104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2183

AN ACT

To make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility

and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE PERSONAL

2 RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY

3 RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996.

4 (a) CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON CERTAIN

5 FEDERAL OBLIGATIONS FOR 1997.—Section

6 116(b)(1)(B)(ii)(II) of the Personal Responsibility and

7 Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is amend8 ed—

9 (1) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘the State family

10 assistance grant’’ and inserting ‘‘the sum of the

11 State family assistance grant and the amount, if

12 any, that the State would have been eligible to be

13 paid under the Contingency Fund for State Welfare

14 Programs established under section 403(b) of the

15 Social Security Act (as amended by section

16 103(a)(1) of this Act), during the period beginning

17 on October 1, 1996, and ending on the date the Sec18 retary of Health and Human Services first receives

19 from the State a plan described in section 402(a) of

20 the Social Security Act (as so amended) if, with re21 spect to such State, the effective date of this Act

22 under subsection (a)(1) were August 22, 1996,’’;

23 and

24 (2) in item (bb)—

25 (A) by inserting ‘‘sum of the’’ before

26 ‘‘State family assistance grant’’; and
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1 (B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘,

2 and the amount, if any, that the State would

3 have been eligible to be paid under the Contin4 gency Fund for State Welfare Programs estab5 lished under section 403(b) of the Social Secu6 rity Act (as amended by section 103(a)(1) of

7 this Act), during the period beginning on Octo8 ber 1, 1996, and ending on the date the Sec9 retary of Health and Human Services first re10 ceives from the State a plan described in sec11 tion 402(a) of the Social Security Act (as so

12 amended) if, with respect to such State, the ef13 fective date of this Act under subsection (a)(1)

14 were August 22, 1996.’’.

15 (b) CORRECTIONS RELATED TO THE CONTINGENCY

16 FUND FOR STATE WELFARE PROGRAMS.—Section

17 403(b)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act, as amended by

18 section 103(a)(1) of the Personal Responsibility and Work

19 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, is amended—

20 (1) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘minus any

21 Federal payment with respect to such child care ex22 penditures’’; and

23 (2) in clause (ii)(I)—

24 (A) by inserting ‘‘the sum of’’ before ‘‘the

25 expenditures’’; and
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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and any additional

2 qualified State expenditures, as defined in sec3 tion 409(a)(7)(B)(i), for child care assistance

4 made under the Child Care and Development

5 Block Grant Act of 1990’’ before the semicolon.

6 (c) CLARIFICATION OF HEADING.—The heading of

7 section 116(b)(1) of the Personal Responsibility and Work

8 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is amended by in9 serting ‘‘; LIMITATION ON FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997

10 PAYMENTS’’ after ‘‘DATE’’.

11 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

12 this section shall take effect as if included in the provisions

13 of and the amendments made by the Personal Responsibil14 ity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

15 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS RURAL

16 DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

17 Section 11 of the Northern Great Plains Rural Devel18 opment Act (Public Law 103–318; 7 U.S.C. 2661 note)

19 is amended by striking ‘‘the earlier’’ and all that follows
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1 through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘September

2 30, 1997.’’.

Passed the Senate October 1, 1996.

Attest:

Secretary.
104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2183

AN ACT

To make technical corrections to the Personal ReAct of 1996. sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation