A prior section 726, Pub. L. 93–112, title I, § 106, as added Pub. L. 102–569, title I, § 127(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4385, related to evaluation standards and performance indicators, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–220.

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–128, § 416(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which provided for the establishment, review, and revision of evaluation standards and performance indicators.

Subsec. (b)(2)(B)(i). Pub. L. 113–128, § 416(2), substituted “on a biannual basis, review the program improvement efforts of the State and, if the State has not improved its performance to acceptable levels, as determined by the Commissioner, direct the State” for “review the program improvement efforts of the State on a biannual basis and, if necessary, request the State”.

Except as otherwise provided, definitions in section 3 of Pub. L. 113–128, which is classified to section 3102 of this title, apply to this section.