; and (2) section 475(8)(B)(iv) of such Act shall have no force or effect. (b) Federal payments For purposes of part E of title IV of the Social Security Act, foster care maintenance payments made by such a State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium for the benefit of an eligible child in compliance with subsection (a) of this section shall be considered to be made under section 472 of such Act. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Applicable period The term applicable period means the period that begins on the date the Secretary of Health and Human Services declared, pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, the public health emergency entitled Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus , and ends 3 months after the later of— (A) the date the public health emergency so declared terminates; or (B) the end of the period covered by— (i) the emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5191(b) ); and (ii) any subsequent major disaster declaration under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ) that supersedes the emergency declaration referred to in clause (i) of this subparagraph. (2) Eligible youth The term eligible youth means, with respect to a foster care benefit, a child who, as of January 1, 2021, was in foster care under the responsibility of a State or an Indian tribe or was a youth receiving any benefit under section 477 of the Social Security Act, and who, in the absence of this section, would become ineligible for the benefit during the applicable period by reason of age. (3) Foster care benefit The term foster care benefit means— (A) foster care under the responsibility of a State or an Indian tribe; (B) foster care maintenance payments under section 472 of the Social Security Act