A bill to make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
PL 104-327 (S.2183), enacted 10/19/1996

110 STAT. 4002 
PUBLIC LAW 104-327—OCT. 19, 1996 
Public Law 104-327 
104th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 19, 1996 
To make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
[S. 2183] 
Reconciliation Act of 1996. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE PERSONAL RESPON-
SIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION 
ACT OF 1996. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION O N CERTAIN FEDERAL OBLIGA-
TIONS FOR 1997.—Section 116(b)(l)(B)(ii)(II) of the Personal Respon-
Ante, p. 2181. 
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is amend-
ed— 
(1) in item (aa), by striking "the State family assistance 
grant" and inserting "the sum of the State family assistance 
grant and the amount, if any, that the State would have been 
eligible to be paid under the Contingency Fund for State Wel-
fare Programs established under section 403(b) of the Social 
Security Act (as amended by section 103(a)(1) of this Act), 
during the period beginning on October 1, 1996, and ending 
on the date the Secretary of Health and Human Services first 
receives from the State a plan described in section 402(a) of 
the Social Security Act (as so amended) if, with respect to 
such State, the effective date of this Act under subsection 
(a)( 1) were August 22, 1996,"; and 
(2) in item (bb)— 
(A) by inserting "sum of the" before "State family 
assistance grant"; and 
(B) by striking the period and inserting ", and the 
amount, if any, that the State would have been eligible 
to be paid under the Contingency Fund for State Welfare 
Programs established under section 403(b) of the Social 
Security Act (as amended by section 103(a)(1) of this Act), 
during the period beginning on October 1, 1996, and ending 
on the date the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
first receives from the State a plan described in section 
402(a) of the Social Security Act (as so amended) if, with 
respect to such State, the effective date of this Act under 
subsection (a)(1) were August 22,1996.". 
(b) CORRECTIONS RELATED TO THE CONTINGENCY FUND FOR 
STATE WELFARE PROGRAMS.—Section 403(b)(4)(A) of the Social 
Security Act, as amended by section 103(a)(1) of the Personal 
Ante, p. 2115. 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 
is amended— 
PUBLIC LAW 104-327—OCT. 19, 1996 
110 STAT. 4003 
(1) in clause (i)(II), by striking "minus any Federal pajonent 
with respect to such child CEire expenditures"; and 
(2) in clause (ii)(I)— 
(A) by inserting "the sum of before "the expenditures"; 
and 
(B) by inserting ", and any additional qualified State 
expenditures, as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i), for child 
care assistance made under the Child Care and Develop-
ment Block Grant Act of 1990" before the semicolon. 
(c) 
CLARIFICATION 
OF HEADiNO.^The heading of section 
116(b)(1) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 is amended by inserting "; LIMITATION ON Ante, p. 2181. 
FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997 PAYMENTS" after " D A T E " . 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments made by this section 
42 use 603 note, 
shall take effect as if included in the provisions of and the amend-
ments made by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS RURAL DEVELOP-
MENT COMMISSION. 
Section 11 of the Northern Great Plains Rural Development 
Act (Pub)ic Law 103-318; 7 U.S.C. 2661 note) is amended by strik-
ing "the earlier" and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting "September 30, 1997.". 
Approved October 19, 1996. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2183: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996): 
Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 4, considered and passed House.