protection of child’s best interest

protection of child’s best interest Sec. 208. (a) Section 402(a) (26) (B) of the Social Security Act (as added by the Social Services Amendments of 1974) is amended by inserting immediately after “such applicant or such child” the following: “, unless (in either case) such applicant or recipient is found to have good cause for refusing to cooperate as determined by the State agency in accordance with standards prescribed by the Secretary, which standards shall take into consideration the best interests of the child on whose behalf aid is claimed;”. (b) Section 454(4) (A) of such Act (as so added) is amended by inserting after “such child,” the following: “unless the agency administering the plan of the State under part A of this title determines in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Secretary’ pursuant to section 402(a) (26) (B) that it is against the best interests of the child to do so,”. (c) Section 454(4) (B) of such Act (as so added) is amended by inserting immediately after “other States” the following: “(unless the agency administering the plan of the State under part A of this title determines in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 402(a) (26) (B) that it is against the best interests of the child to do so)”. (d) (1) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall submit to the Congress any proposed standards authorized to be prescribed by him under section 402(a) (26) (B) of the Social Security Act (as added by the Social Services Amendments of 1974 and as amended by subsection (a) of this section). Such standards shall take effect at the end of the period which ends 60 days after such proposed standards are so submitted to such committees unless, within such period, either House of the Congress, adopts a resolution of disapproval. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term “resolution” means only— (A) a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the Congress does not approve the standards (as authorized under 89 STAT. 437section 402(a) (26) (B) of the Social Security Act) transmitted to the Congress on .”, the blank space being filled with the appropriate date; and (B) it resolution of either House of the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the does not approve the standards (as authorized under section 402 (a) (26) (B) of the Social Security Act) transmitted to the Congress on .”, with the first blank space being filled with the name of the resolving House, and the second blank space being filled with the appropriate date. (3) The provisions of subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 shall be applicable to resolutions under this subsection, except that the “20 hours” referred to in subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2) of such section shall be deemed to read “4 hours”.