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§9858h Payments

Title 42 › CHAPTER 105 — COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER II–B — CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT › § 9858h

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a State has an application approved under section 9858c(d) and funds are available, the State will get a yearly payment equal to its allotment under section 9858m. The Secretary can pay in parts, ahead of time, or by reimbursement and can adjust for overpayments or underpayments, but cannot pay in a way that stops the State from meeting the requirement in section 9858c(c)(3). A State may commit the allotment money in the same fiscal year it is for or in the following fiscal year.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §9858h

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(a)In general
Subject to the availability of appropriations, a State that has an application approved by the Secretary under section 9858c(d) of this title shall be entitled to a payment under this section for each fiscal year in an amount equal to its allotment under section 9858m of this title for such fiscal year.
(b)Method of payment
(1)In general
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may make payments to a State in installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments, as the Secretary may determine.
(2)Limitation
The Secretary may not make such payments in a manner that prevents the State from complying with the requirement specified in section 9858c(c)(3) of this title.
(c)Spending of funds by State
Payments to a State from the allotment under section 9858m of this title for any fiscal year may be obligated by the State in that fiscal year or in the succeeding fiscal year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–193 substituted “obligated” for “expended” and “succeeding fiscal year” for “succeeding 3 fiscal years”. 1993—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–171 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 102–586, § 8(a). See 1992 Amendment note below. 1992—Pub. L. 102–401 and Pub. L. 102–586, § 8(c)(1), made identical technical corrections to directory language of Pub. L. 101–508, § 5082(2), which added this section. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–586, § 8(a), as amended by Pub. L. 103–171, substituted “expended” for “obligated” and “succeeding 3 fiscal years” for “succeeding fiscal year”. 1991—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–27 substituted “obligated” for “expended”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1996 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 104–193 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 615 of Pub. L. 104–193, set out as a note under section 9858 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1992 Amendment Pub. L. 102–586, § 8(d), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5036, provided that: “(1) In general.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the

Amendments

made by this section [enacting section 9858q of this title and amending this section and section 9858n of this title] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 4, 1992]. “(2) Application.—The

Amendments

made by this section shall not apply with respect to fiscal years beginning before October 1, 1992.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 9858h

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110