42 U.S.C. § 301
Authorization of appropriations
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 301, Authorization of appropriations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/476808
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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.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An act to establish a Department of Education, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally