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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 666-AUG. 10, 1939 Restriction on use, etc., of information. Payment to States. 49 Stat. 628 . 42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, 5 603. Amount; basis of estimates. Certification by Board of amount of estimates; reductions or increases. 49 Stat. 629. 42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §606. "Dependent child" defined. Maternal and child health services. 49 Stat. 629. 42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 701. Authorized appro- priations increased. Allotments to States, alteration. Approval of State plans. Required methods of administration. Services for erip. pled children. Authorized appro- priations increased. 49 Stat. 631 . 42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 711. Allotments to States, alteration. Additional allot- ments. (8) provide safeguards which restrict the use or disclosure of infor- mation concerning applicants and recipients to purposes directly connected with the administration of aid to dependent children". SEC. 402. (a) Effective January 1, 1940, subsection (a) of section 403 of such Act is amended by striking out "one-third" and inserting in lieu thereof "one-half", and paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out "two-thirds" and inserting in lieu thereof "one-half". (b) Effective January 1, 1940, paragraph (2) of section 403 (b) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(2) The Board shall then certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount so estimated by the Board, (A) reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum by which it finds that its estimate for any prior quarter was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid to the State for such quarter, and (B) reduced by a sum equivalent to the pro rata share to which the United States is equitably entitled, as deter- mined by the Board, of the net amount recovered during any prior quarter by the State or any political subdivision thereof with respect to aid to dependent children furnished under the State plan; except that such increases or reductions shall not be made to the extent that such sums have been applied to make the amount certified for any prior quarter greater or less than the amount estimated by the Board for such prior quarter." SEC. 403. Section 406 (a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(a) The term 'dependent child' means a needy child under the age of sixteen, or under the age of eighteen if found by the State agency to be regularly attending school, who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of a parent, and who is living with his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, or aunt, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or their own home ;". TITLE V-AMENDMENTS TO TITLES V AND VI OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT SEO. 501. Section 501 of such Act is amended by striking out "$3,800,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$5,820,000". SEC. 502. (a) Subsection (a) of section 502 of such Act is amended by striking out "$1,800,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$2,800,000". (b) Subsection (b) of such section 502 is amended by striking out "$980,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,980,000". SEO. 503. Clause (3) of section 503 (a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(3) provide such methods of administration (includ- ing after January 1, 1940, methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis, except that the Board shall exercise no authority with respect to the selec- tion, tenure of office, and compensation of any individual employed in accordance with such methods) as are necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the plan." SEO. 504. Section 511 of such Act is amended by striking out "$2,850,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$3,870,000". SEO. 505. (a) Subsection (a) of section 512 of such Act is amended by striking out the words "the remainder" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,830,000". (b) Such section is further amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b) Out of the sums appropriated pursuant to section 511 for each fiscal year the Secretary of Labor shall allot to the States $1,000,000 1380 [53 STAT.