# § 703. Payments to States
**(a)** **Statutory provisions applicable** section 702(c) of this titlesection 6503(a) of title 31section 702(c) of this title
From the sums appropriated therefor and the allotments available under , the Secretary shall make payments as provided by to each State provided such an allotment under , for each quarter, of an amount equal to four-sevenths of the total of the sums expended by the State during such quarter in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.
**(b)** **Unobligated allotments** Any amount payable to a State under this subchapter from allotments for a fiscal year which remains unobligated at the end of such year shall remain available to such State for obligation during the next fiscal year. No payment may be made to a State under this subchapter from allotments for a fiscal year for expenditures made after the following fiscal year.
**(c)** **Reduction of payments; fair market value of supplies or equipment, value of salaries, travel expenses, etc.** The Secretary, at the request of a State, may reduce the amount of payments under subsection (a) by—
when the furnishing of supplies or equipment or the detail of an officer or employee is for the convenience of and at the request of the State and for the purpose of conducting activities described in section 705(a) of this title on a temporary basis. The amount by which any payment is so reduced shall be available for payment by the Secretary of the costs incurred in furnishing the supplies or equipment or in detailing the personnel, on which the reduction of the payment is based, and the amount shall be deemed to be part of the payment and shall be deemed to have been paid to the State.
**(1)** the fair market value of any supplies or equipment furnished the State, and
**(2)** the amount of the pay, allowances, and travel expenses of any officer or employee of the Government when detailed to the State and the amount of any other costs incurred in connection with the detail of such officer or employee,
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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title V, § 503, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XXI, § 2192(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 821; amended Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title III, § 2373(a)(1), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1111; Pub. L. 101–239, title VI, §§ 6502(b), 6503(c)(4), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2276, 2278.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 703, , as added , , , related to allotments to States for maternal and child health services, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by . See . For effective date, savings, and transitional provisions, see , set out as a note under .
Another prior section 703, acts , title V, § 503, ; , title V, § 503, ; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §§ 1, 4, eff. , 11 F.R. 7873, ; title III, pt. 6, § 361(e), ; , , , related to contents of State plans for maternal and child health services and their approval by the Administrator, prior to the general amendment of title V of the Social Security Act by , and was covered by former .
Provisions similar to those comprising former section 703 were contained in section 502 of , , as amended (formerly classified to ), prior to the general amendment and renumbering of title V of act , by .
### Amendments
1989—Subsec. (a). , substituted “702(c)” for “702(b)” in two places.
Subsec. (c). , substituted “705(a)” for “705” in penultimate sentence.
1984—Subsec. (a). substituted “” for “section 203 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 ()”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1989 Amendment
Amendment by applicable to appropriations for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1990, and amendment by applicable to payments for allotments for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1991, see section 6510(a), (b)(1) of , set out as a note under .