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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 115 — Child Development Associate Scholarship Assistance Program

§ 10903. Definitions

Statutory text

For purposes of this chapter—

(1)

the term “eligible individual” means a candidate for the Child Development Associate credential whose income does not exceed the 1 130 percent of the lower living standard income level,2 by more than 50 percent;

(2)

the term “lower living standard income level” means that income level (adjusted for regional, metropolitan, urban, and rural differences and family size) determined annually by the Secretary of Labor and based on the most recent lower living family budget issued by the Secretary of Labor;

(3)

the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and

(4)

the term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. The word “the” probably should not appear.
  2. 2 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Child Development Associate Scholarship Assistance Act of 1985

    Pub. L. 99–425 title VI § 604 · 100 Stat. 966

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 10903

    Pub. L. 99–425, title VI, § 604, Sept. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 976

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 99–425, title VI, § 604, Sept. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 976

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 604. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this title— (1) the term “eligible individual” means a candidate for the Child Development Associate credential whose income does not exceed the poverty line, as defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), by more than 50 percent; (2) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and (3) the term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.

  2. Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–501 § 502(1) · 104 Stat. 1222

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 10903(1)

    Pub. L. 101–501, § 502(1), substituted “130 percent of the lower living standard income level” for “poverty line, as defined in section 9902(2) of this title”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. (1). Pub. L. 101–501, § 502(1), substituted “130 percent of the lower living standard income level” for “poverty line, as defined in section 9902(2) of this title”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in paragraph (1) by striking “poverty line, as defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))” and inserting “130 percent of the lower living standard income level”,

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 101–501 effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 101–501, set out as a note under section 8621 of this title.

  3. Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–501 § 502(2) · 104 Stat. 1222

    1. Added · 42 U.S.C. § 10903(2)(4)

      Pub. L. 101–501, § 502(2), (3), added par. (2)

    2. Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 10903(2)(4)

      Pub. L. 101–501, § 502(2), (3), redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pars. (2) to (4). Pub. L. 101–501, § 502(2), (3), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively, and

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 101–501 effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 101–501, set out as a note under section 8621 of this title.

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1990—Par. (1). Pub. L. 101–501, § 502(1), substituted “130 percent of the lower living standard income level” for “poverty line, as defined in section 9902(2) of this title”.

Pars. (2) to (4). Pub. L. 101–501, § 502(2), (3), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 101–501 effective , see section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 101–501, set out as a note under section 8621 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective , see section 1001 of Pub. L. 99–425, set out as an Effective Date of 1986 Amendment note under section 8621 of this title.

Credits

1986–1990 · 2 acts
  1. 1986Pub. L. 99–425, title VI, § 604, , 100 Stat. 976
  2. 1990Pub. L. 101–501, title V, § 502, , 104 Stat. 1256.
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(Pub. L. 99–425, title VI, § 604, , 100 Stat. 976; Pub. L. 101–501, title V, § 502, , 104 Stat. 1256.)

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