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[CITE: 42USC655]

 
                 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. 655. Payments to States


(a) Amounts payable each quarter

    (1) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secretary shall pay to 
each State for each quarter an amount--
        (A) equal to the percent specified in paragraph (2) of the total 
    amounts expended by such State during such quarter for the operation 
    of the plan approved under section 654 of this title,
        (B) equal to the percent specified in paragraph (3) of the sums 
    expended during such quarter that are attributable to the planning, 
    design, development, installation or enhancement of an automatic 
    data processing and information retrieval system (including in such 
    sums the full cost of the hardware components of such system); and 
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        (C) equal to 90 percent (rather than the percentage specified in 
    subparagraph (A)) of so much of the sums expended during such 
    quarter as are attributable to laboratory costs incurred in 
    determining paternity, and
        (D) equal to 66 percent of the sums expended by the State during 
    the quarter for an alternative statewide system for which a waiver 
    has been granted under section 652(d)(3) of this title, but only to 
    the extent that the total of the sums so expended by the State on or 
    after July 16, 1998, does not exceed the least total cost estimate 
    submitted by the State pursuant to section 652(d)(3)(C) of this 
    title in the request for the waiver;

except that no amount shall be paid to any State on account of amounts 
expended to carry out an agreement which it has entered into pursuant to 
section 663 of this title. In determining the total amounts expended by 
any State during a quarter, for purposes of this subsection, there shall 
be excluded an amount equal to the total of any fees collected or other 
income resulting from services provided under the plan approved under 
this part.
    (2) The percent applicable to quarters in a fiscal year for purposes 
of paragraph (1)(A) is--
        (A) 70 percent for fiscal years 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987,
        (B) 68 percent for fiscal years 1988 and 1989, and
        (C) 66 percent for fiscal year 1990 and each fiscal year 
    thereafter.

    (3)(A) The Secretary shall pay to each State, for each quarter in 
fiscal years 1996 and 1997, 90 percent of so much of the State 
expenditures described in paragraph (1)(B) as the Secretary finds are 
for a system meeting the requirements specified in section 654(16) of 
this title (as in effect on September 30, 1995) but limited to the 
amount approved for States in the advance planning documents of such 
States submitted on or before September 30, 1995.
    (B)(i) The Secretary shall pay to each State or system described in 
clause (iii), for each quarter in fiscal years 1996 through 2001, the 
percentage specified in clause (ii) of so much of the State or system 
expenditures described in paragraph (1)(B) as the Secretary finds are 
for a system meeting the requirements of sections 654(16) and 654a of 
this title.
    (ii) The percentage specified in this clause is 80 percent.
    (iii) For purposes of clause (i), a system described in this clause 
is a system that has been approved by the Secretary to receive enhanced 
funding pursuant to the Family Support Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-485; 
102 Stat. 2343) for the purpose of developing a system that meets the 
requirements of sections 654(16) of this title (as in effect on and 
after September 30, 1995) and 654a of this title, including systems that 
have received funding for such purpose pursuant to a waiver under 
section 1315(a) of this title.
    (4)(A)(i) If--
        (I) the Secretary determines that a State plan under section 654 
    of this title would (in the absence of this paragraph) be 
    disapproved for the failure of the State to comply with a particular 
    subparagraph of section 654(24) of this title, and that the State 
    has made and is continuing to make a good faith effort to so comply; 
    and
        (II) the State has submitted to the Secretary a corrective 
    compliance plan that describes how, by when, and at what cost the 
    State will achieve such compliance, which has been approved by the 
    Secretary,

