ber 1, 1976, the excess in the employment administration account shall be retained until the amount in such account is equal to 160 per centum of the amount of the total appropriation by the Congress out of the account for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and $37,500,000 or three thirty-seconds of the amount in the employment security administration account, whichever is the lesser, is authorized to be made available for that period under the conditions provided therein; (8) the determinative calendar year for the purpose of a transfer to the unemployment account pursuant to section 902(a) (42 U.S.C. 1102(a)), at the beginning of the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1976, shall be calendar year 1975; (9) the determinative calendar year for the purposes of a transfer to the extended unemployment compensation account pursuant to section 905 (b) (2) (B) (42 U.S.C. 1105 (b) (2) (B)), at the beginning of the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1976, shall be calendar year 1975; (10) the limitations imposed by section 1108 (42 U.S.C. 1308) on amounts certified by the Secretary shall be one-fourth of the limitations imposed by that section with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976; (11) the dollar limitation imposed by section 1115 (42 U.S.C. 1315) on the amount available for payments to the States for the cost of projects under that section shall be $1,000,000 of the aggregate amount appropriated for payments to the States for the period; and (12) notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (A) of section 2002 (a) (2) (42 U.S.C. 1397a (a) (2)), the limitation imposed by that subparagraph on payments with respect to expenditures by a State for the period shall be one-fourth of the limitation imposed on such payments with respect to expenditures by the State for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975; and notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (D) of section 2002 (a) (2), the maximum allotments under that subparagraph for the period shall be $3,750,000 for Puerto Rico, $125,000 for Guam, and $125,000 for the Virgin Islands, but nothing in this Act shall apply to the second sentence of section 2002 (a) (2) (A). (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 503 and 504 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 703 and 704), the fixed dollar allotment to each State under each of these sections for the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be $17,500. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1101 (a) (8) (B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301(a) (8) (B)), the Federal percentages promulgated under that subparagraph in 1974 shall be conclusive for each of the nine quarters in the period beginning on July 1, 1975, and ending on September 30, 1977. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2006 (c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397e (c)), the report on the operation of the program established by title XX of that Act during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, shall include the operation of that program during the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and shall be submitted to the Congress prior to April 1, 1977. Sec. 102. For the purposes of section 401 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 (42 U.S.C. 1382e note), the term "fiscal year" includes the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and the limitations imposed by section 401 (a) on the amount payable to the Secretary by a State shall be one-fourth of the non-Federal share of expenditures as aid or assistance for quarters in calendar year 1972, as determined under that section. TITLE II Sec. 201. The period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be treated as a fiscal year for the purpose of the following provisions of law: (11) section 305 (b) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92–603, 42 U.S.C. 401 note); (12) sections 201 (a), (b), and (g) (1), 302 (a), 403(g), 424, 431, 502, 901 (b), (c), and (f), 903 (a) (1) and (b) (1), 1203, 1817 (a), and 1841 (h) and (i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 (a), (b), and (g) (1), 502 (a), 603 (g), 624, 631, 702, 1101 (b), (c), and (f), 1103 (a) (1) and (b)(1), 1323, 1395i (a), and 1395t (h) and (i)); * (36) sections 103 (e) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 426a (c) and 1395i-1); and Sec. 204. The period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be treated as part of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975, for the purposes of the following provisions of law: * (7) the following provisions of the Social Security Act: section 201 (c) (42 U.S.C. 401 (c)); sections 403 (c) and (f) (42 U.S.C. 603 (c) and (f)); section 1118 (42 U.S.C. 1318); section 1817 (b) (42 U.S.C. 1395i (b)); 1 Excerpts From Public Law 94-331 SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM INCOME UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.-Section 1612(b) of the Social Security Act is amended (1) by striking out the word "and" which appears at the end of paragraph (9), (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (10) and by inserting in lieu thereof "; and", (3) by inserting the following new paragraph: "(11) assistance received under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 or other assistance provided pursuant to a Federal statute on account of a catastrophe which is declared to be a major disaster by the President.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments made by this Act shall be applicable only in the case of catastrophes which occur on or after June 1, 1976 and before December 31, 1976. SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.