INCLUSION OF AMERICAN SAMOA AS A STATE UNDER TITLE IV.

SEC. 601. INCLUSION OF AMERICAN SAMOA AS A STATE UNDER TITLE IV. (a) In General.— The last sentence of section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: “Such term when used in title IV also includes American Samoa.”. (b) Limitation on Payments to American Samoa.— Section 1108 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: “(d) The total amount certified by the Secretary under parts A and E of title IV with respect to a fiscal year for payment to American Samoa (exclusive of any amounts on account of services and items to which, in the case of part A of such title, section 403(k) applies) shall not exceed $1,000,000.”. (c) Conforming Amendments.— (1) Section 403 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603) is amended— 102 STAT. 2408 (A) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), by striking “and Guam,” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Guam, and American Samoa,”; and (B) in subsections (i)(4) and (j), by striking “or the Virgin Islands” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa”. (2) The heading of section 1108 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended to read as follows: “limitation on payments to puerto rico, the virgin islands, guam, and american samoa”. (3) The last sentence of section 1118 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1318) is amended by inserting before the period the following: “, and shall, in the case of American Samoa, mean 75 per centum with respect to part A of title IV”. (d) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section shall become effective on October 1, 1988.