Welfare Administration

Welfare Administration grants to states for public assistance For grants to States for old-age assistance, medical assistance for the aged, aid to families with dependent children, aid to the blind, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled, as authorized in titles I, IV, X, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. ch. 7, subchs. I, IV, X, XIV, and XVI), $3,000,000,000, of which such amount as may be necessary shall be available for grants for any period in the prior fiscal year subsequent to March 31 of that year. 79 Stat. 605 assistance for repatriated united states nationals For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1113 of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1313), and of carrying out the provisions of the Act of July 5, I960 (74 Stat. 308), and for care and treatment in accordance with the Acts of March 2, 1929, and October 29, 1941, as amended (24 U.S.C, 191a, 196a), $332,000. bureau of family services, salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Bureau of Family Services, $6,081,000. grants for maternal and child welfare For grants for maternal and child welfare as authorized in title V. parts 1, 2,3, and 4 of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C., ch. 7, subch. V; 74 Stat. 995–997, and 77 Stat. 273), $162,000,000 of which $40,000,000 shall be available for maternal and child-health services under part. 1, $40,000,000 for services for crippled children under part 2, $40,000,000 (of which $7,000,000 shall be for allotment for day care pursuant to section 527 of such Act) for child welfare services under part 3 (other than section 526), $8,000,000 for research, training, or demonstration projects in child welfare under section 526, $30,000,000 for special project grants for maternity and infant care under section 531, and $4,000,000 for research projects relating to maternal and child health and crippled children’s services under section 532 of such Act: Provided, That any allotment to a State pursuant to section 502(b) or 512(b) of such Act shall not be included in computing for the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of sections 504 and 514 of such Act an amount expended or estimated to be expended by the State: Provided further, That, $4,750,000 of the amount available under section 502 (b) of such Act shall be used only for special projects for mentally retarded children, and $3,750,000 of the amount available under section 512(b) of such Act shall be used only for special projects for services for crippled children who are mentally retarded. children’S bureau, salaries and expenses For necessary expenses in carrying out the Act of April 9, 1912, as amended (42 U.S.C., ch. 6), and title V of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C., ch. 7, subch. V), including purchase of reports and material for the publications of the Children’s Bureau and of reprints for distribution, $4,494,000: Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in this title shall be used to promulgate or carry out any instructions, order, or regulation relating to the care of obstetrical cases which discriminate between persons licensed under State law to practice obstetrics: Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not be so construed as to prevent any patient from having the services of any practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of this fund, so long as State laws are complied with: Provided further, That any State plan which provides standards for professional obstetrical services in accordance with the laws of the State shall be approved. juvenile delinquency and youth offenses For grants and contracts for demonstration, evaluation, and training projects, and for technical assistance, relating to control of juvenile delinquency and youth offenses, and for salaries and expenses in 79 Stat. 606connection therewith, $6,750,000, of which $1,750,000 shall be for the demonstration and evaluation project in the Washington metropolitan area pursuant to section 9 of the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act of 1961. office of aging, salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Office of Aging, $500,000. cooperative research or demonstration projects For grants, contracts, and jointly financed cooperative arrangements for research or demonstration projects under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1310), $1,882,000. research and training (special foreign currency program) For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States for necessary expenses of the Welfare Administration, as authorized by law, $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available in addition to other appropriations to such agency, for the purchase of the foregoing currencies. office of the commissioner, salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Office of the Commissioner of Welfare, $1,175,000. Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under titles I, IV, V, X, XIV, and XVI, respectively, of the Social Security Act, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder for payments under each of such titles to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. In the administration of titles, I, IV, V, X, XIV, and XVI, respectively, of the Social Security Act, as amended, payments to a State under any of such titles for any quarter in the period beginning April 1 of the prior year, and ending June 30 of the current year, may be made with respect to a State plan approved under such title prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted for approval.