-Section 1612(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act is amended (1) by striking out the word "and" which appears at the end of clause (i) thereof and by inserting a comma in lieu of such word, and (2) by inserting immediately before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ", and (iii) support and maintenance shall not be included and the provisions of clause (i) shall not be applicable in the case of any individual (and his eligible spouse, if any) for the period which begins with the month in which such individual (or such individual and his eligible spouse) began to receive support and maintenance while living in a residential facility (including a private household) maintained by another person and ends with the close of the month in which such individual (or such individual and his eligible spouse) ceases to receive support and maintenance while living in such a residential 1 Paragraph (7) was amended by section 3(c) of Public Law 94-368. facility (or, if earlier, with the close of the fifth month following the month in which such period began), if, not more than 30 days prior to the date on which such individual (or such individual and his eligible spouse) began to receive support and maintenance while living in such a residential facility, (I) such individual (or such individual and his eligible spouse) were residing in a household maintained by such individual (or by such individual and others) as his or their own home, (II) there occurred within the area in which such household is located (and while such individual, or such individual and his spouse, were residing in the household referred to in subclause (I)) a catastrophe on account of which the President declared a major disaster to exist therein for purposes of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, and (III) such individual declares that he (or he and his eligible spouse) ceased to continue living in the household referred to in subclause (II) because of such catastrophe". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments made by this Act shall be applicable only in the case of catastrophes which occur on or after June 1, 1976 and before December 31, 1976. Excerpt From Public Law 94-368 Sec. 4. The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall be effective with respect to periods beginning after June 30, 1976; except that, for the twelve-month period beginning July 1, 1976, the amendments made by section 3 shall be applicable with respect to claims filed under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (after June 30, 1976, and before July 1, 1977) with a carrier designated pursuant to section 1842 of such Act and processed by such carrier after the appropriate changes were made pursuant to such section 3 in the prevailing charge levels for such twelve-month period under the third and fourth sentences of section 1842 (b) (3) of the Social Security Act. Excerpt from Public Law 94-375 Section 1. This Act may be cited as the "Housing Authorization Act of 1976". Sec. 2. (a) *** * (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the value of any assistance paid with respect to a dwelling unit under the United States Housing Act of 1937, the National Housing Act, section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, or title V of the Housing Act of 1949 may not be considered as income or a resource for the purpose of determining the eligibility of, or the amount of the benefits payable to, any person living in such unit for assistance. under title XVI of the Social Security Act. This subsection shall become effective on October 1, 1976. Excerpts from Public Law 94-401 * Sec. 3. (a) For purposes of title XX of the Social Security Act, the amount of the limitation (imposed by section 2002 (a) (2) of such Act) which is applicable to any State for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, or which is applicable to any State for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, shall be deemed to be equal to whichever of the following is the lesser: (1) an amount equal to (A) 106.4 per centum of the amount of the limitation so imposed (as determined without regard to this section) in the case of such fiscal period, or (B) 108 per centum of the amount of the limitation so imposed (as determined without regard to this section) in the case of such fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, or (2) an amount equal to (A) 100 per centum of such limitation for such fiscal period or fiscal year (as determined without regard to this section), plus (B) an amount equal to the sum of (i) 75 per centum (in the case of such fiscal period) or 100 per centum (in the case of such fiscal year) of the total amount of expenditures (I) which are made during such fiscal period or year in connection with the provision of any child day care service, and (II) with respect to which payment is authorized to be made to the State under such title for such fiscal period or year, and (ii) the aggregate of the amounts of the grants, made by the State during such fiscal period or year, to which the provisions of subsection (c) (1) are applicable. (b) The additional Federal funds which become payable to any State for the fiscal period or fiscal year specified in subsection (a) by reason of the provisions of such subsection shall, to the maximum extent that the State determines to be feasible, be employed in such a way as to increase the employment of welfare recipients and other low-income persons in jobs related to the provision of child day care services. |