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 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AMENDMENT.— Section 123(c) of the Family Support Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 2352; Public Law 100-485) is 42 USC 655,655 repealed. ^o^. 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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