For the purpose of enabling each State, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to furnish financial assistance to aged needy individuals, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. The sums made available under this section shall be used for making payments to States which have submitted, and had approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”), State plans for old-age assistance.
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For the purpose of enabling each State, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to furnish financial assistance to aged needy individuals, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. The sums made available under this section shall be used for making payments to States which have submitted, and had approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”), State plans for old-age assistance.
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§ 301. Authorization of appropriations
For the purpose of enabling each State, as far
as practicable under the conditions in such
State, to furnish financial assistance to aged
needy individuals, there is hereby authorized to
be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum suffi-
cient to carry out the purposes of this sub-
chapter. The sums made available under this
section shall be used for making payments to
States which have submitted, and had approved
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’),
State plans for old-age assistance.
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title I, § 1, 49 Stat. 620;
Aug. 28, 1950, ch. 809, title III, pt. 6, § 361(a), 64
Stat. 558; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 836, title III, § 311(a), 70
Stat. 848; Pub. L. 86–778, title VI, § 601(b), Sept.
13, 1960, 74 Stat. 987; Pub. L. 87–543, title I,
§ 104(c)(1), July 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 185; Pub. L.
96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695;
Pub. L. 97–35, title XXI, § 2184(a)(2), Aug. 13, 1981,
95 Stat. 816.)
REPEAL OF SECTION
Pub. L. 92–603, title III, § 303(a), (b), Oct. 30,
1972, 86 Stat. 1484, provided that this section is
repealed effective Jan. 1, 1974, except with re-
spect to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Is-
lands.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1981—Pub. L. 97–35 substituted ‘‘purpose of enabling’’
for ‘‘purpose (a) of enabling’’, struck out provisions des-
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 302
ignated as cls. (b) and (c) which authorized appropria-
tions for the purpose of enabling each State to furnish
medical assistance to aged individuals who are not re-
cipients of old-age assistance but whose income and re-
sources are insufficient to meet the cost of necessary
medical care and of encouraging each State