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
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