EXTENSION OF SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES PROGRAMS TO AMERICAN SAMOA.

SEC. 9135. EXTENSION OF SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES PROGRAMS TO AMERICAN SAMOA. (a) Social Services Block Grant Program.— (1) Section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting “American Samoa,” after “Guam,” in the last sentence. (2) (A) Section 2003(a) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The allotment for fiscal year 1989 and each succeeding fiscal year to American Samoa shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount allotted to the Northern Mariana Islands for that fiscal year as the population of American Samoa bears to the population of the Northern Mariana Islands determined on the basis of the most recent data available at the time such allotment is determined.”. (B) Section 2003(b) of such Act is amended by inserting “American Samoa,” after “the Virgin Islands,” each place it appears. (b) Child Welfare Services Program.— (1) Section 1101(a)(1) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “Such term when used in part B of title IV also includes American Samoa.”. (2) Section 421(b) of such Act is amended by striking “and Guam” and inserting “Guam, and American Samoa”. (c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1988.