions

    As used in subsection (a) of this section:

                           (1) Assistance

        The term ``assistance from the State'' means--
            (A) assistance under the State program funded under part A 
        of this subchapter or under the State plan approved under part A 
        of this subchapter (as in effect on the day before August 22, 
        1996); and
            (B) foster care maintenance payments under the State plan 
        approved under part E of this subchapter.

                          (2) Federal share

        The term ``Federal share'' means that portion of the amount 
    collected resulting from the application of the Federal medical 
    assistance percentage in effect for the fiscal year in which the 
    amount is distributed.

              (3) Federal medical assistance percentage

        The term ``Federal medical assistance percentage'' means--
            (A) 75 percent, in the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
        Islands, Guam, and American Samoa; or
            (B) the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in 
        section 1396d(b) of this title, as such section was in effect on 
        September 30, 1995) in the case of any other State.

                           (4) State share

        The term ``State share'' means 100 percent minus the Federal 
    share.

(d) Hold-harmless provision

    If--
        (1) the State share of amounts collected in the fiscal year 
    which could be retained to reimburse the State for amounts paid to 
    families as assistance by the State is less than the State share of 
    such amounts collected in fiscal year 1995 (determined in accordance 
    with this section as in effect on August 21, 1996); and
        (2)(A) the State has distributed to families that include an 
    adult receiving assistance under the program under part A of this 
    subchapter at least 80 percent of the current support payments 
    collected during the preceding fiscal year on behalf of such 
    families, and the amounts distributed were disregarded in 
    determining the amount or type of assistance provided under the 
    program under part A of this subchapter; or
        (B) the State has distributed to families that formerly received 
    assistance under the program under part A of this subchapter the 
    State share of the amounts collected pursuant to section 664 of this 
    title that could have been retained as reimbursement for assistance 
    paid to such families,

then the State share otherwise determined for the fiscal year shall be 
increased by an amount equal to one-half of the amount (if any) by which 
the State share for fiscal year 1995 exceeds the State share for the 
fiscal year (determined without regard to this subsection).

(e) Gap payments not subject to distribution under this section

    At State option, this section shall not apply to any amount 
collected on behalf of a family as support by the State (and paid to the 
family in addition to the amount of assistance otherwise payable to the 
family) pursuant to a plan approved under this part if such amount would 
have been paid to the family by the State under section 602(a)(28) of 
this title, as in effect and applied on the day before August 22, 1996. 
For purposes of subsection (d) of this section, the State share of such 
amount paid to the family shall be considered amounts which could be 
retained by the State if such payments were reported by the State as 
part of the State share of amounts collected in fiscal year 1995.

(f) Amounts collected for child for whom foster care maintenance 
        payments are made

    Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, amounts 
collected by a State as child support for months in any period on behalf 
of a child for whom a public agency is making foster care maintenance 
payments under part E of this subchapter--
        (1) shall be retained by the State to the extent necessary to 
    reimburse it for the foster care maintenance payments made with 
    respect to the child during such period (with appropriate 
    reimbursement of the Federal Government to the extent of its 
    participation in the financing);
        (2) shall be paid to the public agency responsible for 
    supervising the placement of the child to the extent that the 
    amounts collected exceed the foster care maintenance payments made 
    with respect to the child during such period but not the amounts 
    required by a court or administrative order to be paid as support on 
    behalf of the child during such period; and the responsible agency 
    may use the payments in the manner it determines will serve the best 
    interests of the child, including setting such payments aside for 
    the child's future needs or making all or a part thereof available 
    to the person responsible for meeting the child's day-to-day needs; 
    and
        (3) shall be retained by the State, if any portion of the 
    amounts collected remains after making the payments required under 
    paragraphs (1) and (2), to the extent that such portion is necessary 
    to reimburse the State (with appropriate reimbursement to the 
    Federal Government to the extent of its participation in the 
    financing) for any past foster care maintenance payments (or 
    payments of assistance under the State program funded under part A 
    of this subchapter) which were made with respect to the child (and 
    with respect to which past collections have not previously been 
    retained);

and any balance shall be paid to the State agency responsible for 
supervising the placement of the child, for use by such agency in 
accordance with paragraph (2).

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 457, as added Pub. L. 93-647, 
Sec. 101(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2356; amended Pub. L. 95-171, 
Sec. 11, Nov. 12, 1977, 91 Stat. 1357; Pub. L. 97-35, title XXIII, 
Sec. 2332(e), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 862; Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, title 
VI, Sec. 2640(b), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1145; Pub. L. 98-378, 
Secs. 7(a), 11(a), Aug. 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 1315, 1317; Pub. L. 99-514, 
title XVIII, Secs. 1883(b)(6), 1899(a), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2917, 
2957; Pub. L. 100-203, title IX, Sec. 9141(a)(1), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 
Stat. 1330-321; Pub. L. 100-485, title I, Sec. 102(b), Oct. 13, 1988, 
102 Stat. 2346; Pub. L. 104-193, title III, Sec. 302(a), Aug. 22, 1996, 
110 Stat. 2200; Pub. L. 105-33, title V, Secs. 5532(a), (b)(1), (c)-(h), 
5547, Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 626, 627, 632; Pub. L. 106-169, title III, 
Sec. 301(a), (c), title IV, Sec. 401(j), (k), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 
1857, 1858.)

