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PUBLIC LAW 590-JULY 18, 1952

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EARNED INCOME OF BLIND RECIPIENTS

42 USC 1308.

SEC. 7. Effective as of July 1, 1952, title X I of the Social Security Act (relating to general provisions) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: E A R N E D INCOME OF BLIND RECIPIENTS

"SEC. 1109. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 2(a)(7), i202y!352?'^' ^°' ^ ^ (^) C)' 1^^^ (^) (^)' ^^^ 1^^2 (^) (^)' ^ S*^t^ Pl^^ approved under title I, IV, X, or X IV may until June 30, 1954, and thereafter shall provide that where earned income has been disregarded in determining the need of an individual receiving aid to the blind under a State plan approved under title X, the earned income so disregarded (but not in excess of the amount specified in section 1002(a)(8)) shall not be taken into consideration in determining the need of any other individual for assistance under a State plan approved under title I, IV, X, or X IV. " 42 USC 303. SEC. 8. (a) Section 3(a) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: sjP^yments to "SEC. 3. (a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each State which has an approved plan for old-age assistance, for each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing October 1, 1952, (1) in the case of any State other than Puerto Kico and the Virgin Islands, an amount, which shall be used exclusively as old-age assistance, equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as old-age assistance under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $55— " (A) four-fifths of such expenditures, not counting so much of any expenditure with respect to any month as exceeds the product of $25 multiplied by the total number of such individuals who received old-age assistance for such month; plus " (B) one-half of the amount by which such expenditures exceed the maximum which may be counted under clause (A); and (2) in the case of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount, which shall be used exclusively as old-age assistance, equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as old-age assistance under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $30, and (3) in the case of any State, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as found necessary by the Administrator for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan, which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for old-age assistance, or both, and for no other purpose." 42 USC 603. (b) Section 403(a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "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 October 1, 1952, (1) in the case of any State other than Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount, which shall be used exclusively as aid to dependent children, equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as aid to dependent children under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any dependent child for any month as exceeds $30, or if there is more than one dependent child in the same home, as exceeds $30 with respect to one such dependent child and $21 with respect to each of the other dependent children, .and not counting so much of such expenditure for any month with

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