The Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 (Public Law 103-432) amended the Act as follows: Public Law 103-432 repealed section 427 in title IV-B of the Act, effective for fiscal years beginning after April 1, 1996. Section 427 had been added to title IV-B by Public Law 96-272, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, which offered incentive funds to States and Indian Tribes if they provided certain protections for children in foster care. Public Law 103-432 added section 422(b) in title IV-B of the Act to include, as State Plan assurances, the foster care protections formerly required in section 427 of the Act. It also added two new assurances with respect to review of State policies on abandoned children.
