PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996
110 STAT. 2237
gate under section 455(a)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act
for fiscal years 1996 through 2001.
(B) ALLOCATION OF LIMITATION AMONG STATES.—The
total amount payable to a State under section 455(a)(3)(B)
of such Act for fiscal years 1996 through 2001 shall not
exceed the limitation determined for the State 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, which shall take into account—
(i) the relative size of State caseloads under such
part; and
(ii) the level of automation needed to meet the
automated data processing requirements of such part,
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 123(c) of the Family
Support Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 2352; Public Law 100-485) is 42 USC 655,655
repealed.
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SEC. 345. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) FOR TRAINING OF FEDERAL AND STATE STAFF, RESEARCH
AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS, AND SPECIAL PROJECTS OF
REGIONAL OR NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.— Section 452 (42 U.S.C. 652)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(j) Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States
not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby appropriated to the
Secretary for each fiscal year an amount equal to 1 percent of
the total amount paid to the Federal Government pursuant to
section 457(a) during the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
determined on the basis of the most recent reliable data available
to the Secretary as of the end of the third calendar quarter following
the end of such preceding fiscal year), to cover costs incurred
by the Secretary for—
"(1) information dissemination and technical assistance to
States, training of State and Federal staff, staffing studies,
and related activities needed to improve programs under this
part (including technical assistance concerning State automated
systems required by this part); and
"(2) research, demonstration, and special projects of
regional or national significance relating to the operation of
State programs under tWs part.
The amount appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.".
(b) OPERATION OF FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.—Section
453 (42 U.S.C. 653), as amended by section 316 of this Act, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(o) RECOVERY OF COSTS. —Out of any money in the Treasury
of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby
appropriated to the Secretary for each fiscal year an amount equal
to 2 percent of the total amount paid to the Federal Government
pursuant to section 457(a) during the immediately preceding fiscal
year (as determined on the basis of the most recent reliable data
available to the Secretary as of the end of the third calendar
quarter following the end of such preceding fiscal year), to cover
costs incurred by the Secretary for operation of the Federal Parent
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