EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 7296. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. (a) Effective Date.—Except as provided in subsection (b), this subtitle and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1988. (b) Application of Amendments.—(1) The amendments made by section 7258(a) shall not apply to a State with respect to a fiscal year beginning before the date of the enactment of this Act if the State plan is approved before such date by the Administrator for such fiscal year. (2) The amendments made by section 7274(b)(1) and section 7278 shall not apply with respect to fiscal year 1989. (3) Notwithstanding the 180-day period provided in section 7277 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as added by section 7255, the report required by such section to be submitted with respect to fiscal year 1988 shall be submitted not later than August 1, 1989.