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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 67 — Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform

§ 5107. Discretionary programs; authorization of appropriations

Statutory text

(a)
(1)

The Secretary of Health and Human Services, either directly, through grants to States and public and private, nonprofit organizations and agencies, or through jointly financed cooperative arrangements with States, public agencies, and other agencies and organizations, is authorized to provide for activities of national significance related to child abuse prevention and treatment and adoption reform, including operation of a national center to collect and disseminate information regarding child abuse and neglect, and operation of a national adoption information exchange system to facilitate the adoptive placement of children.

(2)

The Secretary, in carrying out the provisions of this subsection, shall provide for the continued operation of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in accordance with section 5101(a) of this title for each of the fiscal years 1982 and 1983.

(3)

If the Secretary determines, in fiscal year 1982 or 1983, to carry out any of the activities described in section 5101(b) of this title, the Secretary shall carry out such activities through the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect.

(b)

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Of the amounts appropriated under this subsection for any fiscal year, not less than $2,000,000 shall be available to carry out title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 [42 U.S.C. 5111 et seq.].

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. Pub. L. 97–35 title VI § 610 · 95 Stat. 357

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5107

    (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 610, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 488.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 610, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 488.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 610. discretionary programs (a) (1) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, either directly, through grants to States and public and private, nonprofit organizations and agencies, or through jointly financed cooperative arrangements with States, public agencies, and other agencies and organizations, is authorized to provide for activities of national significance related to child abuse prevention and treatment and adoption reform, including operation of a national center to collect and disseminate information regarding child abuse and neglect, and operation of a national adoption information exchange system to facilitate the adoptive placement of children. (2) The Secretary, in carrying out the provisions of this subsection, shall provide for the continued operation of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in accordance with section 2(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act for each of the fiscal years 1982 42 USC 5101. and 1988. (3) If the Secretary determines, in fiscal year 1982 or 1983, to carry out any of the activities described in section 2(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Secretary shall carry out such activities through the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. (b) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section Appropriation authorization. $12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Of the amounts appropriated under this subsection for any fiscal year, not less than $2,000,000 shall be available to carry out title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978. 42 USC 5111.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 95–266, , 92 Stat. 205. Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 5111 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1978 Amendment note set out under section 5101 of this title and Tables.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, and not as part of title I of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act which comprises this subchapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 610, , 95 Stat. 488.)

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