                          Amendment of Section

        Pub. L. 106-169, title III, Sec. 301(c), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 
    Stat. 1857, provided that, effective Oct. 1, 2001, this section is 
    amended as follows:
        (1) in subsection (a), by substituting ``subsections (d) and 
    (e)'' for ``subsections (e) and (f)'';
        (2) by striking out subsection (d);
        (3) in subsection (e), by striking out the second sentence; and
        (4) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as (d) and (e), 
    respectively.

                       References in Text

    The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
of 1996, referred to in subsec. (a)(5)(C), 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.
    Parts A and E of this subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (b), 
(c)(1), (d)(2), and (f), are classified to sections 601 et seq. and 670 
et seq., respectively, of this title.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(i)(I). Pub. L. 106-169, Sec. 401(j), made 
technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text 
as reference to August 22, 1996.
    Subsec. (a)(5)(C). Pub. L. 106-169, Sec. 401(k), substituted 
``Opportunity Reconciliation Act'' for ``Opportunity Act''.
    Subsecs. (a)(6), (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 106-169, Sec. 401(k), made 
technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text 
as reference to August 22, 1996.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106-169, Sec. 301(a), amended heading and text 
of subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ``If 
the amounts collected which could be retained by the State in the fiscal 
year (to the extent necessary to reimburse the State for amounts paid to 
families as assistance by the State) are less than the State share of 
the amounts collected in fiscal year 1995 (determined in accordance with 
this section as in effect on the day before August 22, 1996), the State 
share for the fiscal year shall be an amount equal to the State share in 
fiscal year 1995.''
    Pub. L. 106-169, Sec. 401(k), made technical amendment to reference 
in original act which appears in text as reference to August 22, 1996.
    1997--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5547(1), substituted 
``subsections (e) and (f)'' for ``subsection (e)'' in introductory 
provisions.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5532(c), inserted concluding 
provisions.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(i)(I), (ii)(I). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5532(f)(1), 
in introductory provisions, struck out ``(other than subsection 
(b)(1))'' after ``provisions of this section'' and inserted ``(other 
than subsection (b)(1) (as so in effect))'' after ``1996''.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(ii)(II). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5532(f)(2), 
substituted ``paragraph (5)'' for ``paragraph (4)''.
    Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5532(d), amended heading and 
text of par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: 
``In the case of a family receiving assistance from an Indian tribe, 
distribute the amount so collected pursuant to an agreement entered into 
pursuant to a State plan under section 654(33) of this title.''
    Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5532(e), substituted ``1999'' 
for ``1998'' in introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5532(b)(1), added par. (6).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5532(a), substituted ``assigned'' 
for ``which were assigned'' and ``and in effect on September 30, 1997 
(or such earlier date, on or after August 22, 1996, as the State may 
choose), shall remain assigned after such date.'' for ``and which were 
in effect on the day before August 22, 1996, shall remain assigned after 
August 22, 1996.''
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5532(h)(1), substituted ``is 
distributed'' for ``is collected''.
    Subsec. (c)(3)(A). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5532(g), substituted ``75 
percent'' for ``the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in 
section 1318 of this title)''.
    Subsec. (c)(3)(B). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5532(h)(2), substituted ``as 
such section was in effect on September 30, 1995'' for ``as in effect on 
September 30, 1996''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5547(2), added subsec. (f).
    1996--Pub. L. 104-193 substituted ``collected support'' for 
``proceeds'' in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to 
amendment, text consisted of subsecs. (a) to (d) relating to 
distribution of amounts collected by States as child support during 15 
months beginning July 1, 1975, and during any fiscal year beginning 
after Sept. 30, 1976, distribution of support collected for families 
whose assistance under part A of this subchapter has terminated, and 
distribution of support collected on behalf of children for whom foster 
care maintenance payments were being made.
    1988--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 100-485 substituted ``of such amounts 
as are collected periodically which represent monthly support payments, 
the first $50 of any payments for a month received in that month, and 
the first $50 of payments for each prior month received in that month 
which were made by the absent parent in the month when due,'' for ``the 
first $50 of such amounts as are collected periodically which represent 
monthly support payments''.
    1987--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-203 amended subsec. (c) generally, 
revising and restating as single unnumbered subsection provisions of 
former pars. (1) and (2).
    1986--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 99-514, Sec. 1899(a), inserted ``or 
administrative'' after ``court''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-514, Sec. 1883(b)(6), substituted 
``subsection (b)(4)(A) and (B)'' for ``subsection (b)(3)(A) and (B)''.
    1984--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 11(a)(2), inserted 
``(subject to subsection (d) of this section)'' after ``shall'' in 
provisions preceding par. (1).
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2640(b)(1), added par. (1). 
Former par. (1) redesignated (2).
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2640(b)(1), (2)(A), 
redesignated former par. (1) as (2), and inserted ``which are in excess 
of any amount paid to the family under paragraph (1) and''. Former par. 
(2) redesignated (3).
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2640(b)(1), (2)(B), 
redesignated former par. (2) as (3), and substituted ``paragraph (2)'' 
for ``paragraph (1)''. Former par. (3) redesignated (4).
    Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2640(b)(1), (2)(C), 
redesignated former par. (3) as (4), and substituted ``paragraphs (1), 
(2), and (3)'' for ``paragraphs (1) and (2)''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 7(a)(1), substituted ``shall'' for 
``may'' in provisions preceding par. (1).
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 7(a)(2), substituted ``any 
amount so collected, which represents monthly support payments, to the 
family (without requiring any formal reapplication and without the 
imposition of any application fee) on the same basis as in the case of 
other individuals who are not receiving assistance under part A of this 
subchapter,'' for ``the net amount of any amount so collected, which 
represents monthly support payments, to the family after deducting any 
costs incurred in making the collection from the amount of any recovery 
made,''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 11(a)(1), added subsec. (d).
    1981--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2332(e)(1), substituted in 
provision preceding par. (1) ``as support'' for ``as child support''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2332(e)(2), substituted in 
provision preceding par. (1) ``whom support payments'' for ``whom child 
support payments'' and in pars. (1) and (2) ``amounts of support 
payments'' for ``amounts of child support payments'' in two places and 
``amounts of support so'' for ``amounts of child support so''.
    1977--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-171, Sec. 11(a)-(c), in par. (1), 
substituted ``amounts of child support payments which represent monthly 
support payments'' for ``such support payments'' and inserted ``, which 
represent monthly support payments,'' after ``amounts so collected''; in 
par. (2), substituted ``amounts of child support payments which 
represent monthly support payments'' for ``such support payments'' and 
inserted ``, which represents monthly support payments,'' after ``amount 
so collected''; changed to a comma the period at end of par. (2); and 
inserted provision for distribution of child support proceeds.


