42 USC § 605 - Administrative provisions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s605"
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title: "42 USC § 605 - Administrative provisions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "605"
section_name: "Administrative provisions"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Block Grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 405, as added Pub. L. 104–193, title I, § 103(a)(1), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2128; amended Pub. L. 105–33, title V, § 5514(c), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 620; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)"
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# § 605. Administrative provisions

**(a)** **Quarterly** section 603 of this title

The Secretary shall pay each grant payable to a State under  in quarterly installments, subject to this section.

**(b)** **Notification** section 612(a)(1)(B) of this title

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  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.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 405, as added Pub. L. 104–193, title I, § 103(a)(1), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2128; amended Pub. L. 105–33, title V, § 5514(c), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 620; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 605, acts , title IV, § 405, ; , , , related to use of payments for benefit of children, prior to repeal by , as amended by , , .

### Amendments

2004—Subsec. (d).  substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.

1997— made technical amendment to directory language of , which enacted this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

Amendment by  effective as if included in the provision of  amended at the time the provision became law, see , set out as a note under , Food and Drugs.

### Effective Date

Section effective , 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 , as amended, set out as a note under .