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PUBLIC LAW 87-543-JULY 25, 1962

[76 STAT.

PART E—MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON TOTAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND GUAM

42 USC 1308.

SEC. 151. Effective for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1962, section 1108 of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: " L I M I T A T I O N O N PAYMENTS TO PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND GUAM

"SEC. 1108. The total amount certified by the Secretary of Health, 42 USC 301-306. Education, and Welfare under title I (other than section 3(a)(3) i20W206fV3t?-*' thereof), IV, X, X IV, and X VI (other than section 1603(a)(3) 1355. ' thereof) for payment to Puerto Kico with respect to any fiscal year Ante, p. 197. gj^^jj ^^^ excecd $9,800,000, of which $625,000 may be used only for payments certified with respect to section 3(a)(2)(B) or 1603(a)(2) (B); the total amount certified by the Secretary under such titles for payments to the Virgin Islands with respect to any fiscal year shall not exceed $330,000, of which $18,750 may be used only for payments certified with respect to section 3(a)(2)(B) or 1603(a)(2)(B); and the total amount certified by the Secretary under such titles for payment to Guam with respect to any fiscal year shall not exceed $450,000, of which $25,000 may be used only for payments certified with respect to section 3(a)(2)(B) or 1603 (a)(2)(B). Notwithstanding the pro42 USC 702, 712. visious of sections 502(a)(2), 5 1 2 (a)(2), 522(a), and 527(a), and 722; Ante. p. 183. yntil such time as the Congress may by appropriation or other law otherwise provide, the Secretary shall, in lieu of the initial (or, in the case of section 527(a), the minimum) allotment specified in such sections, allot such smaller amounts to Guam as he may deem appropriate." PAYMENl'S TO RELATIVE OF CHILD WHEN CHILD IS DEPENDENT

Ante. pp. 189, ^% use 606.

42 USC 1301. i3'\i"sc ^301-

SEC. 152. Section 406(b) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "for any month" and by striking out "if money payments have been made under the State plan with respect to such child for such month".

SEC. 153. (a) Paragraph (1) of section 1101(a) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out " X, ai\d X IV " and inserting in lieu thereof " X, X I, X IV, and X VI ". (b) Paragraph (2) of such section is amended by striking out ", the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico". I N C O M E A N D R E S O U R C E S TO B E DISREGARDED IN DETERMINING NEED OF INDIVIDUAL FOR AID TO THE BLIND

42 USC 1202.

SEC. 154. Effective July 1, 1963, so much of section 1002(a)(8) of the Social Security Act as follows the first semicolon therein is amended to read as follows: "except that, in making such determination, the State agency shall disregard (A) the first $85 per month of earned income, plus one-half of earned income in excess of $85 per month, and (B) for a period not in excess of twelve months, such additional amounts of other income and resources, in the case of an individual who has a plan for achieving self-support approved by the State agency, as may be necessary for the fulfillment of such plan;".

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