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other than Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount " equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as aid to dependent children in the form of money payments" under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any dependent child for any month as exceeds $32,78 or if there is more than one dependent child in the same home, as exceeds $32 with respect to one such dependent child and $2379 with respect to each of the other dependent children, and not counting so much of such expenditure for any month with respect to a relative with whom any dependent child is living as exceeds $32

(A) fourteen-seventeenths 80 of such expenditures, not counting so much of the expenditures with respect to any month as exceeds the product of $17 81 multiplied by the total number of dependent children and other individuals with respect to whom aid to dependent children in the form of money payments 82 is paid for such month; plus

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(B) one-half of the amount by which such expenditures exceed the maximum which may be counted under clause (A); and (2) in the case of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount 83 equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as aid to dependent children in the form of money payments & under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any dependent child for any month as exceeds $18, or if there is more than one dependent child in the same home, as exceeds $18 with respect to one such dependent child and $12 with respect to each of the other dependent children, and not counting so much of such expenditure for any month with respect to a relative with whom any dependent child is living as exceeds $18; 85 and (3) in the case of any State, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as found necessary by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan, including services which are provided by the staff of the State agency (or of the local agency administering the State plan in the political subdivision) to relatives with whom such children (applying for or receiving such aid) are living, in order to help such relatives attain self-support or self-care, or which are provided to maintain

7 Sec. 312 (c) (1) of the 1956 Amendments deleted the words "which shall be used exclusively as aid to dependent children," that followed the word "amount" in sec. 403 (a) (1) and sec. 403 (a) (2), effective August 1, 1956.

Sec. 302 (a) of the 1956 Amendments inserted the words "in the form of money payments" effective July 1, 1957. Sec. 342 of the 1956 Amendments substituted "$32,” “$23,” “fourteen-seventeenths," and "$17" for "$30," "$21," "four-fifths," and "$15" respectively in sec. 403 (a) (1) effective October 1, 1956. See also footnote 75.

This subsection had previously been amended in 1946, in 1948, and again in 1952 when amendments were enacted for a two-year period that was extended by the 1954 Amendments for an additional two years ending September 30, 1956. Prior to the 1946 changes, States were entitled to one-half of their aid to dependent children expenditures up to a maximum Federal payment of $9 for the first child in the home and $6 for each of the other children in the home.

19 See footnote 78.

80 See footnote 78.

81 See footnote 78.

82 Sec. 302 (b) of the 1956 Amendments inserted the words "in the form of many payments" effective July 1, 1957.

See footnote 76.

See footnote 77.

Sec. 351 (a) of the 1956 Amendments added the words "and not counting so much of such expenditures for any month with respect to a relative whom any dependent child is living as exceeds $18," effective with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and all succeeding years.

and strengthen family life for such children; 86 and (4) in the case of any State, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as aid to dependent children under the State plan in the form of medical or any other type of remedial care (including expenditures for insurance premiums for such care or the cost thereof), not counting so much of such expenditure for any month as exceeds (Á) the product of $3 multiplied by the total number of dependent children who received aid to dependent children under the State plan for such month plus (B) the product of $6 multiplied by the total number of other individuals who received aid to dependent children under the State plan for such month.87

PART 3-CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES

SEC. 521. (a) For the purpose of enabling the United States, through the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to cooperate with State public-welfare agencies in establishing, extending, and strengthening, especially in predominantly rural areas, public-welfare services (hereinafter in this section referred to as "child-welfare services") for the protection and care of homeless, dependent, and neglected children, and children in danger of becoming delinquent, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, the sum of $12,000,000.88 Such amount shall be allotted by the Secretary for use by cooperating State public-welfare agencies on the basis of plans developed jointly by the State agency and the Secretary, to each State, $40,000, and the remainder to each State on the basis of such plans, not to exceed such part of the remainder as the rural population of such State under the age of eighteen bears to the total rural population of the United States under such age. The amount so allotted shall be expended for payment of part of the cost of district, county, or other local child-welfare services in areas predominantly rural, for developing State services for the encouragement and assistance of adequate methods of community child-welfare organization in areas predominantly rural and other areas of special need, and for paying the cost of returning any runaway child who has not attained the age of sixteen to his own community in another State in cases in which such return is in the interest of the child and the cost thereof cannot otherwise be met: Provided, That in developing such services for children the facilities and experience of voluntary agencies shall be utilized in accordance with child care programs and arrangements in the States and local communities as may be authorized by the State. The amount of any

88 Sec. 312 (c) (2) of the 1956 Amendments substituted the words following "State plan" through the end of clause (3), in place of "which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for aid to dependent children or both, and for no other purpose," effective August 1, 1956.

