SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
TITLE XVII OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
Chapter 531 of the 74th Congress, as amended
49 Stat. 620, as amended
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
[Chapter 531 of the 74th Congress, approved August 14, 1935, 49 Stat. 620.]
[As Amended Through P.L. 112–275, Enacted January 14, 2013]
[Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of title XVII of Chapter 531 of the 74th Congress. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/]
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TITLE XVII—

GRANTS FOR PLANNING COMPREHENSIVE ACTION TO COMBAT MENTAL RETARDATION1
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Title XVII of the Social Security Act is administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TITLE2
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Sec. 1701.
Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1702.
Grants to States.
Sec. 1703.
Applications.
Sec. 1704.
Payments.

authorization of appropriations
Sec. 1701.
[42 U.S.C. 1391]
For the purpose of assisting the States (including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa) to plan for and take other steps leading to comprehensive State and community action to combat mental retardation, there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $2,200,000. There are also authorized to be appropriated, for assisting such States in initiating the implementation and carrying out of planning and other steps to combat mental retardation, $2,750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and $2,750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967.

grants to states
Sec. 1702.
[42 U.S.C. 1392]
The sums appropriated pursuant to the first sentence of section 1701 shall be available for grants to States by the Secretary during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and the succeeding fiscal year; and the sums appropriated pursuant to the second sentence of such section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, shall be available for such grants during such year and the next two fiscal years, and sums appropriated pursuant thereto for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, shall be available for such grants during such year and the succeeding fiscal year. Any such grant to a State, which shall not exceed 75 per centum of the cost of the planning and related activities involved, may be used by it to determine what action is needed to combat mental retardation in the State and the resources available for this purpose, to develop public awareness of the mental retardation problem and of the need for combating it, to coordinate State and local activities relating to the various aspects of mental retardation and its prevention, treatment, or amelioration, and to plan other activities leading to comprehensive State and community action to combat mental retardation.

applications
Sec. 1703.
[42 U.S.C. 1393]
In order to be eligible for a grant under section 1702 a State must submit an application therefor which—
(1)
designates or establishes a single State agency, which may be an interdepartmental agency, as the sole agency for carrying out the purposes of this title;
(2)
indicates the manner in which provision will be made to assure full consideration of all aspects of services essential to planning for comprehensive State and community action to combat mental retardation, including services in the fields of education, employment, rehabilitation, welfare, health, and the law, and services provided through community programs for and institutions for the mentally retarded;
(3)
sets forth its plans for expenditure of such grant, which plans provide reasonable assurance of carrying out the purposes of this title;
(4)
provides for submission of a final report of the activities of the State agency in carrying out the purposes of this title, and for submission of such other reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary may from time to time find necessary for carrying out the purposes of this title and for keeping such records and affording such access thereto as he may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and
(5)
provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for funds paid to the State under this title.

payments
Sec. 1704.
[42 U.S.C. 1394]
Payment of grants under this title may be made (after necessary adjustment on account of previously made underpayments or overpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments and on such conditions, as the Secretary may determine.