then the Secretary shall not disapprove the State plan under section 654 
of this title, and the Secretary shall reduce the amount otherwise 
payable to the State under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection for the 
fiscal year by the penalty amount.
    (ii) All failures of a State during a fiscal year to comply with any 
of the requirements referred to in the same subparagraph of section 
654(24) of this title shall be considered a single failure of the State 
to comply with that subparagraph during the fiscal year for purposes of 
this paragraph.
    (B) In this paragraph:
        (i) The term ``penalty amount'' means, with respect to a failure 
    of a State to comply with a subparagraph of section 654(24) of this 
    title--
            (I) 4 percent of the penalty base, in the case of the first 
        fiscal year in which such a failure by the State occurs 
        (regardless of whether a penalty is imposed under this paragraph 
        with respect to the failure);
            (II) 8 percent of the penalty base, in the case of the 
        second such fiscal year;
            (III) 16 percent of the penalty base, in the case of the 
        third such fiscal year;
            (IV) 25 percent of the penalty base, in the case of the 
        fourth such fiscal year; or
            (V) 30 percent of the penalty base, in the case of the fifth 
        or any subsequent such fiscal year.

        (ii) The term ``penalty base'' means, with respect to a failure 
    of a State to comply with a subparagraph of section 654(24) of this 
    title during a fiscal year, the amount otherwise payable to the 
    State under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection for the preceding 
    fiscal year.

    (C)(i) The Secretary shall waive a penalty under this paragraph for 
any failure of a State to comply with section 654(24)(A) of this title 
during fiscal year 1998 if--
        (I) on or before August 1, 1998, the State has submitted to the 
    Secretary a request that the Secretary certify the State as having 
    met the requirements of such section;
        (II) the Secretary subsequently provides the certification as a 
    result of a timely review conducted pursuant to the request; and
        (III) the State has not failed such a review.

    (ii) If a State with respect to which a reduction is made under this 
paragraph for a fiscal year with respect to a failure to comply with a 
subparagraph of section 654(24) of this title achieves compliance with 
such subparagraph by the beginning of the succeeding fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall increase the amount otherwise payable to the State under 
paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection for the succeeding fiscal year by an 
amount equal to 90 percent of the reduction for the fiscal year.
    (iii) The Secretary shall reduce the amount of any reduction that, 
in the absence of this clause, would be required to be made under this 
paragraph by reason of the failure of a State to achieve compliance with 
section 654(24)(B) of this title during the fiscal year, by an amount 
equal to 20 percent of the amount of the otherwise required reduction, 
for each State performance measure described in section 658a(b)(4) of 
this title with respect to which the applicable percentage under section 
658a(b)(6) of this title for the fiscal year is 100 percent, if the 
Secretary has made the determination described in section 658a(b)(5)(B) 
of this title with respect to the State for the fiscal year.
    (D) The Secretary may not impose a penalty under this paragraph 
against a State with respect to a failure to comply with section 
654(24)(B) of this title for a fiscal year if the Secretary is required 
to impose a penalty under this paragraph against the State with respect 
to a failure to comply with section 654(24)(A) of this title for the 
fiscal year.
    (5)(A)(i) If--
        (I) the Secretary determines that a State plan under section 654 
    of this title would (in the absence of this paragraph) be 
    disapproved for the failure of the State to comply with 
    subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of section 654(27) of this title, and 
    that the State has made and is continuing to make a good faith 
    effort to so comply; and
        (II) the State has submitted to the Secretary, not later than 
    April 1, 2000, a corrective compliance plan that describes how, by 
    when, and at what cost the State will achieve such compliance, which 
    has been approved by the Secretary,

then the Secretary shall not disapprove the State plan under section 654 
of this title, and the Secretary shall reduce the amount otherwise 
payable to the State under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection for the 
fiscal year by the penalty amount.
    (ii) All failures of a State during a fiscal year to comply with any 
of the requirements of section 654B of this title shall be considered a 
single failure of the State to comply with subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) 
of section 654(27) of this title during the fiscal year for purposes of 
this paragraph.
    (B) In this paragraph:
        (i) The term ``penalty amount'' means, with respect to a failure 
    of a State to comply with subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of section 
    654(27) of this title--
            (I) 4 percent of the penalty base, in the case of the 1st 
        fiscal year in which such a failure by the State occurs 
        (regardless of whether a penalty is imposed in that fiscal year 
        under this paragraph with respect to the failure), except as 
        provided in subparagraph (C)(ii) of this paragraph;
            (II) 8 percent of the penalty base, in the case of the 2nd 
        such fiscal year;
            (III) 16 percent of the penalty base, in the case of the 3rd 
        such fiscal year;
            (IV) 25 percent of the penalty base, in the case of the 4th 
        such fiscal year; or
            (V) 30 percent of the penalty base, in the case of the 5th 
        or any subsequent such fiscal year.

        (ii) The term ``penalty base'' means, with respect to a failure 
    of a State to comply with subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of section 
    654(27) of this title during a fiscal year, the amount otherwise 
    payable to the State under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection for 
    the preceding fiscal year.

    (C)(i) The Secretary shall waive all penalties imposed against a 
State under this paragraph for any failure of the State to comply with 
subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of section 654(27) of this title if the 
Secretary determines that, before April 1, 2000, the State has achieved 
such compliance.
    (ii) If a State with respect to which a reduction is required to be 
made under this paragraph with respect to a failure to comply with 
subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of section 654(27) of this title achieves 
such compliance on or after April 1, 2000, and on or before September 
30, 2000, then the penalty amount applicable to the State shall be 1 
percent of the penalty base with respect to the failure involved.
    (D) The Secretary may not impose a penalty under this paragraph 
against a State for a fiscal year for which the amount otherwise payable 
to the State under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection is reduced under 
paragraph (4) of this subsection for failure to comply with section 
654(24)(A) of this title.

(b) Estimate of amounts payable; installment payments

    (1) Prior to the beginning of each quarter, the Secretary shall 
estimate the amount to which a State will be entitled under subsection 
(a) of this section for such quarter, such estimates to be based on (A) 
a report filed by the State containing its estimate of the total sum to 
be expended in such quarter in accordance with the provisions of such 
subsection, and stating the amount appropriated or made available by the 
State and its political subdivisions for such expenditures in such 
quarter, and if such amount is less than the State's proportionate share 
of the total sum of such estimated expenditures, the source or sources 
from which the difference is expected to be derived, and (B) such other 
investigation as the Secretary may find necessary.
    (2) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary shall 
then pay, in such installments as he may determine, to the State the 
amount so estimated, reduced or increased to the extent of any 
overpayment or underpayment which the Secretary determines was made 
under this section to such State for any prior quarter and with respect 
to which adjustment has not already been made under this subsection.
    (3) Upon the making of any estimate by the Secretary under this 
subsection, any appropriations available for payments under this section 
shall be deemed obligated.

(c) Repealed. Pub. L. 97-248, title I, Sec. 174(b), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 
        Stat. 403

(d) State reports

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amount shall be paid 
to any State under this section for any quarter, prior to the close of 
such quarter, unless for the period consisting of all prior quarters for 
which payment is authorized to be made to such State under subsection 
(a) of this section, there shall have been submitted by the State to the 
Secretary, with respect to each quarter in such period (other than the 
last two quarters in such period), a full and complete report (in such 
form and manner and containing such information as the Secretary shall 
prescribe or require) as to the amount of child support collected and 
disbursed and all expenditures with respect to which payment is 
authorized under subsection (a) of this section.

(e) Special project grants for interstate enforcement; appropriations

    (1) In order to encourage and promote the development and use of 
more effective methods of enforcing support obligations under this part 
in cases where either the children on whose behalf the support is sought 
or their noncustodial parents do not reside in the State where such 
cases are filed, the Secretary is authorized to make grants, in such 
amounts and on such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to 
be appropriate, to States which propose to undertake new or innovative 
methods of support collection in such cases and which will use the 
proceeds of such grants to carry out special projects designed to 
demonstrate and test such methods.
    (2) A grant under this subsection shall be made only upon a finding 
by the Secretary that the project involved is likely to be of 
significant assistance in carrying out the purpose of this subsection; 
and with respect to such project the Secretary may waive any of the 
requirements of this part which would otherwise be applicable, to such 
extent and for such period as the Secretary determines is necessary or 
desirable in order to enable the State to carry out the project.
    (3) At the time of its application for a grant under this subsection 
the State shall submit to the Secretary a statement describing in 
reasonable detail the project for which the proceeds of the grant are to 
be used, and the State shall from time to time thereafter submit to the 
Secretary such reports with respect to the project as the Secretary may 
specify.
    (4) Amounts expended by a State in carrying out a special project 
assisted under this section shall be considered, for purposes of section 
658(b) \2\ of this title (as amended by section 5(a) of the Child 
Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984), to have been expended for the 
operation of the State's plan approved under section 654 of this title.
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    (5) There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $7,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1985, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1986, and $15,000,000 for 
each fiscal year thereafter, to be used by the Secretary in making 
grants under this subsection.

