Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/260

 92 STAT. 206

PUBLIC LAW 95-266—APR. 24, 1978 DEFINITION

SEC. 102. Section 3 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5102) is amended by— (1) inserting "or exploitation" after "sexual abuse"; and (2) inserting a comma and "or the age specified by the child protection law of the State in question," after "eighteen". DEMONSTRATION OR SERVICE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS

SEC. 103. Section 4 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5103) is amended by— (1) amending subsection (a) by— (A) inserting "or service" after "demonstration" in the first sentence; (B) striking out "the development and establishment of" in clause (1); and (C) striking out the last sentence of such subsection; (2) amending subsection (b) by— (A) striking out in paragraph (1) "Of the sums" and all that follows through "grants" and inserting in lieu thereof "The Secretary, through the Center, is authorized to make grants", and striking out "for the payment of reasonable and necessary expenses"; and (B) inserting in paragraph (2) immediately below clause (J) the following new sentence: "If a State has failed to obligate funds awarded under this subsection within eighteen months after the date of award, the next award under this subsection made after the expiration of such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of such unobligated funds unless the Secretary determines that extraordinary reasons justify the failure to so obligate."; and (3) amending the heading for such section to read as follows: " D E M O N S T R A T I O N OR SERVICE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS". AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, EARMARKING, AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTERS

42 USC 5101. 42 USC 5103.

SEC. 104. Section 5 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5104) is amended by— (1) striking out "and" after "1975," and striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "$25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30. 1978, $27,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $30,000,000 each for the fiscal years ending September- 30, 1980, and September 30, 1981, respectively. Of the funds appropriated for any fiscal year under this section, not less than 50 per centum shall be used for making grants or contracts under sections 2(b)(5) (relating to research) and 4(a) (relating to demonstration or service projects), giving special consideration to continued Federal funding of child abuse and neglect programs or projects (previously funded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) of national or regional scope and demonstrated effectiveness, of not less than 25 per centum shall be used for making grants or contracts under sexition 4(b)(1) (relating to grants to States) for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1978,

