42 U.S.C. § 601
Section 601 · Purpose
Viewing 42 U.S.C. § 601 as in effect on August 9, 1990. The text changed in 2 later editions (most recent August 5, 1997).
View current version →For the purpose of encouraging the care of dependent children in their own homes or in the homes of relatives by enabling each State to furnish financial assistance and rehabilitation and other services, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to needy dependent children and the parents or relatives with whom they are living to help maintain and strengthen family life and to help such parents or relatives to attain or retain capability for the maximum self-support and personal independence consistent with the maintenance of continuing parental care and protection, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this part. The sums made available under this section shall be used for making payments to States which have submitted, and had approved by the Secretary, State plans for aid and services to needy families with children.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1968—Pub. L. 90–248 substituted in first sentence “part” for “subchapter”.
1962—Pub. L. 87–543 substituted in second sentence “aid and services to needy families with children” for “aid to dependent children”, and inserted in first sentence “and rehabilitation” after “financial assistance” and “or retain capability for” after “attain”.
1956—Act Aug. 1, 1956, amended first sentence generally, restating purpose to include encouragement of care of dependent children in their own homes or in the homes of relatives and authorizing services to needy dependent children and the parents or relatives to help maintain and strengthen family life and to help such parents or relatives to attain the maximum self-support and personal independence consistent with the maintenance of continuing parental care and protection.
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out as a note under section 3501 of this title. Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953. Secretary and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary and Department of Health and Human Services by section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
Social Security Board abolished and its functions transferred to Federal Security Administrator by section 4 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
State Plans in Effect Jan. 1, 1968; Automatic Conformity to Amendments
Section 240(h) of Pub. L. 90–248 provided that: “Each State plan approved under title IV of the Social Security Act [this subchapter] as in effect on the day preceding the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 2, 1968] shall be deemed, without the necessity of any change in such plan, to have been conformed with the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section [amending subchapter IV and enacting part A heading].”
State Plans in Effect July 25, 1962; Automatic Conformity to Amendments
Section 104(b) of Pub. L. 87–543 provided that: “Each State plan approved under title IV of the Social Security Act [this subchapter] and in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [July 25, 1962] shall be deemed for purposes of such title, without the necessity of any change in such plan, to have been conformed with the amendments made by subsection (a) of this section [amending this section and sections 602–604, 606–608, 1202, and 1352 of this title].”