(f) Direct Federal funding to Indian tribes and tribal organizations

    The Secretary may make direct payments under this part to an Indian 
tribe or tribal organization that demonstrates to the satisfaction of 
the Secretary that it has the capacity to operate a child support 
enforcement program meeting the objectives of this part, including 
establishment of paternity, establishment, modification, and enforcement 
of support orders, and location of absent parents. The Secretary shall 
promulgate regulations establishing the requirements which must be met 
by an Indian tribe or tribal organization to be eligible for a grant 
under this subsection.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 455, as added Pub. L. 93-647, 
Sec. 101(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2355; amended Pub. L. 94-88, title 
II, Secs. 201(c), 205, Aug. 9, 1975, 89 Stat. 433, 435; Pub. L. 94-365, 
Sec. 3, July 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 990; Pub. L. 95-59, Sec. 4, June 30, 
1977, 91 Stat. 255; Pub. L. 96-178, Sec. 2(a), Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 
1295; Pub. L. 96-265, title IV, Secs. 404(a), 405(a), 407(a), (b), June 
9, 1980, 94 Stat. 463, 467; Pub. L. 96-611, Secs. 9(c), 11(c), Dec. 28, 
1980, 94 Stat. 3573, 3574; Pub. L. 97-35, title XXIII, Sec. 2333(c), 
Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 863; Pub. L. 97-248, title I, Secs. 171(b)(2), 
174(a), (b), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 401, 403; Pub. L. 98-378, 
Secs. 4(a), 6(b), 8, Aug. 16, 1984, 98 Stat. 1311, 1314, 1315; Pub. L. 
100-485, title I, Secs. 112(a), 123(c), Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2350, 
2352; Pub. L. 104-193, title III, Secs. 344(b)(1), (c), 375(b), 
395(d)(1)(E), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2236, 2237, 2256, 2259; Pub. L. 
105-33, title V, Secs. 5546(b), (c), 5555(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 
631, 632, 636; Pub. L. 105-200, title I, Secs. 101(a), 102(b), title II, 
Sec. 201(f)(2)(B), July 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 646, 648, 658; Pub. L. 105-
306, Sec. 4(a)(1), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2926; Pub. L. 106-113, div. 
B, Sec. 1000(a)(4) [title VIII, Sec. 807(a)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 
1535, 1501A-286; Pub. L. 106-169, title IV, Sec. 401(i), Dec. 14, 1999, 
113 Stat. 1858.)

