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PUBLIC LAW 90-248-JAN. 2, 1968

ances from the State that such 20 per centum will be contributed as required by section 402. Amounts so withheld shall be deemed to have been paid to the State under such sections and shall be paid by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Secretary. Sucli payment shall be considered a non-Federal contribution for purposes of section 435.

889 '•s use 602.

"AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER AGENCIES PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES OF UNEMPLOYED PARENTS

"SEC. 444. (a) The Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement (in accordance with the succeeding provisions of this section) with any qualified State agency (as described in subsection (b)) under which the program established b^ the preceding sections of this part C will (except as otherwise provided in this section) be applicable to individuals referred by such State agency in the same manner, to the same extent, and under the same conditions as such program is applicable with respect to individuals referred to the Secretary by a State agency administering or supervising the administration of a State plan approved by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under part A of this title. " (b) A qualified State agency referred to in subsection (a) is a State agency which is charged with the administration of a program— "(1) the purpose of which is to provide aid or assistance to the families of unemployed parents, "(2) which is not established pursuant to part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, "(3) which is financed entirely from funds appropriated by the Congress, and " (4) none of the financing of which is made available under any program established pursuant to title V of the Economic Opportunity Act. "(c)(1) Any agreement under this section with a qualified State agency shall provide that such agency will, with respect to all individuals receiving aid or assistance under the program of aid or assistance to families of unemployed parents administered by such agency, comply with the requirements imposed by section 402(a) (15) and section 402(a) (19)(F) in the same manner and to the same extent as if (A) such qualified agency were the agency in such State administering or supervising the administration of a State plan approved under part A of this title, and (B) individuals receiving aid or assistance under the program administered by such qualified agency were recipients of aid under a State plan which is so approved. "(2) Any agreement entered into under this section shall remain in effect for such period as may be specified in the agreement by the Secretary and the qualified State agency, except that, whenever the Secretary determines, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the qualified State agency, that such agency has failed substantially to comply with its obligations under such agreement, the Secretary may suspend operation of the agreement until such time as he is satisfied that the State agency will no longer fail substantially to comply with its obligations under such agreement. "(3) Any such agreement shall further provide that the agreement will be inoperative for any calendar quarter if, for the preceding calendar quarter, the maximum amount of benefits payable under the program of aid or assistance to families of unemployed parents administered by the qualified State agency which is a party to such agreement is lower than the maximum amount of benefits payable under such program for the quarter which ended September 30, 1967.

Post, p. 911.

Ante, p. 87s. Post, p. 89o.

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