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# 42 U.S.C. § 3057m - Payments

## Text

Payments may be made under this subchapter (after necessary adjustments, in the case of grants, on account of previously made overpayments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement in such installments and on such conditions, as the Assistant Secretary may determine.

(Pub. L. 89–73, title VI, § 642, formerly § 632, as added Pub. L. 100–175, title I, § 171, Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 963; amended Pub. L. 103–171, § 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1990; renumbered § 642, Pub. L. 106–501, title VI, § 604(2), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2288.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1993—Pub. L. 103–171 substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Commissioner”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective Oct. 1, 1987, except not applicable with respect to any area plan submitted under section 3026(a) of this title or any State plan submitted under section 3027(a) of this title and approved for any fiscal year beginning before Nov. 29, 1987, see section 701(a), (b) of Pub. L. 100–175, set out as an Effective Date of 1987 Amendment note under section 3001 of this title.