                       References in Text

    The Family Support Act of 1988, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(3)(B)(iii), is Pub. L. 100-485, Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2343, as 
amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title of 1988 Amendments note set out under section 1305 of this title 
and Tables.
    Section 658(b) of this title (as amended by section 5(a) of the 
Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984), referred to in subsec. 
(e)(4), was in the original a reference to ``section 458(b)'', meaning 
section 458(b) of act of Aug. 14, 1935, as amended by section 5(a) of 
Pub. L. 98-378, which was classified to section 658(b) of this title. 
Pub. L. 105-200, title II, Sec. 201(f)(1), (2)(A), July 16, 1998, 112 
Stat. 657, 658, repealed section 458 and renumbered section 458A of the 
act of Aug. 14, 1935, as section 458, which is classified to section 
658a of this title.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 106-169 amended Pub. L. 104-193, 
Sec. 344(b)(1)(A). See 1996 Amendment note below.
    Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 106-113 added par. (5).
    1998--Subsec. (a)(1)(D). Pub. L. 105-200, Sec. 102(b), added subpar. 
(D).
    Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 105-200, Sec. 101(a), added par. (4).
    Subsec. (a)(4)(C)(iii). Pub. L. 105-306 added cl. (iii).
    Pub. L. 105-200, Sec. 201(f)(2)(B), made technical amendments to 
references in original act which appear in text as references to section 
658a(b)(4), section 658a(b)(6), and section 658a(b)(5)(B) of this title.
    1997--Subsec. (a)(3)(B)(i). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5555(a)(1), 
inserted ``or system described in clause (iii)'' after ``each State'' 
and ``or system'' after ``the State''.
    Subsec. (a)(3)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5555(a)(2), added cl. 
(iii).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5546(b), redesignated subsec. (b), 
relating to direct Federal funding to Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations, as (f).
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5546(c), amended heading and text 
of subsec. (f) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: 
``The Secretary may, in appropriate cases, make direct payments under 
this part to an Indian tribe or tribal organization which has an 
approved child support enforcement plan under this subchapter. In 
determining whether such payments are appropriate, the Secretary shall, 
at a minimum, consider whether services are being provided to eligible 
Indian recipients by the State agency through an agreement entered into 
pursuant to section 654(34) of this title.''
    Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 5546(b), redesignated subsec. (b), relating to 
direct Federal funding to Indian tribes and tribal organizations, as 
(f).
    1996--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 344(c), which directed 
repeal of Pub. L. 100-485, Sec. 123(c), was executed by restoring the 
provisions of this section amended by Sec. 123(c) to read as if 
Sec. 123(c) had not been enacted, to reflect the probable intent of 
Congress. See 1988 Amendment note below.
    Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 344(b)(1)(A), as amended by 
Pub. L. 106-169, added subpar. (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) 
which read as follows: ``equal to 90 percent (rather than the percent 
specified in subparagraph (A)) of so much of the sums expended during 
such quarter as are attributable to the planning, design, development, 
installation or enhancement of an automatic data processing and 
information retrieval system (including in such sums the full cost of 
the hardware components of such system) which the Secretary finds meets 
the requirements specified in section 654(16) of this title, or meets 
such requirements without regard to clause (D) thereof, and''.
    Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 344(b)(1)(B), added par. (3).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 375(b), added subsec. (b) 
relating to direct Federal funding to Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations.
    Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 395(d)(1)(E), substituted 
``noncustodial parents'' for ``absent parents''.
    1988--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100-485, Sec. 123(c), which directed 
striking subpars. (A) and (B), redesignating subpar. (C) as (A), 
striking ``(rather than the percentage specified in subparagraph (A))'' 
and inserting ``and'' after the semicolon in subpar. (A), and adding new 
subpar. (B) which read ``equal to the percent specified in paragraph (2) 
of the total amounts expended by such State during such quarter for the 
operation of the plan approved under section 654 of this title;'', was 
repealed by Pub. L. 104-193, Sec. 344(c).
    Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 100-485, Sec. 112(a), added subpar. (C).
    1984--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 4(a)(1)-(5), designated 
existing provisions as par. (1) and in par. (1) as so designated, struck 
out ``, beginning with the quarter commencing July 1, 1975,'' after 
``for each quarter'', substituted subpar. (A) for former par. (1) which 
provided for an amount equal to 70 percent of the total amounts expended 
by the State during the quarter for the operation of the plan approved 
under section 654 of this title, struck out former par. (2) which 
provided for an amount equal to 50 percent of the total amounts expended 
by the State during the quarter for the operation of a plan which met 
the conditions of section 654 of this title except as was provided by a 
waiver by the Secretary which was granted pursuant to specific authority 
set forth in the law, redesignated former par. (3) as subpar. (B) of 
par. (1), and in subpar. (B) as so redesignated, substituted 
``subparagraph (A)'' for ``clause (1) or (2)'', and inserted 
``(including in such sums the full cost of the hardware components of 
such system)'' and ``, or meets such requirements without regard to 
clause (D) thereof''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 4(a)(6), added par. (2). Former 
par. (2) was struck out.
    Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 4(a)(3), redesignated par. (3) 
of subsec. (a) as subpar. (B) of subsec. (a)(1).
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 98-378, Sec. 8, added subsec. (e).
    1982--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97-248, Sec. 174(a), substituted ``70 
percent'' for ``75 percent''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-248, Sec. 174(b), struck out subsec. (c) 
which had provided that expenditures of courts of a State or its 
political subdivisions in connection with performance of services 
related to the operation of a plan approved under section 654 of this 
title, would be included in determining the amounts expended by a State 
during any quarter for the operation of such plan, that the aggregate 
amount of such expenditures would be reduced by the total amount of 
those expenditures made by a State for the 12-month period beginning on 
Jan. 1, 1978, and that a State agency could, under State law, pay the 
courts of the State from amounts received under subsec. (a) of this 
section.
    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-35, as amended by Pub. L. 97-248, 
Sec. 171(b)(2), inserted provision that in determining the total amounts 
expended by any State during a quarter, for purposes of this subsection, 
there be excluded an amount equal to the total of any fees collected or 
other income resulting from services provided under the plan approved 
under this part.
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-611, Sec. 9(c), inserted provision 
following par. (3) that no amount shall be paid to any State on account 
of amounts expended to carry out an agreement which it has entered into 
pursuant to section 663 of this title.
    Pub. L. 96-611, Sec. 11(c), which was intended to make a technical 
correction in par. (3) by substituting a period for the semicolon at the 
end thereof, was not executed in view of the amendment by section 9(c) 
of Pub. L. 96-611 inserting provision following par. (3).
    Pub. L. 96-265, Sec. 405(a), added par. (3).
    Pub. L. 96-178 struck out provisions following par. (2) prohibiting 
payment to any State on account of furnishing child support collection 
or paternity determination services (other than the parent locator 
services) to individuals under section 654(6) of this title during any 
period beginning after Sept. 30, 1978.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 96-265, Sec. 407(a), substituted ``Subject 
to subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary'' for ``The 
Secretary''.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 96-265, Secs. 404(a), 407(b), added 
subsecs. (c) and (d).
    1977--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-59 substituted ``September 30, 1978'' 
for ``June 30, 1977'' in provisions following par. (2).
    1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-365 substituted ``June 30, 1977'' for 
``June 30, 1976''.
    1975--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-88, Secs. 201(c), 205, designated 
existing provisions as subsec. (a), and inserted provisions authorizing 
Secretary to pay to each State for each quarter beginning with the 
quarter commencing July 1, 1975, an amount equal to 50 per cent of the 
total amounts expended by such State during such quarter for the 
operation of a plan which meets the conditions of section 654 of this 
title except as is provided by a waiver by the Secretary which is 
granted pursuant to specific authority set forth in the law.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-88, Sec. 205, added subsec. (b).