87 Clause (4) was added by sec. 302 (c) of the 1954 Amendments effective July 1, 1957. Pursuant to sec. 9 of the Act of April 19, 1950 (64 Stat. 44, 47), the Secretary of the Treasury must also pay to the States, in addition to the amounts provided by sec. 403 (a) of the Social Security Act, an amount equal to 80 percent of the State share of expenditures under the State plan with respect to Navajo and Hopi Indians.

See sec. 1108 (p. 166) for limitation on amounts certifiable for payment to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

88 This sentence was amended by secs. 402 and 403 of the 1956 Amendments, effective with respect to fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1957. Prior thereto the sentence read: "for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, the sum of $10,000,000."

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allotment to a State under this section for any fiscal year remaining unpaid to such State at the end of such fiscal year shall be available for payment to such State under this section until the end of the second succeeding fiscal year. No payment to a State under this section shall be made out of its allotment for any fiscal year until its allotment for the preceding fiscal year has been exhausted or has ceased to be available.90

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(b) From the sums appropriated therefor and the allotments available under subsection (a) the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amounts to be paid to the States, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, through the Fiscal Service 1 of the Treasury Department, and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, make payments of such amounts from such allotments at the time or times specified by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

PAYMENT TO STATES

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SEC. 1003. (a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each State which has an approved plan for aid to the blind for each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing October 1, 1956,92 (1) in the case of any State other than Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as aid to the blind in the form of money payments under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $60 95.

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(A) four-fifths of such expenditures, not counting so much of any expenditure with respect to any month as exceeds the product of $30 multiplied by the total number of such individuals who received aid to the blind in the form of money payments 97 for such month; plus

(B) one-half of the amount by which such expenditures exceed the maximum which may be counted under clause (A); and (2) in the case of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during

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89 See footnote 5, p. 119.

90 Sec. 331 (e) of the 1950 Amendments amended this subsection in several respects, effective for the fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1950. Prior thereto, this subsection provided for allotment among the States for each fiscal year of $3,500,000, with the uniform or flat allotment being $20,000.

91 See footnote 11, p. 6.

92 In the 1956 Amendments, under Part V, sec. 343 made certain changes in the Federal matching formula and sec. 345 stated that these changes "shall be effective for the period beginning October 1, 1956, and ending with the close of June 30, 1959, and after such amendments cease to be in effect any provision of law amended thereby shall be in full force and effect as though this part had not been enacted." See also footnote 95.

Sec. 313 (c) (1) of the 1956 Amendments deleted the words ", which shall be used exclusively as aid to the blind," that followed the word "amount" in sec. 1003 (a) (1) and sec. 1003 (a) (2), effective August 1, 1956.

94 Sec. 303 (a) of the 1956 Amendments inserted the words "in the form of money payments," effective July 1, 1957.

95 Sec. 343 of the 1956 Amendments substituted "$60" and "$30" for "$55" and "$25" respectively in sec. 1003 (a) (1) effective October 1, 1956. See also footnote 92.

This subsection had previously been amended in 1946, in 1948, and again in 1952 when amendments were enacted for a two-year period that was extended by the 1954 Amendments for an additional two years ending September 30, 1956. Prior to the 1946 changes, States were entitled to one-half of their aid to the blind expenditures up to a maximum Federal payment of $20 for each case.

96 See footnote 95.

97 Sec. 303 (b) of the 1956 Amendments inserted the words "in the form of money payments," effective July 1, 1957. 88 See footnote 93.

such quarter as aid to the blind in the form of money payments" under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $30; and (3) in the case of any State, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as found necessary by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan,100 including services which are provided by the staff of the State agency (or of the local agency administering the State plan in the political subdivision) to applicants for and recipients of aid to the blind to help them attain self-support or self-care; and (4) in the case of any State, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as aid to the blind under the State plan in the form of medical or any other type of remedial care (including expenditures for insurance premiums for such care or the cost thereof), not counting so much of such expenditure for any month as exceeds the product of $6 multiplied by the total number of individuals who received aid to the blind under the State plan for such month.101

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DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN POSSESSION OF DEPARTMENT

SEC. 1106. (b) Requests for information, disclosure of which is authorized by regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may be complied with if the agency, person, or organization making the request agrees to pay for the information requested in such amount, if any (not exceeding the cost of furnishing the information), as may be determined by the Secretary. Payments for information furnished pursuant to this section shall be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be requested by the Secretary, and shall be deposited in the Treasury as a special deposit to be used to reimburse the appropriations (including authorizations to make expenditures from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund) for the unit or units of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare which prepared or furnished the infor

mation.

PAYMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 1403. (a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each State which has an approved plan for aid to the permanently and totally disabled, for each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing October 1, 1956, 102 (1) in the

99 See footnote 96.

100 Sec. 313 (c) (2) of the 1956 Amendments substituted, in sec. 1003 (a) (3), the words that follow "State plan" for previous language which read "which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for aid to the blind, or both, and for no other purpose" effective August 1, 1956.

101 Clause (4) was added by sec. 303 (c) of the 1956 Amendments effective July 1, 1957. Pursuant to sec. 9 of the Act of April 19, 1950 (64 Stat. 44, 47), the Secretary of the Treasury must also pay to States, in addition to the amounts provided by sec. 1003 (a) of the Social Security Act, an amount equal to 80 percent of the State share of expendi tures under the State plan with respect to Navajo and Hopi Indians.

See also sec. 1108 (p. 166) for a further limitation on the amounts which may be certified for payment to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for any fiscal year.

102 In the 1956 Amendments, under Part V, sec. 344 made certain changes in the Federal matching formula and sec. 345 stated that these changes "shall be effective for the period beginning October 1, 1956, and ending with the close of June 30, 1959, and after such amendments cease to be in effect any provision of law amended thereby shall be in full force and effect as though this part had not been enacted."

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case of any State other than Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as aid to the permanently and totally disabled in the form of money payments 104 under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $60-105

(A) four-fifths of such expenditures, not counting so much of any expenditure with respect to any month as exceeds the product of $30 106 multiplied by the total number of such individuals who received aid to the permanently and totally disabled in the form of money payments 107 for such month; plus

(B) one-half of the amount by which such expenditures exceed the maximum which may be counted under clause (A); and (2) in the case of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount 108 equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as aid to the permanently and totally disabled in the form of money payments 109 under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $30; and (3) in the case of any State, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as found necessary by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan,110 including services which are provided by the staff of the State agency (or of the local agency administering the State plan in the political subdivision) to applicants for and recipients of such aid to help them attain self-support or self-care; and (4) in the case of any State, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as aid to the permanently and totally disabled under the State plan in the form of medical or any other type of remedial care (including expenditures for insurance premiums for such care or the cost thereof), not counting so much of such expenditure for any month as exceeds the product of $6 multiplied by the total number of individuals who received aid to the permanently and totally disabled under the State plan for such month.111

103 Sec. 314 (c) (1) of the 1956 Amendments deleted the words ", which shall be used exclusively as aid to the permanently and totally disabled" that followed the word "amount" in sec. 1403 (a) (1) and sec. 1403 (a) (2), effective August 1, 1956.

104 Sec. 304 (a) of the 1956 Amendments inserted the words "in the form of money payments," effective July 1, 1957.

105 Sec. 344 of the 1956 Amendments substituted "$60" and "$30" for "$55" and "$25" respectively in sec. 1403 (a) (1) effective October 1, 1956. See also footnote 102.

This subsection had previously been amended in 1952 when amendments were enacted for a two-year period that was extended by the 1954 Amendments for an additional two years ending September 30, 1956.

106 See footnote 105.

107 Sec. 304 (b) of the 1956 Amendments inserted the words "in the form of money payments," effective July 1, 1957.

108 See footnote 103.

109 See footnote 104.

110 Sec. 314 (c) (2) of the 1956 Amendments substituted in sec. 1403 (a) (3), the words that follow "State plan" for previous language which read "which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for aid to the permanently and totally disabled, or both, and for no other purpose," effective August 1, 1956.

111 Clause (4) was added by sec. 304 (c) of the 1956 Amendments, effective July 1, 1957. See also sec. 1108 (p. 166) for a further limitation on the amounts which may be certified for payment to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for any fiscal year.