EFFECTIVE DATES.

SEC. 701. EFFECTIVE DATES. (a) In General.—Except as otherwise provided for in section 503 and in subsection (b) of this section, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall become effective and be implemented on October 1, 1988. (b) Special Rules.— (1) The amendments made by sections 101, 103, 301, 321(c), 343, and 401 shall become effective and be implemented on the date of enactment of this Act. 102 STAT. 1678 (2) The amendments made by section 402 shall become effective and be implemented on January 1, 1989. (3) (A) The amendments made by section 203(a) shall become effective on January 1, 1989, and the States shall implement such section by January 1, 1990. (B) The amendments made by section 203(b) shall become effective on January 1, 1989, except with regards to those States not implementing section 203(a). (4) The amendments made by sections 204, 210, 211, subsections (a)(1), (c), and (e) of section 404, and sections 310 through 352 shall become effective and implemented on July 1, 1989. (5) The amendments made by title VI shall be effective as follows: (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (D), the provisions of section 16(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended by section 604, shall become effective on October 1, 1985, with respect to claims under section 16(c) for quality control review periods after such date, except that— (i) the provisions of section 16(c)(1)(A), as amended, shall become effective on October 1, 1988, with respect to payment error rates for quality control review periods after such date; and (ii) the provisions of section 16(c)(3), as amended, shall become effective on October 1, 1988, with respect to payment error rates for quality control review periods after such date. (B) The amendments made by sections 601 and 602 shall become effective on October 1, 1985, with respect to claims under section 16(c) for quality control review periods after such date. (C) Except as provided in subparagraph (D), the amendments made to section 14 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 by section 603 shall become effective on October 1, 1985, with respect to claims under section 16(c) for quality control review periods after such date. (D) (i) The provisions of sections 13, 14, and 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 that relate to claims against State agencies and that were in effect for any quality control review period or periods through fiscal year 1985 shall remain in effect for claims arising with respect to such period or periods. (ii) The provisions of sections 14 and 16(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 that relate to enhanced administrative funding for State agencies and that were in effect for any quality control review period or periods through fiscal year 1988 shall remain in effect for such funding with respect to such period or periods. (c) Sequestration.— (1) In general.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a final order is issued for fiscal year 1989 under section 252(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902(b)), the amount made available to carry out the food stamp program under section 18 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2027) shall be reduced by an amount equal to $110,000,000 multiplied by the amount of the percentage reduction for domestic programs required under such order. The reduction required by the preceding sentence shall be achieve 102 STAT. 1679by reducing the amount of the adjustment to the cost of the thrifty food plan for fiscal year 1989 under section 3(o)(9) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (as added by section 120 of this Act). (2) Effective dates if sequestration occurs.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), if a final order is issued under section 252(b) of the Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902(b)) for fiscal year 1989 to make reductions and sequestrations specified in the report required under section 251(a)(3)(A) of such Art’, sections 111, 201, 204, 310, 311, 321, 322, 323, 341, 342, 350, 351, 352, 402, 403, 404, 502, 504, and 505 shall become effective and be implemented on October 1, 1989.