limitation on number of children with respect to whom federal payments may be made

limitation on number of children with respect to whom federal payments may be made Sec. 208. (a) Section 403(a) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out “shall pay” in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “shall (subject to subsection (d)) pay”. (b) Section 403 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the average monthly number of dependent children under the age of 18 who have been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the continued absence from the home of a parent with respect to whom payments under this section may be made to a State for any calendar quarter after June 30, 1968, shall not exceed the number which bears the same ratio to the total population of such State under the age of 18 on the first day of the year in which such quarter falls as the average monthly number of such dependent children under the age of 18 with respect to whom payments under this section were made to such State for the calendar quarter beginning January 1, 1968, bore to the total population of such State under the age of 18 on that date.”