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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 2882

PUBLIC LAW 98-558—OCT. 30, 1984

"(E) provide assurances that the child care program is in compliance with State and local licensing laws and regulations governing day care services for school-age children to the extent that such regulations are appropriate to the age group served; and "(F) provide such other assurances as the Governor may reasonably require to carry out the provisions of this Act. "(c) Of the allotment to each State in each fiscal year— "(1) 40 percent shall be available for the activities described in subsection (a); "(2) 60 percent shall be available for the activities described in subsection (b). "(d) A State may not use amounts paid to it under this subchapter to— "(1) pay the costs of operation of any resource and referral system or before or after school child care program established, expanded, or improved under subsection (a); "(2) make cash payments to intended recipients of dependent care services including child care services; "(3) subsidize the direct provision of dependent care services including child care services; "(4) pay for construction or renovation; or "(5) satisfy any requirement for the expenditure of nonFederal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds. "(e)(1) The Federal share of any project supported under this subchapter shall be not more than 75 percent. "(2) Not more than 10 percent of the allotment of each State under this subchapter may be available for the cost of administration. "(f) Projects supported under this section to plan, develop, establish, expand, or improve a State or local resource and referral system or before or after school child care program shall not duplicate any services, which prior to the date of enactment of this subchapter, are provided by the State or locality which will be served by such system. "(g) The Secretary may provide technical assistance to States in planning and operating activities to be carried out under this subchapter. "APPLICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES; REQUIREMENTS

42 USC 9875.

"SEC. 670E. (a)(1) In order to receive an allotment under section 670B, each State shall submit an application to the Secretary. Each such application shall be in such form and submitted by such date as the Secretary shall require. "(2) Each application required under paragraph (1) for an allotment under section 670B shall contain assurances that the State will meet the requirements of subsection (b). "(b) As part of the annual application required by subsection (a), the chief executive officer of each State shall— "(1) certify that the State agrees to use the funds allotted to it under section 670B in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter; and "(2) certify that the State agrees that Federal funds made available under section 670C for any period will be so used as to supplement and increase the level of State, local, and other nonFederal funds that would in the absence of such Federal funds