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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 7 — Social Security

§ 1392. Availability of funds during certain fiscal years; limitation on amount; utilization of grant

Statutory text

The sums appropriated pursuant to the first sentence of section 1391 of this title shall be available for grants to States by the Secretary during the fiscal year ending , and the succeeding fiscal year; and the sums appropriated pursuant to the second sentence of such section for the fiscal year ending , shall be available for such grants during such year and the next two fiscal years, and sums appropriated pursuant thereto for the fiscal year ending , shall be available for such grants during such year and the succeeding fiscal year. Any such grant to a State, which shall not exceed 75 per centum of the cost of the planning and related activities involved, may be used by it to determine what action is needed to combat mental retardation in the State and the resources available for this purpose, to develop public awareness of the mental retardation problem and of the need for combating it, to coordinate State and local activities relating to the various aspects of mental retardation and its prevention, treatment, or amelioration, and to plan other activities leading to comprehensive State and community action to combat mental retardation.

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. Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963

    Pub. L. 88–156 § 5 · 77 Stat. 273

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1392

    Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVII, § 1702, as added Pub. L. 88–156, § 5, Oct. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 275

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVII, § 1702, as added Pub. L. 88–156, § 5, Oct. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 275

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. mental retardation planning The Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end 49 Stat. 620. 42 USC 1305. thereof the following new title: “TITLE XVII— GRANTS FOR PLANNING COMPREHENSIVE ACTION TO COMBAT MENTAL RETARDATION “Sec. 1701. “authorization of appropriations For the purpose of assisting the States (including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa) to plan for and take other steps leading to comprehensive State and community action to combat mental retardation, there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $2,200,000. “Sec. 1702. “grants to states The sums appropriated pursuant to section 1701 shall be available for grants to States by the Secretary during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and the succeeding fiscal year. Any such grant to a State, which shall not exceed 75 per centum of the cost of the planning and related activities involved, may be used by it to determine what action is needed to combat mental retardation in the State and the resources available for this purpose, to develop public awareness of the mental retardation problem and of the need for combating it, to coordinate State and local activities relating to the various aspects of mental retardation and its prevention, treatment, or amelioration, and to plan other activities leading to comprehensive State and community action to combat mental retardation. “Sec. 1703. “applications In order to be eligible for a grant under section 1702, a State must submit an application therefor which— “(1) designates or establishes a single State agency, which may be an interdepartmental agency, as the sole agency for carrying out the purposes of this title; “(2) indicates the manner in which provision will be made to assure full consideration of all aspects of services essential to planning for comprehensive State and community action to combat mental retardation, including services in the fields of education, employment, rehabilitation, welfare, health, and the law, and services provided through community programs for and institutions for the mentally retarded; “(3) sets forth its plans for expenditure of such grant, which plans provide reasonable assurance of carrying out the purposes of this title; “(4) provides for submission of a final report of the activities of the State agency in carrying out the purposes of this title, and for submission of such other reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary may from time to time find necessary for carrying out. the purposes of this title and for keeping such records and affording such access thereto as he may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and “(5) provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for funds paid to the State under this title. “Sec. 1704. “payments Payment of grants under this title may be made (after necessary adjustment on account of previously made underpayments or overpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and m such installments and on such conditions, as the Secretary may determine.”

  2. Social Security Amendments of 1965

    Pub. L. 89–97 title II § 211(b) · 79 Stat. 288

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 1392

    Pub. L. 89–97 inserted provision making appropriations for fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, available for grants during such fiscal year and the next two fiscal years and the appropriation for fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, available for grants during such fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 89–97 inserted provision making appropriations for fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, available for grants during such fiscal year and the next two fiscal years and the appropriation for fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, available for grants during such fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) The first sentence of section 1702 of such Act is amended by inserting “the first sentence of” before “section 1701” and by inserting the following before the period at the end thereof “; and the sums appropriated pursuant to the second sentence of such section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, shall be available for such grants during such year and the next two fiscal years, and sums appropriated pursuant thereto for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, shall be available for such grants during such year and the succeeding fiscal year”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1965—Pub. L. 89–97 inserted provision making appropriations for fiscal year ending , available for grants during such fiscal year and the next two fiscal years and the appropriation for fiscal year ending , available for grants during such fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year.

Credits

1935–1965 · 2 acts
  1. 1935Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVII, § 1702, as added Pub. L. 88–156, § 5, , 77 Stat. 275
  2. 1965amended Pub. L. 89–97, title II, § 211(b), , 79 Stat. 356.
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(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVII, § 1702, as added Pub. L. 88–156, § 5, , 77 Stat. 275; amended Pub. L. 89–97, title II, § 211(b), , 79 Stat. 356.)

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