Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 49 Part 1.djvu/673

 628 Payment to States. Amount to be paid quarterly. To be one-third of amount expended un- der State Plan. When more than one dependent child. Method of comput- ing and paying amo unts . Estimates to be sub- mitted prior to begin- ning of q uarter. Basis of estimates. Certification of amount by Board ; ad- justments. Payments ; prior au- dit waived. Operation of State plans. Payments withheld when State not com- plying with approved plan ; notice and hear- ing. 74TH CO NGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 531 . AUGUST 14, 1935. for such aid, or (2) who was born within the State within one year immediately preceding the application, if its mother has resided in the State for one year immediately preceding the birth. PAYMENT TO STATES SEc. 403. (a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each State which has an approved plan for aid to dependent children, for each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing July 1, 1935, an amount, which shall be used ex- clusively for carrying out the State plan, equal to one-third of the total of the sums expended during such quarter under such plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any de- pendent child for any month as exceeds $18, or if there is more than one dependent child in the same home, as exceeds $18 for any month with respect to one such dependent child and $12 for such month with respect to each of the other dependent children. (b) The method of computing and paying such amounts shall be as follows (1) The Board shall, prior to the beginning of each quarter, estimate the amount to be paid to the State for such quar- ter under the provi sions of subsec tion (a), such estimate to be based on (A) a report filed by the State containing its estimate of the total sum to be expended in such quarter in accordance with the provisions of such subsection and stating the amount appropriated or made available by the State and its political sub- divisions for such expenditures in such quarter, and if such amount is less than two-thirds of the total sum of such estimated expendi- tures, the source or sources from which the difference is expected to be derived, (B) records showing the number of dependent children in the State, and (C) such other investigation as the Board may find necessary. (2) The Board shall then certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount so estimated by the Board, 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, except to the extent that such sum has 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. (3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon, through the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, pay to the State, at the time or times fixed by the Board, the amount so certified. OPERATION OF STATE PLANS SEc. 404. In the case of any State plan for aid to dependent chil- dren which has been approved by the Board, if the Board, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agency administering or supervising the administration of such plan, finds- (1) that the plan has been so changed as to impose any residence requirement prohibited by section 402 (b), or that in the adminis- tration of the plan any such prohibited requirement is imposed, with the knowledge of such State agency, in a substantial number of cases ; or (2) that in the administration of the plan there is a failure to comply substantially with any provision required by section 402 (a) to be included in the plan ;