LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO THE TERRITORIES.

SEC. 5512. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO THE TERRITORIES. (a) Certain Payments to be Disregarded in Determining Limitation.—Section 1108(a) (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended to read as follows: “(a) Limitation on Total Payments to Each Territory.— “(1) In general.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (except for paragraph (2) of this subsection), the total amount certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under titles I, X, XIV, and XVI, under parts A and E of title IV, and under subsection (b) of this section, for payment to any territory for a fiscal year shall not exceed the ceiling amount for the territory for the fiscal year. “(2) Certain payments disregarded.—Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be applied without regard to any payment made under section 403(a)(2), 403(a)(4), 406, or 413(f).”. (b) Certain Child Care and Social Services Expenditures by Territories Treated as IV–A Expenditures for Purposes of Matching Grant.—Section 1108(b)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1308(b)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting “, including any amount paid to the State under part A of title IV that is transferred in accordance with section 404(d) and expended under the program to which transferred” before the semicolon. (c) Elimination of Duplicative Maintenance of Effort Requirement.—Section 1108 (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended by striking subsection (e).