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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§605 Administrative Provisions

Title 42 › CHAPTER 7 — SOCIAL SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER IV — GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES › Part A — Block Grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families › § 605

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services must pay each State's grant in quarterly installments. At least 3 months before each payment, the Secretary must tell the State how much any reduction under section 612(a)(1)(B) will be. The Secretary estimates each quarter’s payment from a report the State files about planned spending and other needed information. The Secretary then certifies that amount to the Department of the Treasury, adjusting for earlier over- or underpayments. The Treasury’s Fiscal Service must pay the certified amount at the times the Secretary sets, even before any GAO audit or settlement.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §605

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Quarterly
The Secretary shall pay each grant payable to a State under section 603 of this title in quarterly installments, subject to this section.
(b)Notification
Not later than 3 months before the payment of any such quarterly installment to a State, the Secretary shall notify the State of the amount of any reduction determined under section 612(a)(1)(B) of this title with respect to the State.
(c)Computation and certification of payments to States
(1)Computation
The Secretary shall estimate the amount to be paid to each eligible State for each quarter under this part, such estimate to be based on a report filed by the State containing an estimate by the State of the total sum to be expended by the State in the quarter under the State program funded under this part and such other information as the Secretary may find necessary.
(2)Certification
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount estimated under paragraph (1) with respect to a State, reduced or increased to the extent of any overpayment or underpayment which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines was made under this part to the State for any prior quarter and with respect to which adjustment has not been made under this paragraph.
(d)Payment method
Upon receipt of a certification under subsection (c)(2) with respect to a State, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, through the Fiscal Service of the Department of the Treasury and before audit or settlement by the Government Accountability Office, pay to the State, at the time or times fixed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the amount so certified.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 605, acts Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 405, 49 Stat. 629; July 25, 1962, Pub. L. 87–543, title I, § 107(a), 76 Stat. 188, related to use of payments for benefit of children, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–193, § 103(a)(1), as amended by Pub. L. 105–33, title V, § 5514(c), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 620.

Amendments

2004—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”. 1997—Pub. L. 105–33 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 104–193, § 103(a)(1), which enacted this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1997 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–33 effective as if included in the provision of Pub. L. 104–193 amended at the time the provision became law, see section 5518(d) of Pub. L. 105–33, set out as a note under section 862a of Title 21, Food and Drugs.

Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1997, with transition rules relating to State options to accelerate such date, rules relating to claims, actions, and proceedings commenced before such date, rules relating to closing out of accounts for terminated or substantially modified programs and continuance in office of Assistant Secretary for Family Support, and provisions relating to termination of entitlement under AFDC program, see section 116 of Pub. L. 104–193, as amended, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 605

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110