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Pub. L. 106-169, title III, Sec. 301(b), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 
1857, provided that: ``The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending 
this section] shall be effective with respect to calendar quarters 
occurring during the period that begins on October 1, 1998, and ends on 
September 30, 2001.''
    Pub. L. 106-169, title III, Sec. 301(c), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 
1857, provided that the amendment made by section 301(c) is effective 
Oct. 1, 2001.
    Amendment by section 401(j), (k) of 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 Pub. L. 105-33 effective as if included in the 
enactment of title III of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-193, see section 
5557 of Pub. L. 105-33, set out as a note under section 608 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Section 302(c) of Pub. L. 104-193 provided that:
    ``(1) In General.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 654 
and 664 of this title] shall be effective on October 1, 1996, or earlier 
at the State's option.
    ``(2) Conforming amendments.--The amendments made by subsection 
(b)(2) [amending section 654 of this title] shall become effective on 
the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 22, 1996].''
    For provisions relating to effective date of title III of Pub. L. 
104-193, see section 395(a)-(c) of Pub. L. 104-193, set out as a note 
under section 654 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Section 102(c) of Pub. L. 100-485 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section and section 602 of this 
title] shall become effective on the first day of the first calendar 
quarter which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 
13, 1988].''


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Amendment by section 1883(b)(6) of Pub. L. 99-514 effective Oct. 22, 
1986, see section 1883(f) of Pub. L. 99-514, set out as a note under 
section 402 of this title.
    Section 1899(b) of Pub. L. 99-514 provided that: ``The amendment 
made by this section [amending this section] shall become effective on 
the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 22, 1986].''


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendments

    Section 7(b) of Pub. L. 98-378 provided that: ``The amendments made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall become effective October 
1, 1984.''
    Amendment by section 11(a) of Pub. L. 98-378 effective Oct. 1, 1984, 
and applicable to collections made on or after that date, see section 
11(e) of Pub. L. 98-378, set out as a note under section 654 of this 
title.
    Section 2646 of Pub. L. 98-369 provided that: ``Except as otherwise 
specifically provided in this subtitle [subtitle B (Secs. 2611-2646) of 
Pub. L. 98-369], the provisions of parts 1 and 2 [sections 2611 to 2642 
of Pub. L. 98-369, enacting section 1320b-6 of this title, amending this 
section and sections 602, 609, 614, 615, 1320a-6, 1382 to 1382b, 1382j, 
and 1383 of this title and section 51 of Title 26, Internal Revenue 
Code, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 602, 609, 
614, 1320a-6, 1382a, and 1383 of this title and section 51 of Title 26] 
and the amendments made thereby shall take effect on October 1, 1984.''


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, see section 2336 of Pub. L. 97-35, set 
out as a note under section 651 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 608, 609, 652, 654, 654b, 
664, 666 of this title.