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendments

    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.
    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-113 effective Oct. 1, 1999, see section 
1000(a)(4) [title VIII, Sec. 807(c)] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out as a 
note under section 609 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendments

    Pub. L. 105-306, Sec. 4(a)(2), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2927, 
provided that: ``The amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection 
[amending this section] shall take effect as if included in the 
enactment of section 101(a) of the Child Support Performance and 
Incentive Act of 1998 [Pub. L. 105-200, amending this section], and the 
amendment shall be considered to have been added by section 101(a) of 
such Act for purposes of section 201(f)(2)(B) of such Act [amending this 
section].''
    Pub. L. 105-200, title II, Sec. 201(f)(3), July 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 
658, provided that: ``The amendments made by this subsection [amending 
this section, renumbering section 658a as section 658 of this title, and 
repealing former section 658 of this title] shall take effect on October 
1, 2001.''


                    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

    For effective date of amendment by 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 112(b) of Pub. L. 100-485 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect 
to laboratory costs incurred on or after October 1, 1988.''
    Section 123(c) of Pub. L. 100-485 which provided that the amendment 
made by that section was effective Sept. 30, 1995, was repealed by Pub. 
L. 104-193, title III, Sec. 344(c), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2237.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 98-378 applicable to fiscal 
years after fiscal year 1983, see section 4(c) of Pub. L. 98-378, set 
out as a note under section 652 of this title.
    Amendment by section 6(b) of Pub. L. 98-378 applicable with respect 
to quarters beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1984, see section 6(c) of Pub. 
L. 98-378, set out as a note under section 654 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

    Amendment by section 171(b)(2) of Pub. L. 97-248 effective on and 
after Aug. 13, 1981, see section 171(c) of Pub. L. 97-248, set out as a 
note under section 503 of this title.
    Section 174(d) of Pub. L. 97-248 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to 
quarters beginning on or after October 1, 1982. Subsection (b) [amending 
this section] shall apply with respect to quarters beginning on or after 
October 1, 1983; and the amendment made by subsection (c) [amending 
section 658 of this title] shall apply with respect to amounts collected 
on or after October 1, 1983.''


                    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.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendments

    Section 404(b) of Pub. L. 96-265 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to 
expenditures made by States on or after July 1, 1980.''
    Amendment by section 405(a) of Pub. L. 96-265 effective July 1, 
1981, and to be effective only with respect to expenditures, referred to 
in subsec. (a)(3) of this section, made on or after such date, see 
section 405(e) of Pub. L. 96-265, set out as a note under section 652 of 
this title.
    Section 407(d) of Pub. L. 96-265 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section and section 603 of this 
title] shall be effective in the case of calendar quarters commencing on 
or after January 1, 1981.''
    Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 96-178, as amended Pub. L. 96-272, title 
III, Sec. 301(a), June 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 527, provided that: ``This 
section [amending this section] shall become effective on the date of 
the enactment of this Act [Jan. 2, 1980], and shall apply with respect 
to services furnished on or after October 1, 1978.''


                    Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-88 effective Aug. 1, 1975, unless otherwise 
provided, see section 210 of Pub. L. 94-88, set out as a note under 
section 654 of this title.


  Temporary Limitation on Payments Under Special Federal Matching Rate

    Section 344(b)(2) of Pub. L. 104-193, as amended by Pub. L. 105-33, 
title V, Sec. 5555(b), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 637, provided that:
    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
not pay more than $400,000,000 in the aggregate under section 
455(a)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act [subsec. (a)(3)(B) of this 
section] for fiscal years 1996 through 2001.
    ``(B) Allocation of limitation among states.--The total amount 
payable to a State or a system described in subparagraph (C) under 
section 455(a)(3)(B) of such Act for fiscal years 1996 through 2001 
shall not exceed the limitation determined for the State or system by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services in regulations.
    ``(C) Allocation formula.--The regulations referred to in 
subparagraph (B) shall prescribe a formula for allocating the amount 
specified in subparagraph (A) among States with plans approved under 
part D of title IV of the Social Security Act [this part], and among 
systems that have been approved by the Secretary to receive enhanced 
funding pursuant to the Family Support Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-485; 
102 Stat. 2343) for the purpose of developing a system that meets the 
requirements of sections 454(16) (as in effect on and after September 
30, 1995) and 454A [probably means sections 454(16) and 454A of the 
Social Security Act which are classified to sections 654(16) and 654a, 
respectively, of this title], including systems that have received 
funding for such purpose pursuant to a waiver under section 1115(a) 
[probably means section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act which is 
classified to section 1315(a) of this title], which shall take into 
account--
        ``(i) the relative size of such State and system caseloads under 
    part D of title IV of the Social Security Act [this part]; and
        ``(ii) the level of automation needed to meet the automated data 
    processing requirements of such part.''


    Payments to States for Certain Expenses Incurred During July 1975

    Section 206 of Pub. L. 94-88 provided that amounts expended in good 
faith by any State during July 1975 in certain ways in preparation for 
or implementation of the child support program under this part were to 
be considered for purposes of this section, to the extent that payment 
for the expenses incurred would have been made under the terms of this 
section, had the amendment by section 101 of Pub. L. 93-647 been 
effective on July 1, 1975, to have been expended by the State for the 
operation of the State plan or for the conduct of activities specified 
in this section.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 655a, 658a, 1315 of this 
title; title 2 section 906.